These countries recorded the lowest defence spending as a proportion of GDP in Nato in 2024, a fact that will not be lost on ...

European countries need to invest now in defence because it is not possible to assume that the United States' presence on the ...

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

The rate of growth for Russia’s military spending outpaced all other European countries combined in 2024 as its invasion of ...

The defence expenditure as a percentage of GDP and national expenditure has been falling in recent years. Considering the regional and global threat perception and the need to bridge capability gaps, ...

In April 2024, the then-Conservative government committed to spending 2.5% of GDP on defence by 2030. It said this figure would set “a new standard for other major European NATO economies to follow” ...

The multipolarisation of the international order is challenging the EU's liberal vision with Donald Trump's return to the ...

In total, defence spending is around £54bn, less than it was in the comparative calm of 2010. Britain used to be one of the very few nations to even reach the 2 per cent target, but now some Nato ...

Joint defence spending by the 23 EU countries in NATO already meets the 2% target after they increased it by 30% since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Costa said. "There is a very ...

A new target for spending is likely to be agreed at a NATO summit in The Hague in June. That would require agreement from all 32 member states. European countries have ramped up defense budgets ...

Estonia's Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur tells Will Bain that more countries should up their military spending to five per cent of GDP, in an effort to combat Russian aggression. It follows US ...