Europe’s Military Injustice
For NATO and the European Security and Defense Policy to work properly, their members must be prepared not only to supply troops and equipment, but also to fund and sustain missions until they are are completed. Instead, certain members now do a disproportionate amount of the fighting, funding, and dying.
LONDON – The cost of sending troops and military hardware around the world to provide security when and where it is needed is causing major financial headaches across Europe. Indeed, Europe’s finance ministries face a dilemma over how much of their stretched national budgets to allocate to the military; and European defense officials must somehow ensure that precious funding is spent in the most efficient manner.
LONDON – The cost of sending troops and military hardware around the world to provide security when and where it is needed is causing major financial headaches across Europe. Indeed, Europe’s finance ministries face a dilemma over how much of their stretched national budgets to allocate to the military; and European defense officials must somehow ensure that precious funding is spent in the most efficient manner.