NATO's commitment to spend 5% of GDP on defense by 2035 was meant to unify the alliance, but it's revealing dangerous fault ...

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

Former President Donald Trump has once again demonstrated his unwavering commitment to America's international standing—this time taking Spain to task for its NATO spending shortcomings. At a recent ...

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António Costa, president of the European Council, said in a recent interview that he expects NATO members’ new 5 percent defense spending pledge to help pave the way for a trade agreement ...

Blanár's comments add to European concerns about the stance of an EU and NATO country toward Ukraine given Fico's opposition to continuing military aid for Kyiv and sanctions on Moscow.

Following years of criticizing NATO as a "rip-off," President Trump now endorses the alliance as member countries agree to double their defense spending targets.

The strikes on Iran aimed to reassert existential deterrence, instilling fear, not just readiness, while pressuring NATO to evolve from transactional defense spending to credible strategic deterrence.

Ukraine experienced significant setbacks in its ambitions to join both NATO and the European Union at recent summits, failing to secure concrete progress or invitations.

That scene, where Trump accused NATO’s members of being essentially freeloaders and threatening to go his “own way,” had stunned European leaders.

NATO estimates show Poland spent the highest percentage of its GDP on defense and was the only country estimated to spend more than 4%. Estonia and Latvia followed, each allocating around 3.4%.

The Nato summit showed up an increasing divide between Europe and the US, and their military priorities.