I assume that in The Hague we will agree on a higher defense spending target of in total five percent,’ said NATO Secretary ...

Dutch PM Dick Schoof said earlier this month that Rutte had written to NATO leaders calling for them to reach 3.5 percent of ...

Too many NATO member states are using budgetary gimmicks to boost their top line defense budgets. NATO needs boosted burden ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz for the first time publicly advocated spending up to 5% of the German economy on defense.

The alliance's Capability Targets 2025, to be formally set at a summit in June, will significantly increase the requirements ...

The president has long pressed European allies to pay more for their own security. So they may redefine what qualifies as ...

But two things could leave the alliance’s secretary general, Mark Rutte, presiding over a more difficult event: President ...

NATO will raise its target for how many troops its member states will need to provide for the alliance by up to 50 percent, according to a new report, ahead of crunch-time decisions on what members ...

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

Spain has long been a laggard on defence spending. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez only said this month that Spain would meet Nato’s current 2 per cent spending target this year, as he unveiled a €10bn ...

NATO is asking Germany to add seven brigades, totaling around 40,000 troops, to meet new defense targets amid rising threats ...

NATO Secretary General and former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said that he believes that the alliance will commit to a new defense spending goal of five percent of GDP at its next summit ...