Recent US policy shifts — including around Ukraine — have created a heightened sense of urgency among European nations to ...

Trump has repeatedly expressed his contention that European countries have been taking advantage of the U.S. by not spending more on defense.

“They count government spending as part of GDP. So I’m going to separate those two and make it transparent.” Doing so could potentially complicate or distort a fundamental measure of the U.S ...

while data has shown the mighty US economy pulling even further ahead of its European counterpart. As a rapid rise in military spending across Europe looks increasingly likely, could it also give ...

As soon as it was confirmed that a budget would be brought down in March, national-security figures demanded that it include ...

BRUNO AMSELLEM/DIVERGENCE FOR LE MONDE Will the surge in military spending bring the French economy ... It's the second-largest arms exporter behind the US. The industry currently generates ...

Pressure from Trump could motivate Beijing to strengthen the kinds of support for the economy seen ... shock from the US,” ...

That’s 1% of gross domestic product, and almost 5% of total federal spending. The government payroll for other developed ...