The decision by NATO members on Wednesday to spend five percent of their GDP on defence could shift budget priorities.

NATO leaders on Wednesday agreed to a major defense spending increase while leaving room for some alliance countries, ...

President Trump has pressed allies to spend more on defense. Leaders agreed that “allies” — but not “all allies” — would meet ...

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, who hosted the summit in his home city of The Hague, said NATO would emerge as a “stronger ...

The Trump administration, earlier this year, requested a 13% increase to the U.S. defense budget for fiscal 2026. If approved ...

President Trump has long pushed the European allies to be more self-sufficient on defense, relying less on American ...

Nato leaders have agreed on a massive hike in defence spending after pressure from US President Donald Trump, and expressed ...

Adjusted for military PPP, their combined budget is now equivalent to 76% of America’s. Last year 18 out of 32 NATO countries hit the alliance’s target of 2% of GDP , up from just eleven in 2023.

Neighboring countries such as Japan and Taiwan have also ramped up their defense spending in response to China's military expansion, with Japan increasing its budget by 11 percent in 2023 to $50.2 ...

In dollar terms, the increase in US military spending dwarfs additional spending by all other countries. The surge in US military spending led the pack of all of the imperialist countries, which ...

Numbering approximately 1.3 million military personnel in 2024, the United States military stands far higher than any other Nato country; yet this is no surprise, since it is also far larger by ...