“During the Cold War, Europeans spent far more than 3 percent of their GDP on defense,” the former Dutch PM said. In the early 1980s, before the collapse of the Soviet Union, NATO's European members ...

The head of Nato has said it is time to "shift to ... He said European members had spent upwards of 3% of GDP on defence during the Cold War. "If we don't spend more together now to prevent ...

Britain and other members of Nato have been urged to shift to a ... Considering that during the Cold War, Europeans spent more than 3% of GDP on defence, Rutte said that much more would be ...

In a recent statement, the NATO Chief invoked the government spending trends during the Cold War, saying that military expenditure in many member nations is lower than what they were back then.

Mark Rutte, the secretary general of the organisation, said NATO members had spent more than 3% of GDP on defence during the Cold War and argued future spending would have to be much higher than ...

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says being admitted into NATO could end what he described as the “hot phase of the war” waged by ... infrastructure as the cold season settles in.

“Hyping up the so-called ‘China threat’ is completely futile,” Liu said, adding Beijing firmly opposes NATO’s use of regional hotspot issues to smear China and incite a new Cold Wa ...

Ukraine not insisting on NATO membership during war, but it remains our strategic goal – Ukraine's foreign minister Ukrainska Pravda Wed, December 4, 2024 at 10:57 AM UTC ...