NATO's Historic Defense Spending Pledge: A Transformational Shift in Transatlantic Security Architecture
The conclusion of the NATO summit in The Hague on June 26, 2025, marked a watershed moment in the alliance's 76-year history, fundamentally reshaping the burden-sharing dynamics that have long characterized transatlantic security cooperation. The unprecedented commitment by NATO members to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP by 2035 represents not merely a numerical adjustment, but a profound strategic recalibration in response to an increasingly complex and threatening global security environment.
