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National Security Journal on MSN15h
NATO’s ‘Creative Accounting’ Plan to Meet Trump’s Massive Spending Demands
European NATO members, facing President Trump’s intensified demand for defense spending to reach 5% of GDP, are reportedly ...
As Trump Demands More Military Spending, NATO Reconsiders What Counts
The president has long pressed European allies to pay more for their own security. So they may redefine what qualifies as ...
Welcome to Barrow: The nuclear submarine-making U.K. town seeking resurrection from a military spending boom
Barrow-in-Furness has crumbled since the end of the Cold War. Will growing military threats revive the nuclear ...
U.S. ambassador presses NATO for plan toward 5% defense spending goal
NATO leaders are expected to approve an updated spending target at the summit. One proposal under consideration involves ...
US Wants Clear NATO Plan to Boost Defense Budgets, Whitaker Says
US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said the alliance needs to present clear steps to meet a defense spending target of 5% ...
Merz inaugurates a historic German brigade in Lithuania and pushes for security spending
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Chancellor Friedrich Merz inaugurated a groundbreaking German brigade in Lithuania that is meant to help protect NATO’s eastern flank and declared Thursday that “the security ...
Italy expects NATO to raise defence spending target to between 3.5% and 5% of GDP
NATO will raise the defence spending target for its member nations to between 3.5% and 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) ...
The Latest: Trump goes to Capitol Hill to rally divided Republicans around his 'big beautiful bill'
President Donald Trump goes to Capitol Hill on Tuesday seeking to unify divided House Republicans on the multitrillion-dollar ...
Europe’s defense investments signal big wins for American industry
A significant amount of investment opportunities will be open to U.S. companies, writes Jovita Neliupšienė, the EU ambassador ...
Agence France-Presse on MSN6d
Is NATO set to agree spending 5% of GDP on defence? Not quite
NATO countries look on course to agree a deal on ramping up their defence spending target at a summit in The Hague next month in a bid to satisfy US President Donald Trump. The current minimum agreed ...