A new report by a U.K.-based defence group says sanctions have eroded Russia’s tech sector and they’ll be forced to get by ...

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 ...

Resistance to the 5% target For decades, NATO’s defence spending benchmark stood at 2% of GDP, a goal that many members struggled to meet. The new 5% target, introduced by the US Administration ...

Once allies reach 5%, it will add more than $1 trillion per year in defense spending to the alliance’s annual total, making NATO substantially stronger and more capable of defending against threats.

However, the U.S. leads NATO in defense spending per capita at $2,239 and total defense spending at $967,707,000. As of 2024, eight of 32 NATO members are below the 2% GDP defense spending threshold.

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 includes ...

On the surface, it appeared as though every member of NATO agreed to increase its defense spending to 5 percent of its GDP by 2035—and I'm confident that many of our allies intend to do just that.

Italy is once again pushing ahead with a plan to link the mainland with Sicily in a massive infrastructure project that, even if everything goes according to plan, will take nearly eight years and 13.

Germany has expanded defence spending but continues to face recruitment and training shortfalls. Troop numbers have plateaued ...