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Tag: defense budgets

Europe / Featured / Geopolitics

Eying NATO Membership, Swedish Government Proposes Defense Spending Hike

September 15, 2023September 15, 2023 - by Daniel Darling

The Swedish government has put forth a budget bill for fiscal year 2024 (FY24) that will drive defense spending up by 30 percent year-on-year and push the country towards the …

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Featured / Geopolitics

The British Military’s Winter of Discontent

February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 - by Daniel Darling

As the United Kingdom confronts labor disputes, a struggling National Health Service, a possible recession, and post-Brexit depression, the nation’s formerly renowned military faces its own reckoning. While British munitions …

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Asia / Featured / Geopolitics / Region

Sri Lanka Announces Major Cut to Armed Forces

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 - by Daniel Darling

Confronted with a severe financial crisis, the government of Sri Lanka has announced plans to slash its armed forces over the course of the year in an effort to get …

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Featured / Geopolitics

The European Defense Environment Year in Review, and a Peek Ahead

December 22, 2022December 22, 2022 - by Daniel Darling

As 2022 draws to a close, the European defense environment has shifted as dramatically as at any time since the end of the Cold War. Beginning with the launch of …

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Featured / Geopolitics

Japan Prepares for a New Era in Defense Approach and Investment

December 12, 2022December 12, 2022 - by Daniel Darling

For nearly half a century, the one constant in Japan’s defense approach remained its budgeting. Year-in, year-out, regardless of government, Japan has earmarked no more than 1 percent of its …

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Europe / Geopolitics / War in Ukraine

Alarmed by Events in Ukraine, Finland Agrees to Defense Spending Top-Up

April 6, 2022November 14, 2022 - by Daniel Darling

Finland’s five-party government has announced an agreement to supplement its defense budgetary outlays with an additional EUR2 billion ($2.19 billion) allocation. The agreement comes amidst a backdrop of Russia’s invasion …

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Asia / Geopolitics

China Plans Defense Budget Increase of Over 7 Percent for 2022

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 - by Daniel Darling

With global tensions continuing to heat up, the Chinese government has announced its intention to increase its defense budget by 7.1 percent year-on-year for 2022. The official topline figure will …

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Europe / Geopolitics

U.K. Spending Review Indicates Shrinking Real-Term Defense Investment

October 29, 2021October 29, 2021 - by Daniel Darling

British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak unveiled the Conservative government’s Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 (SR21) on October 27. The latest U.K. Spending Review sets departmental budgets out to fiscal …

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