NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is upbeat that the military organization will agree a massive spending hike at a “transformational summit,” as member state leaders including U.S. President Donald ...

NATO is bracing for potential conflict, driven by concerns over Russian aggression. A new defense posture aims for a 5% of ...

Europe braces for Trump's arrival at the Nato summit with difficult questions over Iran and defence spending, following the 5 ...

The German Press Agency learned about this after a meeting of defense ministers of the alliance countries in Brussels, Die Zeit and the Associated Press reported on Thursday, June 5. NATO has agreed ...

He said it would take nations “back to the defense expenditure levels of the Cold War.” NATO countries started to cut their military budgets in safer times after the Berlin Wall collapsed in 1989.

A new Pew Research Center report showed 60% of Americans, including 77% of Democrats and 45% of Republicans, view NATO ...

There were unexpected moments of levity among the momentous decisions on raising spending to levels not seen since the Cold War.

Since the invasion of Ukraine prompted Helsinki to join NATO two years ago, tensions reminiscent of the Cold War have resurfaced along the forested 1,340-km (833-mile) frontier, Europe's longest ...

The following day, the US declared war on Japan and entered World War II. ... the US continues to form the military backbone of NATO, which was created during the Cold War against the Soviet Union.

Defence spending of 5% was the norm among Nato countries during the Cold War. But as well as how much governments spend, what and how they spend that money is also important.

European officials tracking the ramp up of Vladimir Putin’s military are wrestling with a threat that would have been ...

NATO countries building up weapons stocks to levels not seen since Cold War ... the 2% GDP number should not be the target but the minimum level of defense spending for NATO countries.