News

Opinion
World Politics Review on MSN23dOpinion
For NATO, Appeasing Trump Came at a High Price
The priorities of this year's NATO summit were to appease Trump and prevent a major disaster. That meant neglecting the alliance's broader goals. The post For NATO, Appeasing Trump Came at a High ...
Sergey Lavrov contrasts rising internal rifts in NATO with BRICS unity at just-concluded summit in Rio de Janeiro - Anadolu ...
Leaders of the 32 NATO member countries are set to meet in Hague for a high stakes two day summit starting Tuesday. Tensions are running high between allies.
Europe braces for Trump's arrival at the Nato summit with difficult questions over Iran and defence, following the 5% defence spending target he's demanded of allies ...
NATO, which stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, is a military and political alliance of 32 member states from Europe and North America. The summit comes amid heightened tensions in West ...
In 2024, NATO member countries spent an average of 2.61% of their gross domestic product (GDP) on defense, but the figures vary widely across the alliance.
At the moment, Poland is the NATO member state spending the most per GDP on defense investments, according to the latest data from the alliance, at 4.12 percent.
NATO estimates show Poland spent the highest percentage of its GDP on defense and was the only country estimated to spend more than 4%. Estonia and Latvia followed, each allocating around 3.4%.
See how much NATO countries spend on defense and how that has changed. Many member countries would have to double defense spending by 2035 to meet new targets, charts show.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he had made progress on the long sought acquisition of F-35 fighter jets in talks with U.S. President Donald Trump during the NATO summit. "Turkiye is a ...
Flags of NATO member nations wave outside the organization’s headquarters in Brussels on March 6, 2025. (John Thys/AFP via Getty Images) How we did this This Pew Research Center analysis focuses on ...
If the meeting of NATO heads of state in The Hague needed a catchy movie title, it could be “The Summit of Fear.” At a gathering shadowed by the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, the fears ...