To put U.S. military spending in context, consider GDP and population shares relative to the rest of the world, as of 2013. The pie charts demonstrate that the United States accounts for a larger ...

G lobal military spending reached a record high of $2.7 trillion last year, according to the latest data by the Stockholm ...

The world has been arming itself with military weapons with a worrisome pace since the end of the Cold War in 1989.According ...

The world is now rearming at the fastest rate since the Cold War, with a 9.4 percent increase in military spending around the world – the highest rate in figures going back to 1988.

The administration framed the budget as a 13% increase, but that includes a spending package Congress has yet to pass.

“Many countries have also committed to raising military spending, which will lead to further global increases in the coming years,” the report said. The United States remains by far the world ...