Defense experts say higher spending is warranted, especially on ground-based ... Jan Kallberg, a security expert at the Center for European Policy Analysis, said "the major challenge in NATO is not ...

Spain is not the only sceptic among NATO’s ranks. Slovakia, while less vocal, has also expressed ambiguity towards the 5% ...

Mr Trump called the spending boost “something that no-one really thought ... for Europe to make a fundamental shift in its posture and for Nato to meet this challenge head-on.” In a fresh take on Mr ...

NATO plans to invest money from soaring alliance defense spending into a fivefold increase in air defenses, but revitalizing capabilities ignored since the end of the Cold War is easier said than ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth meets Baltic leaders to discuss defense spending, ensuring 5% GDP investments in 2026.

America likes to flex its muscles to the outside world, especially under President Trump. But while China is arming itself ...

Italy, along with other NATO countries, has agreed to sharply increase defence spending over the next decade, but Giorgia ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — NATO leaders agreed on a massive hike in defense spending Wednesday after pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, and expressed their “ironclad commitment” to ...

The Western military alliance’s new national spending benchmark on defence and security may cause problems for smaller and poorer NATO member states in the Balkans who cannot afford 5 per cent ...

The U.S. push for increased defense spending from its Asian allies mirrors the Cold War-era experience of NATO, where U.S. pressure led to gradual but necessary increases in defense capabilities.

The outcomes speak for themselves: concrete achievements that decades of conventional wisdom could not produce.

While Trump celebrated the defense spending pledge, questions rose about his support for NATO’s mutual defense pact, Article 5. The article, part of the Washington Treaty, establishes the ...