John Healey asked seven times if UK would spend more than 2.5% on defence - each time he stuck to script
Donald Trump has said NATO allies should be spending 5% of national income on their armed forces - and the UK currently invests less than half of that.
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CFIUS Reviews Should Be Subject to Judicial Scrutiny
Biden’s decision underscored two key challenges with the current CFIUS process: the absence of a clear tiered framework to ...
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India’s Defense Budget Rise Insufficient to Meet Strategic Requirements
With its latest budgetary earmark announced on , India’s defense establishment can expect another year of limited military ...
Starmer summons UK defence chiefs in tussle over spending
Although the forecasts are subject to revision before Reeves’ Spring Statement on March 26, they indicate that her £9.9bn of headroom against her fiscal rules announced in her Budget last October has ...
Hegseth says DOGE welcome at Pentagon as Defense Department reviews military posture globally
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Pentagon did not push same "globalist agendas" as USAID but welcomed DOGE "partnership" ...
Hegseth says Defense force posture under review post-Biden admin, adds DOGE 'welcome at the Pentagon'
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said force posture across the world will be reviewed to account for the different "strategic ...
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The Stabilisation Framework: Managing Australia’s Great Power Relationship
Some Australian commentators have suggested that stabilisation plays directly into Beijing’s hands and that Australia ought ...
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Hegseth: Defense Department must return to long-term planning against strategic adversaries
In a Pentagon town hall, new defense secretary set out an agenda for longer-term plans, faster deployment of tech, and staff ...
Reeves’ tax raid ‘puts national security at risk’ as defence firms take £150m hit
Conservatives warn that Ministry of Defence may be left to pick up the bill as Labour is accused of ‘shooting UK defence in ...
Pentagon boots CNN and the Washington Post from workspace in favor of smaller conservative outlets
The Washington Post, CNN, The Hill and The War Zone will lose workspace at the Pentagon this year under an expanded “media ...