Spending in Europe, including Russia, was a big factor behind the global surge in spending, SIPRI said. European nations' collective spending increased by 17% to $693 billion amid the ongoing war ...

The 9.4% year-on-year rise to $2.718 trillion in global military spending in 2024 is the highest figure ever recorded by the authoritative Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI ...

Global military spending reached a new high in 2024. Germany, too, spent significantly more on defense.Global military spending reached a new peak in 2024, totaling just over $2.7 trillion (E2.38 ...

The United States, Australia and the United Kingdom, a trilateral alliance known as AUKUS, have agreed to loosen weapons export restrictions amongst themselves. The alliance is leading to greater ...

SYDNEY, Sept 18 (Reuters) - AUKUS partners Australia, Britain and the United States said on Wednesday they are in discussions with Canada, Japan and New Zealand about potential collaboration on ...

The AUKUS agreement — a trilateral security pact between the U.S., U.K. and Australia — was first announced in September 2021. As the partnership enters its fourth year, leaders across AUKUS ...

Defence hawks are getting rattled by the intense scepticism surrounding the AUKUS submarine plan. Navy chief Vice Admiral Mark Hammond last week attacked critics of the program, saying “the ...

SIPRI estimated that some 2,100 of the deployed warheads were kept in a state of high operational alert on ballistic missiles, and nearly all belong to Russia or the U.S. However, it said that ...

The author has previously received competitive grant funding from the Australian government's National Foundation for Australia-China Relations and the Department of Defence. The views expressed ...