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 ...

Kurt Volker is an American former ambassador to NATO and former special representative for Ukraine. Nico Lange is a former ...

This year's NATO summit, which kicks off in The Hague on Tuesday, centres on a proposed new security-related spending target of 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2032, to reflect the threat ...

In their rush to retain Donald Trump's support for NATO, the alliance's European members have promised to more than double the amount of wealth they set aside for military spending.

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 ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to meet a new Nato target to spend 5% of the UK's GDP on national security by 2035. Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte has called on members to commit 3. ...

The history of NATO is a powerful reflection of how international alliances shape global security. Founded in 1949 after WWII ...

Each European country will decide independently on whether to introduce military conscription, NATO's secretary-general has said, as the continent forges ahead with its rapid defense ramp up. Why ...