Military spending

Military spending

U.S. Army M1A1 Abrams tanks attend NATO enhanced Forward Presence battle group military exercise Crystal Arrow 2021 in Adazi, Latvia March 26, 2021 REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo

Global military spending rises 2.9% despite US decline over Ukraine freeze

The top three military spenders, the US, China and Russia, accounted for a combined $1.48 trillion, or 51% of global spending

France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech to army leaders, on the eve of the annual Bastille Day Parade in the French capital, at l'Hotel de Brienne in Paris, France July 13, 2025. Photo: LUDOVIC MARIN/Pool via REUTERS

France's Macron announces plan to accelerate military spending

A mock model of the FFM "Upgraded Mogami" class is displayed during the Defence Security Equipment International (DSEI) Japan at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Japan May 21, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

Asia boosts weapons buys, military research as security outlook darkens

Israeli soldiers ride in a military vehicle near the border with the Gaza Strip on 12 February 2024, amid ongoing fighting between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. Photo: Menahem KAHANA / AFP

World faces 'dangerous decade' as instability, military spending rise: Report

Colonel general Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander of the Ground Forces of Ukraine, visits his troops at an advanced post as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in north of Kyiv, Ukraine March 29, 2022. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

Highest military spending in Europe since Cold War: study

FILE PHOTO-French President Emmanuel Macron delivers his New Year address to the French Army, at the Mont-de-Marsan air base, France January 20, 2023. Bob Edme/Pool via REUTERS

Macron boosts French military spending by over a third to 'transform' army

Belgian army Special Forces are seen during the Black Blade military exercise involving several European Union countries and organised by the European Defence Agency at Florennes airbase, Belgium November 30, 2016. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

Global military spending tops $2 trillion for first time as Europe boosts defences

Increase in Military Spending

Rising military spending in the ‘return of geopolitics’

Ikhtiar Mohammad, Grad Student, University of Maryland. Illustration: TBS

7% of global military spending could feed all the hungry around the world

A European Union flag is seen behind a British Union Jack during an anti-brexit protest in London, Britain, January 7,2019/ Reuters

Post-Brexit UK announces largest military investment since Cold War

A US special forces soldier stands in front of Chadian soldiers during Flintlock 2015, an American-led military exercise, in Mao, February 22, 2015. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun

Military spending saw biggest increase in a decade in 2019