NATO’s 5% defense spending target signals the conclusion of post-Cold War reliance on others.
The NATO Defense Burden and Europe’s Spending Imbalance This piece is part of an ongoing series exploring the challenges faced by the NATO alliance. For over thirty years, the United States has shouldered most of NATO’s military responsibilities, while many European allies have found it easy to keep their defense spending relatively low, to the […]
Treasury secretary states that the Ukraine minerals agreement could ignite economic growth similar to post-Cold War levels.
Potential Economic Boost for Ukraine Post-Conflict Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent is optimistic that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could significantly improve his country’s economy through a US-mediated mineral trade agreement. “I often say that economic security equates to national security,” Bescent remarked in a conversation with Miranda Devine on her podcast, Podforce 1. He added that […]