Updates about foreign military bases
US Creates Infrastructure for Nuclear-Capable Jets in Greenland – Russian Ambassador
Sputnik International – Jan 6, 2025
2024
The truth about US bases on Okinawa
US military presence on strategic Japan island is often misreported by foreign media while China sponsors local protests against the bases
by Grant Newsham December 25, 2024
U.S. Military Bases in Europe
Presentation as part of the World Beyond War Conference “Resisting the USA’s Military Empire”
PDF-Presentation Version – PDF Version with notes
by Karl-Heinz Peil – Visualbases | Sept. 21, 2024
Finland gives US control over 15 military bases
For nearly half a century, Scandinavia’s neutrality (with the obvious exception of Norway) was an important segment of keeping various buffer zones between the Soviet Union and NATO.
Drago Bosnic – BRICS Porztal | July 4, 2024
The Nordic region from peace zone to war zone
A new film highlights some security policy issues in Norway’s neighboring areas in the Nordics and the Arctic in light of these new developments.
Stopp NATO (Norway) | June 24, 2024
Is NATO Taking Over the Pacific?
30% of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Naval Forces are from NATO Europe
By Ann Wright – World Beyond War | June 4, 2024
Visual Database Lets You Examine Over 900 U.S. Bases Outside the United States
World BEYOND War | March 26, 2024
Direct Link: https://worldbeyondwar.org/no-bases/
The United States Has Built a Network of Drone Bases Across Africa
By Mohammed Abunahel, World BEYOND War | March 22, 2024
Romania To Host Largest NATO Military Base in Europe
Work has begun on expanding the Mihail Kogalniceanu base in Romania, transforming it into the largest NATO military base in Europe.
by Madalin Necsutu – BalkanInsight March 21, 2024
Visualbases: https://visualbases.org/mihail-kogalniceanu-constanta/
Korea war bases: U.S. in Pyeongtaek tops the charts
Bruce K. Gagnon / Space for Peace | Feb 28, 2024
Visualbases: https://visualbases.org/osan-ab-pyeongtaek/
2023
Number of U.S. military personnel in Europe 2022, by country
and comparison of the military capabilities of NATO and Russia as of 2023
(Source: Statista.com) -posted: Jan 2024
USA gets access to 17 Swedish military bases – Dec 2023
The Pentagon Proclaims Failure in its War on Terror in Africa
The Pentagon Proclaims Failure in its War on Terror in Africa
by Nick Turse – Tomdispatch | Nov 14, 2023
U.S. Quietly Expands Secret Military Base in Israel
Government documents pointing to construction at a classified U.S. base offer rare hints about a little noted U.S. military presence near Gaza.
by Ken Klippenstein, Daniel Boguslaw – The Intercept | Oct 27, 2023
US bases on Guam
Asia Times | May 2023
Visualbases: https://visualbases.org/?s=Guam
US military bases in the Middle East
americansecurityproject.org – Apr 2023
Agadez, Nieger (Base Aerienne 201):
Less Than a Mile From Drone Base, Bandits Stole Bags of U.S. Tax Dollars in Broad Daylight
by Nick Turse – Feb 2023
2022
The US military is operating in more countries than we think
A new report finds that DoD uses ‘security cooperation’ programs for ‘secret wars,’ recommends that Congress rein them in.
by Jim Lobe – Nov 2022
US Army leaves a huge hole in Seoul
Long-drawn out transfer of ‘mini-America’ military base offers Korean capital a wonderful problem to solve
by Andrew Salomon – Asia Times June 28, 2022
2021
France’s loss is not China’s gain in the Indo-Pacific
Chinese media have played up US-EU discord over AUKUS nuclear sub deal but the West vs China battle lines are still firmly in place
by Bertil Lintner Sept 2021
Infographic: US military presence around the world
The US controls about 750 bases in at least 80 countries worldwide and spends more on its military than the next 10 countries combined.
by Mohammed Hussein and Mohammed Haddad Sept 2021
Global US military presence and the role of Germany (Translation of an German article – July 2021)
‘A reckoning is near’: America has a vast overseas military empire. Does it still need it?
by Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY Feb.25, 2021
2020
US military in the Middle East
fanack.com – Jan 2020
