Nato members are set to agree a new 5% defence and national security spending target, up from current levels.

At the moment, Poland is the NATO member state spending the most per GDP on defense investments, according to the latest data ...

Instead of disbanding, NATO grew from its original 12 members to 32. In keeping with its founding ideology, it requires applicants to practice liberal democracy and market economy and contribute ...

Since NATO set its defense spending targets in 2014, overall average spending among member states, excluding the United States, has risen from 1.4% of GDP to 2% in 2024.

In 2008, NATO agreed that both Ukraine and Georgia “will become members of NATO” but did not specify a date or a path. Mr. Biden and some other leaders did not regard Ukraine as ready for ...

In 2014, NATO members committed to spending 2% of their Gross Domestic Product or economic output in the wake of Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region. The U.S. contributes 3.4% of ...

Ahead of the June 2025 NATO summit, international views of Putin and Russia remain negative, while Zelenskyy gets mixed ratings overall.

NATO members are set to agree to a goal to increase their defense spending level to 5% of their GDP as a means to address a long-held grievance by President Donald Trump.

Notably, no NATO member has cut defense spending more since 2021 than Greece — a country that reported a nearly 7%, or $570 million, reduction in its military budget.

The original 12 founding members of the political and military alliance are: the United States, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands ...

Most European NATO members possess minimal navies. Even France and the UK have, respectively, only 22 and 16 principal surface combatants and 9 and 10 submarines. As for the others?

NATO chief says Europe will pay more for defense, keeps mum on Ukraine talks NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte refused after speaking with President Donald Trump to weigh in on a U.S. plan to end ...