Israel sets record $35 billion defence budget for 2026
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2025-12-06
Wars, demand and new buyers: Why world arms revenue jumped 5.9% to its highest ever https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/global-arms-revenue-record-high-sipri-ujskrxqx?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ArmsIndustry #SIPRI #DefenceSpending #UkraineWar #GazaConflict
Keir Starmer's Defence Spending Plans: A Costly Strategy with Limited Impact
Keir Starmer has positioned himself as a prominent diplomatic leader in Europe, focusing heavily on defence spending and military posturing. In light of ongoing crises in Gaza and Ukraine, he has advocated for a stronger British military presence, including plans for advanced fighter jets and enhanc... [More info]
Prime Minister Carney praises Trump as ministers jet to Sweden to talk defence deals – National
Prime Minister Mark Carney issued an unusual statement Saturday to praise U.S. President Donald Trump for trying to…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/65018/
The FT, an anti-Trump establishment stalwart, is normalising a Trumpian coup threat against the Spanish PM for failing to acquiesce to a bonkers increase in Spain’s defence budget - that would blow up the country’s finances. This is what it has come to!
(https://www.ft.com/content/5908b7ed-d971-4bde-9458-3d3193f456fe)
Dave Brown @DaveBrownToons @Independent on #Trump #Article5 #NATO #NATOSummit #IranIsraelConflict #DefenceSpending #F35AJets #GazaGenocide – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
Spanish PM rejects Nato’s ‘unreasonable’ 5% GDP target for defence spending – as it happened
Nato leaders confirm defence spending will rise to 5% of GDP and say support for members is ‘ironclad’ – Europe live
NATO's 1.5%: Is this the detail that can derail the new spending deal?
The new NATO spending target has a 1.5% for non-military expenses.
Its interpretation however is vague and could spark "opportunistic" divisions.
Matt @MattCartoonist on #NATO #DefenceSpending #JeffBezos @telegraph – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
Negotiations? Not for Taiwan or South Korea. US administration is pushing for other nations to spend 5% of GDP on defense — because it means more weapons sales for the US.
BTW, while US military spending is the highest in the world, it is only 3.4% of GDP.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/jun/24/visual-guide-can-europe-really-defend-itself-alone
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Japan Cancels Key Annual Meeting With US
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba gives his opening speech at the beginning of the meeting with US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth at his office in Tokyo. March 30, 2025. Stanislav Kogiku/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Japan has called off a high-level annual meeting wi…
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https://www.alojapan.com/1303393/japan-cancels-key-annual-meeting-with-us/
https://www.alojapan.com/1303393/japan-cancels-key-annual-meeting-with-us/ Japan Cancels Key Annual Meeting With US #DefenceSpending #DonaldTrump #Japan #JapanNews #JapanUSAnnualMeeting #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #us Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba gives his opening speech at the beginning of the meeting with US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth at his office in Tokyo. March 30, 2025. Stanislav Kogiku/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Japan has called off a high-level annual meeting with its key ally, the United…
Spain rejects proposed defence spending hike ahead of NATO summit
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez wrote in a letter that “committing to a five per cent target would not only be unreasonable, but also counterproductive."
#politics #military #economics #World #DefenceSpending #NATO
https://globalnews.ca/news/11251180/nato-summit-spain-rejects-proposed-defence-spending-hike/
While increased spending is a welcome step, the key is how the money is used. A recent opinion paper from the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies (IEEE), "Anatomía del esfuerzo español en defensa" (IEEE 40/2025), raises critical questions. The author, General Juan Carlos Domingo Guerra, suggests a gap between the announced budget and the actual investment in core defence capabilities.
https://www.defensa.gob.es/ceseden/-/ieee/anatomia_del_esfuerzo_espanol_en_defensa
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#Auspol #AUKUS #DefenceSpending
Saturday Paper June 14 2025
Hugh White
Can Albanese fix Australia’s defence?
(Hugh White is emeritus professor of strategic studies at the Australian National University. He is a former deputy secretary of the Department of Defence and wrote Australia’s 2000 Defence White Paper.)
<<The news that Washington is reviewing the AUKUS submarine deal puts a bombshell under Australia’s defence policy and sharpens the debate of recent weeks about defence spending. In that debate, suddenly 3 per cent is the new 2 per cent. For 30 years, 2 per cent of gross domestic product has been widely accepted as the benchmark for responsible defence spending. Recently, the number has drifted up towards 2.5 per cent. Now, under pressure from United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, people, including the Coalition, are seriously considering 3 per cent.
This is real money. Each per cent of GDP means about $28 billion, every year. Defence is important, but it is a big mistake to spend more on it than necessary, because every dollar taken from other priorities for defence makes us a less educated, less healthy and less productive society.
We will never discover how much we need to spend on defence by bandying GDP percentages. In this debate they are close to meaningless, as Anthony Albanese has, to his credit, made clear. The only sensible way to set the defence budget is to build the case step by step. What broad strategic objectives do we want our armed forces to be able to achieve? What operations do they therefore need to be able to perform? What capabilities would perform those operations most cost-effectively? How much do those capabilities cost?>>
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<<We will have to spend [our defence budget] much more wisely, by rigorously applying the logic of defence policy – defining strategic objectives, setting operational priorities, selecting the most cost-effective capabilities, and delivering them as cheaply and efficiently as possible. It is a long time since our defence policy was subjected to this kind of ruthless analysis.>>
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Carney to make defence announcement amid push for NATO spending hike
Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to make an announcement related to "defence and security priorities," as the push for NATO countries to increase spending grows.
#politics #military #spending #Canada #DefenceSpending #NATO
https://globalnews.ca/news/11228169/mark-carney-defence-announcement-nato/
Carney to make defence announcement amid push for NATO spending hike
Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to make an announcement related to "defence and security priorities," as the push for NATO countries to increase spending grows.
#politics #military #spending #Canada #DefenceSpending #NATO
https://globalnews.ca/news/11228169/mark-carney-defence-announcement-nato/
Carney to make defence announcement amid push for NATO spending hike
Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to make an announcement related to "defence and security priorities," as the push for NATO countries to increase spending grows.
#politics #military #spending #Canada #DefenceSpending #NATO
https://globalnews.ca/news/11228169/mark-carney-defence-announcement-nato/
Canada-Europe defence ties can link ‘club of countries,’ says German envoy
Germany's ambassador to Canada sat down with The West Block's Mercedes Stephenson for an exclusive interview, and discussed new partnership goals between Canada and the EU.
#politics #military #defense #Canada #World #DefenceSpending
https://globalnews.ca/news/11218106/canada-germany-defence-partnerships/
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