Stamer says UK will spend 3% of GDP on defence - but refuses to say when Sir Keir Starmer is under pressure to further increase spending on defence. The government has committed to spending 2.5% of GDP on defenc
Harrison, Mark, "How Much Did the Soviets Really Spend on Defence? New Evi- dence from the Close of the Brezhnev Era", PERSA Working Paper no. 24, Department of Economics, University of Warwick, Jan. 3, 2003.Harrison, M. (2003) How much did the Soviets really spend on defense?
Sir Keir Starmer has announced that the government will cut aid spending to pay for a boost to defence. So what impact could this have on the various countries and bodies that receive aid? Firstly, how much is aid being cut by? Around £6bn per year will be taken o...
b: ‘Would you like to see more or less government spending in each area. Remember that if you say ‘much more’, it might require a tax increase to pay for it.’(1) old age pensions, (2) health, (3) the police and law enforcement, (4) education, (5) the military and defence...
This year, the United States is on track to spend US$1 trillion on research and development (R&D),much more than any other country. And its labs are a magnet for researchers from around the globe, with workers born in other nations accounting for 43% of doctorate-holders in the US workf...
The framework further notes that ”cyber threats to UK CNI represent an area of particular concern for the government, and consequently the cybersecurity and resilience of the thirteen CNI sectors is a high priority for the NCSC.” One of the examples is the civil nuclear sector, which has ...
At the same time, no matter how much Western leaders may dislike the term, “moral equivalence” between Russian invasion and past U.S. interventions is being drawn. To cite Amin Saikal, an Afghan-Australian scholar and a leading authority on Middle East: in invading Ukraine, “President Vlad...
Effective demand shows how much would be bought (i.e. how much people can afford to buy and would actually buy) at any given price. It does not mean how much people would like to buy if they had an endless amount of money. Effective demand is demand supported by...
Reuters could not determine how many more such arrangements Britain has helped with; the defence ministry said it works routinely with partners across the globe to procure equipment, but declined further comment. "The UK has emerged as a leader among allies and partners in providing assistance ...
climatic conditions. Climate change risks are often seen as a threat multiplier. Whilst the impacts of climate change on the military and defence sector is gaining attention in both political and scientific realms, the way this sector adapts to these risks is, however, still pretty much unknown....