NATO leaders on Wednesday agreed to a major defense spending increase while leaving room for some alliance countries to not hit the new spending goals thanks to very particular wording. “Allies commit ...

Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (Jose Luis ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — NATO leaders agreed on a massive hike in defense spending Wednesday after pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, and expressed their “ironclad commitment” to come to each ...

For decades, European countries have relied on the United States for NATO’s defense. Now, the status quo may be shifting—marking the beginning of a defense policy realignment toward a strong and ...

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) held its annual summit last week and nearly all the defense alliance's members committed to boosting defense spending above their previously agreed-upon ...

WASHINGTON, DC— NATO leaders have agreed to increase military and security spending, committing to invest 5 per cent of GDP annually by 2035 to strengthen the alliance’s core defense capabilities and ...

NATO leaders committed to investing 5 percent of their annual GDP on "core defense requirements as well as defense- and security-related spending by 2035," according to the final summit statement that ...

At the June 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague, Netherlands, NATO leadership “committed to investing 5% of GDP annually on defense by 2035, including at least 3.5% on core defense requirements for Allied ...

NATO's 32 member states agreed to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP by 2035, representing a significant increase from the long-standing 2% benchmark. The new target is the most ambitious in the ...

It's crucial that NATO nations quantify their biological defense activities and count them toward NATO's 3.5% core defense ...