Center for European Policy Analysis: NATO's 5% Defense Pledge and Italy: Can It? Will It?
July 11, 2025
July 11, 2025
WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary:
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NATO's 5% Defense Pledge and Italy: Can It? Will It?
Creative accounting won't be enough to meet Italy's commitments, but the country's savvy prime minister can make a good start.
By Niccolo Comini
Reaching NATO's 3.5% of GDP target for core defense spending for debt-ridden and politically fractured countri . . .
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NATO's 5% Defense Pledge and Italy: Can It? Will It?
Creative accounting won't be enough to meet Italy's commitments, but the country's savvy prime minister can make a good start.
By Niccolo Comini
Reaching NATO's 3.5% of GDP target for core defense spending for debt-ridden and politically fractured countri . . .