Romania and Bulgaria need to increase defense spending beyond 2% of GDP to strengthen NATO's southeastern flank amid ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz is about to make history with his vow to create the 'strongest conventional army in Europe,' writes ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz inaugurated a groundbreaking German brigade in Lithuania that is meant to help protect NATO’s ...

NATO leaders are expected to approve an updated spending target at the summit. One proposal under consideration involves ...

US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said the alliance needs to present clear steps to meet a defense spending target of 5% ...

NATO yesterday once again pointed to Spain as the member of the Atlantic Alliance that makes the lowest investment in defense relative to the size of its economy. In fact, the organization’s annual ...

NATO's chief aims to have member countries spend 3.5% of GDP on defense by 2032, a significant increase from the current 2% goal. This new target involves both direct military spending and related ...

Schoof said Rutte had written to NATO's 32 member countries calling for them to reach 3.5 percent of GDP on "hard military spending" and 1.5 percent of GDP on "related spending such as ...

NATO chief Mark Rutte wants member countries to agree at a summit in June to reach 5% of gross domestic product on defense-related spending by 2032, Dutch Premier Dick Schoof said Friday.