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NATO’s Percent Pledge
Scrap NATO’s 2 Percent Target and Go Bold!

NATO’s 2 percent spending goal is a political basis for driving the debate on burden sharing. But that debate must lead to firmer action if NATO is to remain durable.

  • Sean Kay
· September 17, 2015
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The Cost of European Security
September 17, 2015

As a security vacuum in Europe grows, a wider, strategic question remains unanswered: Who is responsible for keeping Europe safe and free, and at what cost?

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The Politics of 2 Percent: NATO and the Security Vacuum in Europe

It is unrealistic to expect all NATO allies to spend 2 percent of GDP on defense. Yet the metric persists—and it has assumed a significance beyond its face value.

· September 2, 2015
NATO Must Put Its Money Where Its Mouth Is

If NATO allies do not find their own strategic policy worth investing in, why should adversaries and rivals take the alliance seriously?

  • Sten Rynning
· June 2, 2015
Time to Scrap NATO’s 2 Percent Pledge?

To solve their readiness and capability problems, NATO allies should shift their attention away from the meaningless 2 percent spending pledge.

  • Claudia Major
· April 28, 2015
Burden Sharing and NATO’s 2 Percent Goal

NATO’s 2 percent target is practically useless and should be abandoned in favor of a more objective, more accurate measure of burden and risk sharing.

  • John R. Deni
· April 14, 2015
Defense Spending—Beyond the 2 Percent Target?

NATO, despite being the primary framework for transatlantic military cooperation, is still an alliance of independent states that have their own budgets and priorities.

  • Malcolm Chalmers
· March 31, 2015
The Modest Price of Preserving Peace

NATO members have committed to boosting their defense capabilities. Beyond reversing downward trends in spending, what should allies do to meet that commitment?

  • Camille Grand
· March 17, 2015
Judy Asks: Is NATO’s 2 Percent Spending Call Realistic?

Every week, a selection of leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.

· February 25, 2015