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NATO allies' increased defense spending commitments
NATO’s accession and post‑accession requirements—most visibly the 2014 pledge to aim for 2% of GDP on defence and the related equipment and capability targets—have pressured small European states to r...
Yes: reporting indicates President Trump and his administration have issued repeated, concrete threats and policy moves that Europeans and Brussels officials interpret as an active challenge to Europe...
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...
Since ’s , the countries spending the largest shares of GDP on defence have shifted from a few high outliers to a broader cohort of front-runners: leads at roughly 4.1% of GDP, followed by and at abou...
pays the most for in absolute terms and is one of the largest direct contributors to NATO’s common budgets — roughly 15–16% of the alliance’s annual common budget — but that metric understates how ove...
An independent Scotland’s armed forces, as outlined by Scottish Government planning documents and party materials, would be a conventional three‑service force — land, sea and air — overseen by a Joint...
Modern historical studies place the civilian share of wartime fatalities roughly around half of all victims in many conflicts, but urban fighting and particular tactics can push that share much higher...