THE PENTAGON GOES TO SCHOOL

Admittedly, as civilian institutions like the National Institutes of Health grew larger, the Pentagon's share of federal research and development did decline, but it still remained a source of billions of dollars in funding for university research. Equipped with a kilometer-long tunnel for test...

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Published in:Foreign Policy in Focus 2024, p.1-4
Main Author: Hartung, William
Format: Report
Language:English
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Activists
Arms control & disarmament
Artificial intelligence
College campuses
Counterterrorism
Defense contracts
Demonstrations & protests
Engineering
Funding
Institutes
Mental health services
Military intervention
Military policy
Military technology
Missiles
Nuclear weapons
Psychologists
R&D
Research & development
Science
Scientists
September 11 terrorist attacks-2001
Students
Torture
University research
War
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Summary:Admittedly, as civilian institutions like the National Institutes of Health grew larger, the Pentagon's share of federal research and development did decline, but it still remained a source of billions of dollars in funding for university research. Equipped with a kilometer-long tunnel for testing hypersonic missiles, that school's University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics is explicitly dedicated to outpacing America's global rivals in the development of that next generation military technology. Two prominent examples from earlier in this century were the Pentagon's Human Terrain Program (HTS) and the role of psychologists in crafting torture programs associated with the Global War on Terror, launched after the 9/11 attacks with the invasion of Afghanistan. Launched in 2007, the program sparked intense protests in the academic community, with a particularly acrimonious debate within the American Anthropological Association.
ISSN:1524-1939