The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is asking European member states for a fivefold increase in ground-based air defense capabilities in response to the threat of Russian aggression, people ...

NATO is already planning to increase its defense spending target from the current 2% of GDP. "I assume that in The Hague we will agree on a high defense spend target of, in total, 5%," said NATO ...

WASHINGTON − The new head of NATO and President Donald Trump agree on one thing: European member states should be paying more for their defense. Seated next to Trump in the Oval Office on ...

NATO defense ministers are proposing a 5% annual investment in defense spending by member nations to enhance defensive capabilities during a meeting in Brussels on Thursday.

NATO’s history is full of examples of shared command structures, such as the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. One possible solution would be for a European commander to be ...

European allies and Canada are concerned by Trump’s readiness to draw closer to Russia's Vladimir Putin, who sees NATO as a threat as the U.S. tries to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine.

MADRID – European Union leaders on Friday downplayed skepticism from U.S. President Donald Trump about solidarity among NATO members a day after they backed plans to spend more on defense amid ...

Ahead of this month’s NATO summit in the Netherlands, people in 13 surveyed member nations continue to view the alliance in a mostly favorable light. Meanwhile, roughly three years after Russia’s ...

NATO didn’t start out this way. The United States agreed to sign the North Atlantic Treaty, in April 1949, only at the strong urging of its European partners—who feared Soviet expansionism after World ...

Mr. Rubio’s visit to NATO’s headquarters came a day after Mr. Trump announced 20 percent tariffs on imports from the European Union. On Wednesday, Mr. Trump said of the E.U.: “They rip us off.