Spain is not the only sceptic among NATO’s ranks. Slovakia, while less vocal, has also expressed ambiguity towards the 5% ...

The defense alliance of 32 countries is planning to invest billions in its security over the coming decade. But it’s a splurge that some European NATO members, saddled with huge debt burdens, can ...

The 23 EU members who also belong to NATO are likely to agree to raise the defence spending target above the current 2% of national output at a June summit of the alliance that will set a new ...

NATO's commitment to spend five percent of GDP on defense by 2035 was meant to unify the alliance, but it's revealing ...

NATO wants European members to expand air defenses fivefold - report Jun. 04, 2025 6:26 AM ET SPDR® S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF (XAR), PPA, DFEN, EUAD, ITA, SHLD, NATO By: Jessica ...

"I am very open to having a public debate about the future of Austria's security and defense policy," Austria's Foreign ...

European members of NATO are discussing raising the military alliance's defense spending target to 3% of GDP from the current 2%, the Financial Times reported, citing four people involved in the ...

Hegseth urged NATO allies to bolster their defense spending from 2% to 5% of their GDP, noting that the U.S. is attempting to "revive the warrior ethos" as well.

Even as the European countries recovered economically following the war, and NATO matured from twelve founding members in 1949 to twenty-nine in 2017, members have not contributed their share.

The European Union and NATO have a new third joint declaration. In the context of the war in Ukraine, it sends an important message of transatlantic unity and solidarity. It commits to take NATO-EU ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and his NATO counterparts will meet formally Wednesday for a summit that could unite the world's biggest security organization around a new defense spending pledge or ...