NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced, on Monday 17 June, that “23 Allies (out of 31 – Iceland was not included due to missing figures) will spend 2% or more of their GDP on defence this year”.
“That’s more than twice as many as four years ago, and it shows that more and more Allies are now stepping up their efforts and investing more in our security”, he explained at a meeting with US President Joe Biden in Washington.
Together, the Allies will have increased...