U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio asked allied foreign ministers gathered in Brussels on Thursday to increase their defense spending to five percent of their gross domestic products (GDP) – a very substantial increase for most members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and considerably more than the even the United States spends as a percentage of GDP.
On Tuesday’s “PBS NewsHour,” co-host Geoff Bennett stated that Europe has been dependent on America for its security, and that leads to “an underinvestment in Europe’s own defense capabilities.” While speaking with Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Bennett said, “On the
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said that while President Donald Trump is going about it the wrong way, he’s correct that “Europe should pay for their own defense.” Maher said, “[T]here are some things I
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced a number of new initiatives to bolster defence in a speech in Warsaw, as European powers appear set to comply with U.S. President Donald Trump’s demands that the continent pay for its own protection rather than relying on America.
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” French President Emmanuel Macron stated that President Donald Trump is correct that Europe has to do more on defense and France has to increase its spending, but “not because you ask
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Washington Post Associate Editor and MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart stated that it’s incorrect to claim that Europe is ripping off the United States on defense by not spending enough on their defense because they’re not “paying
During an interview with C-SPAN on Friday, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) stated that Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid will need reform to achieve the fiscal discipline desired by President-Elect Donald Trump because the rest of the
Poland’s budget for 2025 includes record military spending of $48.7 billion, officials said Wednesday, as the Ukraine war continues to ramp security concerns across Europe.
Taiwanese President William Lai Ching-te on Thursday announced a proposed defense budget of $19.76 billion in U.S. dollars for the 2025 fiscal year.
United States intelligence was able to alert the German government to a Russian plot to assassinate the chief of Rheinmetall.
During an interview with CBS News on Thursday, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith stated that Presidents Obama, Trump, and Biden have all “pushed” NATO members to boost their defense spending to 2% of GDP and Trump does deserve “credit” for
South Korea and Saudi Arabia signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly research and develop new weapons technology.
The Commerce Department’s monthly report on factory orders is the latest evidence that U.S. manufacturing has bottomed and may even be rebounding.
Defense spending has surged as the U.S. tasks the makers of war machines to replenish U.S. military stockpiles depleted by support for Ukraine.
Japan’s defence ministry on Thursday announced it will seek a record $53 billion budget for the next fiscal year on the back of regional tensions driven by an increasingly assertive China and unpredictable North Korea.
During an interview with Bloomberg on Tuesday, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas called on NATO members to step up their defense spending and meet their commitments on the issue, especially because the U.S. has elections coming up and this means it’s
Germany will likely overtake the UK in total military spending before the 30s, a report by one defence think-tank has claimed.
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) published data on global arms transfers on Monday that found India remains the world’s largest importer of weapons, reaching a five-year high of 11% of all global imports.
China’s defense budget for 2023 will be unveiled on Sunday at the National People’s Congress (NPC) half of the annual “Two Sessions” legislative event.
We’re still awash in data showing January was a month of unexpectedly strong growth and resurgent inflation.
Germany is reportedly considering diverting green agenda cash aimed at reducing coal power to the defence industry, amid the war in Ukraine.
The British military’s supply of ammunition would run dry in just one day in a direct engagement with Russia as a result of years of spending cuts to the nation’s defence, a former top general has warned.
Britain’s armed forces are no longer able to play a full role in NATO or defend the homeland after years of cutbacks, according to British defence sources, with a senior American general warning London that it has a “barely tier two” force.
Defense contractors are raking in millions of dollars as the Biden administration pledges to continue supporting Ukraine for “as long as it takes.”
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) discussed the prospect of cuts to defense spending and argued that American national defense can be more efficient and effective and that because we have had
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends First,” Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) stated that there is a problem with increasing defense spending because “the military-industrial complex is real. I mean, we’re spending money on things that
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) stated that the omnibus bill is an example of the “unholy alliance” where Republicans agree to increases in domestic spending for boosted defense spending and argued that
Taiwan on Thursday debuted a defense budget that would increase military spending by 13.9 percent over 2021 spending, a considerably higher increase than suggested by legislators – but still not nearly enough to counter the threat of a Chinese invasion, according to defense analysts.
Defense stocks have outperformed the market in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to a recently published report.
On Sunday, left-wing activist and filmmaker Michael Moore pushed for defense spending to address things such as the “climate catastrophe,” white supremacy and the coronavirus.
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) stated that progressives are “pacing ourselves right now” because they “want to bring down the military budget” and want things like a $15 minimum wage, and expanding Medicare. Ocasio-Cortez
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given his backing to what is being touted as the biggest investment program in the country’s armed forces since the end of the Cold War three decades ago.
During Tuesday’s CNN Democratic presidential debate, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) called for cuts in the Department of Defense’s budget and argued that the U.S. needs to “think about our defense in very different ways” and “depend
A group of South Korean protesters angered by American demands for more defense spending expressed their anger on Friday by destroying portraits of U.S. Ambassador Harry Harris outside the U.S. embassy.
“They want us to bankrupt ourselves, that’s the goal,” said Ret. Gen. Robert Spalding of China’s plan to usurp America’s global position.
German politicians on Tuesday threatened to expel U.S. Ambassador Richard Grenell over his sharp criticism of Germany’s low defense spending. Grenell took Germany to task for failing to meet its own spending goals, let alone its commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
The Japanese government announced on Tuesday that it will deploy aircraft carriers for the first time since World War II as part of a defense strategy that will involve purchasing a great deal of American military hardware, a course of action U.S. President Donald Trump has strongly urged.
Boeing, the second biggest beneficiary of United States Defense Department government contracts, is outsourcing manufacturing and about 3,000 jobs to India.
President Donald Trump on Saturday hit out at countries that rely on the U.S. “subsidizing” their military capabilities, pointing to Saudi Arabia, as well as Japan and South Korea as culprits. In doing so he linked them to NATO allies in Europe that rely on U.S. defense capabilities while neglecting their own.
South Korea’s Unification Ministry announced on Tuesday that it will spend 1.1 trillion won (about $993 million) on cross-border initiatives with North Korea next year, an increase of 14.3 percent over current spending.
