NATO countries are using creative math to meet the U.S. president’s demand to more than double annual spending, partly by expanding what counts beyond soldiers and weapons.

NATO defense ministers are set to approve plans to buy more weapons and military equipment to better defend Europe, the Arctic and North Atlantic.

By Andrew Gray, Sabine Siebold and Lili Bayer BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Officials organising a NATO summit in The Hague this month are expected to keep it short, restrict discussion of Ukraine, and choreograph meetings so that Volodymyr Zelenskiy can somehow be in town without provoking Donald Trump.

The U.S. defense secretary expressed optimism that allied countries would increase their defense budgets, a demand of President Trump’s.

An ambitious defense expansion program is being carried out by Turkey, a strong U.S. ally but also Israel's regional rival

President Donald Trump's administration announced on Thursday its nomination for the next top U.S. general in Europe and said the U.S. military officer would also assume the traditional role of Supreme Allied Commander Europe.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Germany will need around 50,000 to 60,000 additional active troops under the new NATO targets, German defence minister Boris Pistorius said on Thursday ahead of a NATO meeting in Brussels. Pistorius added that NATO should make clear in its summit declaration that Russia is its greatest threat.

In a powerful demonstration of unity and resolve underscoring the NATO alliance’s commitment to collective defense, nearly 5,000

Officials organising a NATO summit in The Hague this month are expected to keep it short, restrict discussion of Ukraine, and choreograph meetings so that Volodymyr Zelenskiy can somehow be in town without provoking Donald Trump.

European NATO countries are feeling the heat from Washington to increase their defense spending, and they may be inclined to