German leaders intend to ramp up defense spending and build the most powerful armed forces in Europe, but shadows of World ...

As President Trump pushes European allies to spend 5 percent of GDP on defense — something the U.S. has not done since 1990 — ...

The most obvious economic consequence of bigger defence budgets will be to strain public finances. Debts are already high and ...

The head of the NATO military alliance warned Monday that no country could have an opt-out from a massive new hike in ...

Many NATO members lag far behind the U.S. in defense-spending levels and military capabilities. Now they are trying to fix ...

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Here’s where defense spending among NATO members stood as of last year: To meet the new target, countries could rely on ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — NATO leaders agreed on Wednesday on a massive hike in defense spending after pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, and expressed their “ironclad commitment” to come ...

In a statement, called the Hague Declaration, members also say: "We reaffirm our ironclad commitment to collective defence".

Trump’s affirmation of support for Nato came after he sparked alarm on his way to The Hague by telling reporters aboard Air Force One that Washington’s commitment to Nato’s Article 5, which refers to ...

The resulting sense of trepidation — call it the Trump tiptoe effect — has shaped the summit’s primary goal: for NATO’s 32 members to raise their defense spending to 5 percent of their gross domestic ...