Sweden became NATO’s newest member on Thursday (7 March 2024), upon depositing its instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty with the Government of the United States in Washington DC. With Sweden’s accession, NATO now counts 32 countries among its members.
I think it’s also been a case of “it’s nice to spend money on nice things instead of things designed to kill people”. Which it is! It’s not a non-significant part of why EU’s GDP per capita is so much higher than Russia’s.
Which is also why fuck Russia. Governments like that make everything worse.
Completely agreed. The ideal defense spending is 0. The problem is that this is only possible if everyone agrees that military action is not the proper method to solve international conflicts.