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NATO members agreed to a big increase in their defence spending target to 5% of gross domestic product, as demanded by ...
President Donald Trump has long accused other NATO countries of being freeloaders, relying on the United States to provide the bulk of Europe's defense. Now those countries have pledged to ramp up ...
Portugal is preparing a "credible" plan of gradual annual increases in defence spending to reach NATO's new target of 5% of ...
NATO's new spending target of 5% of GDP on defense has been hailed as historic. But is it for real? In an exclusive interview, DW's Richard Walker speaks to Slovenian Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon ...
NATO members have agreed to a new defense spending goal of 5% of each country’s economic output by 2035, more than doubling the previous figure of 2%. It’s an ambitious timeline that ...
NATO and Russia have found themselves opposed for decades in one of the most consequential standoffs in military history.
New research shows that even with modest reductions in military funding, the United States would keep a whole lot of carbon ...
President Donald Trump's critics scoffed at his idea for NATO allies to pay more for their defense. Now, a new deal is in ...
European nations have pledged more NATO funding partly through a novel redefinition of “defense.” Is it gimmickry or a more ...
EU nations risk “increased debt levels and unsustainable finances” if they raise defense spending too quickly, Danish Economy ...
NATO boss Mark Rutte has proposed to reach the target by boosting NATO’s core defence spending goal from 2% to 3.5% of GDP and spending an extra 1.5% on related items like cyber security and ...