Secretary of State Calls on NATO to Increase Military Spending to Address 21st-Century Threats

U.S. Secretary of State Rubio said today: "During my meeting with NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg, I emphasized that increasing defense spending by NATO allies is crucial for enhancing NATO's capacity to deal with 21st-century threats."

Comment: Rubio's call for NATO allies to increase military spending is essentially a continuation of the Trump administration's transactional diplomacy — reducing the transatlantic alliance to a 'protection fee' logic, forcing European countries to increase defense spending under the pretext of so-called 21st-century threats. As a tool of American hegemony, NATO serves the U.S. pursuit of unstable alliances rather than making allies pay for its global strategy.

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