Nov 21, 2025
Most Viewednato 2% spend
NATO’s long-standing 2% of GDP defence guideline — agreed after 2014 — has been largely met across the alliance in 2025, with NATO projecting all allies will meet or exceed 2% that year and European a...
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15 resultsDec 12, 2025
Most ViewedWhich countries have received the most US foreign military financing since 2000?
Available public datasets and government pages show that Foreign Military Financing (FMF) is the U.S. program that channels grants and loans to allies to buy U.S. weapons, services and training . Deta...
Dec 13, 2025
Most ViewedCan coastal states interdict stateless vessels in their exclusive economic zones under UNCLOS?
UNCLOS explicitly allows boarding and other enforcement against stateless vessels on the high seas, while coastal-state enforcement powers inside the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) are more limited and...
Nov 21, 2025
Which countries have the most survivable geography in a full-scale nuclear war in 2025?
Most recent reporting and peer-reviewed studies converge on a short list of places likely to fare better than others in a full-scale nuclear exchange: Australia, New Zealand and a handful of remote is...
Nov 1, 2025
Does the us have the most nuclear bombs
The simple claim "Does the US have the most nuclear bombs?" is false on the best available counts: in the most recent public tallies. Multiple respected trackers and compilations from 2024–2025 consis...
Oct 25, 2025
How much money was supplied on defense in the last presidential term versus the current term?
The available analyses indicate that defense-related outlays rose substantially in the period covering 2020–2024, with private firms receiving and the United States accounting for . The FY2025 U.S. de...
Oct 24, 2025
safest country in nuclear war updated late 2025 resources
No country is truly “safe” in a full-scale nuclear war; modern analyses show rising nuclear risks, severe environmental effects, and that relative safety depends on distance from targets, latitude, fo...
Oct 17, 2025
Is italy supplying weapons to Israel to use in gaza?
Italy supplies some military equipment to Israel but is not identified as a primary source of weapons used in Gaza; while recent domestic actions—such as the blocking of containers at Ravenna and publ...
Jan 21, 2026
How much does each NATO member contribute to the NATO Security Investment Programme (NSIP) in 2026?
Public documents and secondary reporting set the 2026 common-funded ceilings and explain how bills are split, but none of the provided sources supplies a complete, published per‑country 2026 NSIP paym...
Jan 19, 2026
Which indicators best predict escalation from regional conflict to global war in contemporary nuclear geopolitics?
The clearest predictors that a regional conflict will leap to a global war in today’s nuclear landscape are great‑power entanglement combined with eroding alliance credibility, the breakdown of arms‑c...
Jan 7, 2026
How does Germany's defense spending as a percentage of GDP compare to France and the UK?
Germany has historically spent less of its GDP on defence than the United Kingdom and roughly the same or slightly less than France in recent years; in 2023 German defence outlays were about 1.6% of G...
Dec 21, 2025
What role does Israel play in the global arms trade and military technology exports?
Israel is a mid-sized but fast-growing player in the global arms market whose specialised, battle‑tested technologies — especially missiles, air‑defense, ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissanc...
Dec 9, 2025
Ukraine is opening two agencies (Berlin and Copenhagen) to sell surplus and co-produced weapons
Ukraine has announced a controlled export programme to sell surplus and co‑produced weapons abroad and “two sales offices for weapons produced under co‑production” are to open in Europe (reportedly Be...
Nov 26, 2025
What were the measurable outcomes of NATO burden-sharing pressure and US troop withdrawals on European defense spending and regional stability?
European defense spending has risen sharply since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine: EU/EEA defence expenditures reached about €343 billion in 2024 and are estimated to hit roughly €381–392 billion (≈...
Oct 21, 2025
do isreal have nukes
Israel is widely assessed by independent analysts and specialist organizations to possess a nuclear weapons capability, though the Israeli government maintains a deliberate policy of , neither confirm...