Both countries have seen their military spending swell by 11 percent since last year. SIPRI's Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme researcher Xiao Liang commented: "China is ...

Global military spending reached a record high of $2.44 trillion in 2023, having grown 6.8% compared to the year before. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI ...

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is widely considered the largest peace-time military alliance in the world. The 32 ...

Countries across the world are “bolstering military strength in response to a deteriorating security environment”, said Dr Nan Tian, senior researcher with Sipri’s Military Expenditure and ...

Worldwide military spending, when estimated on the basis of unweighted country averages, has declined by nearly half, from 3.6 percent of GDP during the Cold War period (1970–90) to 1.9 percent of GDP ...