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NATO sets sights on boosting defense budget beyond 3% GDP
NATO Chief Mark Rutte admitted that the Alliance must make a tough decision about increasing defense spending. "I expect it to be over 3 percent of GDP, although we are still at an early stage," he ...
NATO Touts European Spending on Ukraine as It Awaits Hegseth
European NATO members are aiming to demonstrate to the Trump administration the full scope of their financial support for ...
Europe's New Defense Champion Emerges
Europe is broadly trying to push up its defense spending with questions over how the U.S. will continue to prop up the ...
Hegseth sets out hard line on European defence and Nato
Speaking at a defence summit in Brussels, Hegseth said the US would no longer "tolerate an imbalanced relationship" with its ...
US defense chief says NATO membership for Ukraine is unrealistic
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says NATO membership for Ukraine is unrealistic and in sweeping remarks suggested Kyiv ...
Europe and Canada boosted defence spending 20% in 2024, NATO says
Defence spending by NATO's European members and Canada was 20% higher in 2024 than the previous year, NATO Secretary General ...
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NATO laggard Belgium vows defense boost with more F-35s, third frigate
This will put an end to what I can safely call a ‘period of national disgrace,’" said Belgium's new defense minister, Theo ...
Hegseth rules out NATO membership for Ukraine; says Europe must be responsible for country’s security
The U.S. defense secretary also said that a return to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders, before Russia invaded Crimea and eastern ...
World Defense Spending Soars as Ukraine War Continues, IISS says
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine pushed military spending worldwide to $2.46 trillion in 2024, representing a 7.4% ...