Global military spending this year has reached its highest level since the end of the Cold War, highlighting a new phase of geopolitical challenges and threats, according to research from the ...

The world spent more than $2.7 trillion on militaries in 2024 — the largest number since 1988, which marked the end of the ...

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.

Global military expenditure ... the end of the Cold War, according to data compiled by the global security think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Spending in Europe ...

Worldwide military expenditure surged to $2.7 trillion in 2024, marking the sharpest annual increase since the Cold War, ...

World military expenditure had the steepest year-on-year rise since at least the end of the Cold War ... combined spending was $1.64 trillion, SIPRI said. At $997 billion, the US represented ...

Global military expenditure ... the end of the Cold War, according to data compiled by the global security think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Spending in Europe ...

The world is arming itself at the fastest rate since near the end of the Cold ... military spending, which will lead to further global increases in the coming years,” the report said. The United ...

pushing European military spending beyond the level recorded at the end of the Cold War. Russia's military expenditure reached an estimated $149 billion in 2024, a 38% increase from 2023 and ...

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — The world is arming itself at the fastest rate since near the end of the Cold ... defense budget of $64.8 billion. China followed the US in overall military spending ...