The Rebuilding of US Defenses Following the Ukraine Conflict. Vladimir Putin’s assault on Ukraine has prompted Germany to revolutionize its protection coverage in lower than every week. Will the Biden Administration have an analogous awakening about defending Individuals with dictators on the march?
Progressives complain the Pentagon price range is bigger than some other nation’s, however the fact is that protection spending is at historic lows. It’s heading to beneath 3% of the financial system. Protection spending reached a postwar excessive of 9.1% in 1968 however by no means fell under 4.5% even within the Seventies, reaching a excessive of 6% in 1986 on the top of the Reagan buildup that helped win the Chilly Struggle. (See close by chart.)
