One of the few metrics that America ranks first in is military spending. According to the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed ...

Despite recently closing hundreds of bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States still maintains nearly 800 military bases ... What effect do they have around the world, and are they really ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.

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