New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Wednesday he will work to bring Europe and the U.S. together in their approach to ...

In Sweden, as across Europe, defense spending is soaring — but too slowly to meet Russia’s threat. STOCKHOLM — Europe’s race ...

TOM KREBS is Professor of Economics at the University of Mannheim, member of the German Minimum Wage Commission, and former ...

an economist at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, a think tank in London. The government’s ambitions for higher military spending should reach the poorer parts of the ...

Germany under new Chancellor Friedrich Merz surprised NATO allies on Thursday by signalling plans to massively boost defence ...

NATO allies have started cobbling together an agreement to significantly boost defense spending in a way that may assuage US ...

President Donald Trump is asking Congress for deep cuts to domestic agencies and a boost to the military in a preliminary ...

Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has publicly backed US President Donald Trump's demands for a massive increase in ...

Military expenditure in Africa totalled $52.1 billion in 2024, which was 3% more than in 2023 and 22% more than in 2015, according to new research from the Stockholm International Peace Research ...

Europe is in desperate need of faster economic growth to fund more spending for self-defense. Leave it to the small but mighty nation of Finland to show how to do it. The country of 5.6 million ...

The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, and pressure from Trump, helped drive a massive boost in global military spending last year, a Swedish think tank says.

Global government space investments rocketed to $135 billion in 2024, marking a 10% increase from 2023, with defense expenditures driving growth and continuing to outpace civil ...