NATO promised to use members' soaring defense budgets for a fivefold increase in air defenses. But there are problems beyond ...

European nations have pledged more NATO funding partly through a novel redefinition of “defense.” Is it gimmickry or a more ...

The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania all have conscription, as do several of the Nordic countries, as well as ...

Chancellor Merz may find it difficult to maintain the generous social welfare regime that Germans have benefitted from for ...

The U.S. push for increased defense spending from its Asian allies mirrors the Cold War-era experience of NATO, where U.S.

President Donald Trump's critics scoffed at his idea for NATO allies to pay more for their defense. Now, a new deal is in ...

The President’s 2026 budget, like Biden’s, is an after-inflation cut in defense.

Past Liberal minister Lloyd Axworthy has strongly rebuked Carney’s NATO spending decision and advised against joining Trump’s ...

The arrangement allows Ukraine to get weapons it needs in its war with Russia while providing a way for Europe to increase ...

Europeans have agreed to pay more for arms and want to spend it at home. But can its manufacturers rush to compete with ...

Taiwan’s military spending accounts for about 5 percent of GDP, based on NATO standards, including 1.5 percent spent on boosting infrastructure resilience, Representative to the US Alexander Yui told ...