>Poland’s president on Monday called on other members of the NATO alliance to raise their spending on defense to 3% of their gross domestic product as Russia puts its economy on a war footing and pushes forward with its invasion of Ukraine.
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>President Andrzej Duda made his call in remarks directed at home and abroad. His appeal came on the eve of a visit to the White House, where U.S. President Joe Biden will receive both Duda and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Tuesday.
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>“In the face of the war in Ukraine and Russia’s growing imperial aspirations, the countries making up NATO must act boldly and uncompromisingly,” Duda said in a Monday evening address to his nation.
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>NATO members agreed in 2014 to boost their defense spending to 2% of GDP after Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula that year, but most members, including Germany, still fall short of that benchmark.
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>Poland, however, now spends 4% of its GDP on defense, making it the member to spend the most in percentage terms as it modernizes its military, while the U.S. is well above 3%.
We need a different metric for defense spending in NATO than % of GDP. Poland might spend 4% of its GDP on defense, but the GDP per capita of .e.g. Norway is 4-5 times higher, so with 2% they still pay more for defense per capita than Poland does.
Bruh they had 10 years to hit 2% and half of NATO probably won’t even hit that
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>Poland’s president on Monday called on other members of the NATO alliance to raise their spending on defense to 3% of their gross domestic product as Russia puts its economy on a war footing and pushes forward with its invasion of Ukraine.
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>President Andrzej Duda made his call in remarks directed at home and abroad. His appeal came on the eve of a visit to the White House, where U.S. President Joe Biden will receive both Duda and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Tuesday.
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>“In the face of the war in Ukraine and Russia’s growing imperial aspirations, the countries making up NATO must act boldly and uncompromisingly,” Duda said in a Monday evening address to his nation.
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>NATO members agreed in 2014 to boost their defense spending to 2% of GDP after Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula that year, but most members, including Germany, still fall short of that benchmark.
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>Poland, however, now spends 4% of its GDP on defense, making it the member to spend the most in percentage terms as it modernizes its military, while the U.S. is well above 3%.
We need a different metric for defense spending in NATO than % of GDP. Poland might spend 4% of its GDP on defense, but the GDP per capita of .e.g. Norway is 4-5 times higher, so with 2% they still pay more for defense per capita than Poland does.
Bruh they had 10 years to hit 2% and half of NATO probably won’t even hit that