defense spending

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power 2026-05-08

Europe Is Taking Over NATO. Washington Hasn't Noticed It's Losing the Alliance.

The Iran war forced Trump to fight alone, and in doing so he handed European capitals the leverage they needed to rewrite the alliance's power structure from the inside.

conflict 2026-05-01

Europe Just Had Its Biggest Military Spending Surge Since 1953. It Is Not Enough and Everyone Knows It.

European NATO members grew defense spending 14% in 2025, the steepest climb since the Korean War era. The NATO target just moved to 5% of GDP. The gap between current spending and what the war calculus demands is still enormous.