These charts suggest NATO is unprepared for a militarised Russia
April 10, 2014
Long-term cuts to spending have been exacerbated by the financial crisis. Defence spending, in real terms, has fallen 21.5 per cent in Italy, 9.1 per cent in the UK, 4.3 per cent in Germany and is flat for France since 2008, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Over the same period, Russia’s military spending has risen 31.2 per cent.
