Like traders in a souk, politicians keep tossing out new spending targets: 2%, 3% or even 5%. The decisive factor, however, ...

Defence spending by NATO's European members and Canada was 20% higher in 2024 than the previous year, NATO Secretary General ...

Trump Pushes for Higher Defense Spending U.S. President Donald Trump has called on NATO allies to increase their defense spending to 5% of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP). His demand is part of his ...

EU leaders huddle Monday with Britain’s prime minister and the head of NATO to discuss efforts to boost Europe’s defences ...

In 2014 NATO’s 32 members agreed to dedicate 2% of their gross domestic product to defense spending ... are still failing to meet their 2% requirement — to the collective tune of more than ...

He also pointed to China’s expanding military capabilities as another challenge for European security. More than two-thirds of NATO member ... fall short of the required spending levels.

Liberal leadership contender Mark Carney says if he becomes prime minister, he would meet the NATO defence spending benchmark ...

hit NATO’s 2 percent goal only recently, thanks to a €100 billion special defense fund launched after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But with that fund expected to run dry by 2027, Berlin faces tough ...

Rutte noted that the threat does not come from Russia alone, as China has also significantly expanded its military capabilities. In particular, the NATO chief believes Germany should increase defense ...

For the rest of this century, Canada is guaranteed to have an increasing need for water bombers and other tools to combat ...