Declarations are not deterrence, and commitments are not capabilities. At The Hague last year, NATO allies made a historic pledge to spend five percent of their GDP annually on core defense and security-related capabilities.
NATO’s Burden-Sharing Reckoning
Since 2017, European allies and Canada have increased defense investment by more than $1.2 trillion, reflecting a real shift in political will. The goal is not simply to spend more, but to shift the conventional defense of Europe to Europeans, with the United States providing critical but more focused support.
The most consequential development in the alliance today is happening on factory floors, where expanded industrial capacity on both sides of the Atlantic is needed to build more military equipment and out-innovate adversaries.
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