Europe’s Military Boom Masks A Strategic Void – OpEd

Europe’s Military Boom Masks A Strategic Void – OpEd

The ghost of the Cold War is not quite ready to rest. According to the latest SIPRI report, global military expenditure has reached a record high of $2.7 trillion. Europe, rattled by the cannon fire echoing from Ukraine, has responded with its most dramatic defense spending spree since the fall of the Berlin Wall: $693...

Europe’s Military Boom Masks a Strategic Void

The ghost of the Cold War is not quite ready to rest. According to the latest SIPRI report, global military expenditure has reached a record high of $2.7 trillion. Europe, rattled by the cannon fire echoing from Ukraine, has responded with its most dramatic defense spending spree since the fall of the Berlin Wall: $693 billion, up 17 percent from the previous year. As expected, the war in Ukraine is the proximate trigger. But scratch the surface…