Summary -- The NATO summit in Wales -- The numbers : bigger NATO, less money -- The strategic backdrop : a security vacuum in Europe -- Finding a metric : the strengths and weaknesses of 2 percent -- How realistic is the 2 percent spending goal? -- The real issue : The U.S.-European security divide -- The 2 percent metric : flawed but indispensable
Summary
"The members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) pledged in 2014 to increase their defense spending to 2 percent of their gross domestic products by 2024. It is unrealistic to assume that this goal will ever be reached by all 28 allies, and yet the 2 percent metric persists -- and it has assumed a significance beyond its face value. It is about addressing Europe's growing security vacuum and defining who will be in charge of European security"--Publisher's web site
Notes
"September 2015."
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 19-21)
Notes
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Carnegie, viewed September 4, 2015)
