TRACKING NATO SPENDING


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Jun 20, 2025

NATO Defense Spending Tracker

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Kristen Taylor

The Transatlantic Security Initiative’s NATO defense spending tracker delves into data and figures to analyze current defense spending trends.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, June 6, 2007

NATOSource

Aug 26, 2014

Is NATO Back? That Depends on Germany

By Emily Cadei, Ozy

The last few months have made clear that NATO’s core mutual-defense mission is more intensely relevant than at any time since the collapse of the Soviet Union 23 years ago.

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Press Release

Aug 26, 2014

NATO Secretary General Rasmussen to Headline Atlantic Council Future Leaders Summit in Wales, Sept. 4

NEWPORT, WALES – NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will deliver the opening keynote address at the Atlantic Council’s Future Leaders Summit at Celtic Manor in Wales on September 4. He will preview the official NATO Summit agenda. The Future Leaders Summit is the premier public diplomacy event alongside the NATO Summit in Wales, and […]

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Aug 26, 2014

Benitez on Germany’s Role in the NATO Alliance

By Jorge Benitez

Ozy quotes NATOSource Director and Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Jorge Benitez on why Germany is in a position to dictate NATO’s effectiveness:

NATO Security & Defense

Defense Industrialist

Aug 26, 2014

The Military Implications of Scottish and Catalonian Secession

By James Hasik

  Scotland will free-ride in the Atlantic without sustained investment, but Catalonian maritime specialization would be welcome in the Mediterranean. On 18 September, Scotland votes on the question of independence from the United Kingdom, and the polling strongly suggests a vote of no. On 9 November, Catalonia could be voting on the same issue vis-à-vis Spain, but the polling slightly […]

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Defense Industrialist

Aug 26, 2014

Germany and Japan’s Differing Arms Export Regimes

By James Hasik

It’s much easier to kill an arms exporting franchise than to build one. The armaments export policies of Germany and Japan seem to be crossing paths this month. His recent approval of the export of a whole tank factory to Algeria notwithstanding, German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel is said to have been piling up license requests on his desk, content to […]

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Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, May 8, 2014

NATOSource

Aug 26, 2014

NATO’s Second-Class Members

By Slawomir Sierakowski, New York Times

There is no need to pretend: Those members who have no NATO bases are simply a gray area of second-class membership. What has become clear is that not all NATO members are equal.

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Italian troops in Afghanistan, Sept. 28, 2011

NATOSource

Aug 25, 2014

Special Summit Series: Italy and NATO

By Stefano Stefanini

Italy feels the heat from the Mediterranean, a conveyor belt for the growing insecurity in North Africa and the Middle East.

European Union International Organizations
Danish frigate HDMS Peter Willemoes, June 28, 2011

NATOSource

Aug 25, 2014

Denmark Will Join NATO’s Missile Defense System

By Local (Denmark)

Denmark will join Nato’s missile defence system, the Foreign Affairs Committee (Udenrigspolitisk Nævn) decided on Thursday.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, July 12, 2014

NATOSource

Aug 25, 2014

Russia Not Invited to Wales NATO Summit – Reports

Russia will not participate in the upcoming NATO summit in Wales at the beginning of September as it was not invited, Kommersant business daily reported Monday.

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US Patriot missile battery in Turkey, February 4, 2013

NATOSource

Aug 25, 2014

NATO Debates Directing Missile Shield Against Russia

By Spiegel and RIA Novosti

From Spiegel:  NATO officials are considering deploying a long-planned missile defense system — aimed at protecting Europe from attacks from the Middle East — against Russia as well, SPIEGEL has learned.

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