How NATO Nations Need to Sell the 5 Percent Spending Hike to Their Own People - Breaking Defense

How NATO nations need to sell the 5 percent spending hike to their own people - Breaking Defense

The Atlantic Council’s Kristen Taylor argues in this op ed that committing to defense spending is only half the battle.

New defense spending strengthens NATO

New defense spending strengthens NATO NATO nations are committed to revitalizing the alliance by spending 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) on defense. “NATO is now much better poised to project military, diplomatic and economic power,” says Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a recent op-ed, noting a stronger alliance deters future wars. NATO’s founding Washington Treaty states that member nations “will maintain and develop t…