NATO’s New Spending Target: Challenges And Risks Associated With A Political Signal – Analysis
Sunday, 29 June 2025 () By Dr Nan Tian, Lorenzo Scarazzato and Jade Guiberteau Ricard
In a landmark shift, the members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have endorsed a new national spending benchmark: 5 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) to be invested annually in ‘core defence requirements as well as defence- and...
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