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NATO’s 5% of GDP defence target ramps up pressure on Australia to spend vastly more
27 June 25 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Conversation on 27 June 2025. Image: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, the Hon Richard Marles MP, meets with Minister of National Defence of Canada David McGuinty at the 2025 NATO Leaders’ Summit. (Defence Images) After lobbying by US President Donald Trump, NATO leaders have promised to boost annual defence spending to 5% of their countries’ gross domestic product (GDP) by 2035. A NATO statement releas
And it’s over? Outcomes of the NATO summit in Vilnius
14 July 2023 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in The Strategist 14 July 2023. Link to original version. Image: Anthony...