Aggression, in international politics, is commonly defined as the use of armed force against another sovereign state, not justified by self-defense or international authority.
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Amidst pandemic and economic sufferings, 2020’s global military spending reached highest level in decades
In 2020, nations were struggling to support their economies through the times of hardships and lockdowns caused by the pandemic. Those efforts apparently did not prevent governments from spending more money on their militaries than ever before in more than three decades, the report said.
![Flickr, common license, https://www.flickr.com/photos/west_point/48397922177/in/photostream/]](https://mronline.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/David-Vine-United-States-of-War-COHA-800x445-1-200x200.jpg "175 Years of border invasions: The anniversary of the U.S. war on Mexico and the roots of northward migration")
175 Years of border invasions: The anniversary of the U.S. war on Mexico and the roots of northward migration
Amid renewed fear mongering about an “invasion” at the U.S.-Mexico border, this week’s 175th anniversary of the 1846–1848 war the U.S. government instigated with Mexico is a reminder that throughout U.S. history, invasions have gone almost exclusively from north to south, not vice versa.
![The new Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) nuclear missile systems will cost tax payers $100 Billion. [Source: thebulletin.org]](https://mronline.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/missiles-200x200.png "What’s behind the Biden Administration’s new $100 billion nuclear missile system?")
What’s behind the Biden Administration’s new $100 billion nuclear missile system?
Massive popular pressure—like that organized by the 1980s nuclear freeze movement—is needed to stop more waste, fraud and abuse.
American capitalism’s endless military drive
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has announced that weapons exports have risen by 2.8% to $175 billion in 2020. In their annual briefing on U.S. arms sales, the Pentagon and State Department cold-bloodedly described this increase as an “accomplishment.”
