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Japan Policy Chief Hits Back at US Call for 5% Defense Spending
Japan should focus on enhancing its defense capabilities, not chasing spending goals, the ruling party’s policy chief said, ...
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Trump Posts Text From NATO Leader Praising Him For Getting Allies To Pony Up Defense Funds
President Donald Trump shared a message from North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Mark Rutte Tuesday ...
Germany to raise defense spending to 3.5% of GDP in 2029
Germany’s finance minister has vowed to lift the country’s defense spending to 3.5% of gross domestic product in 2029.
German finance minister presents war budget
The new federal government intends to triple defence spending in the coming five years. Its aim is to achieve the NATO target ...
Germany to Sell More Debt as Coalition Ramps Up Defense Spending
Germany will sell €19 billion ($22 billion) more federal-government debt than planned in the third quarter to help fund a ...
Lithuania's Budrys: NATO allies must commit equally to defense spending
Kęstutis Budrys, Lithuania's foreign affairs minister, discusses the importance of a coordinated effort to meet NATO spending ...
NATO leaders are set to agree on a historic defense spending pledge, but the hike won't apply to all
The head of the NATO military alliance warned Monday that no country could have an opt-out from a massive new hike in defense ...
Australia Must Choose Defense or Social Spending, Rabobank Says
Australia confronts a “guns or butter” choice between a bigger defense budget and expanding national disability insurance and ...