<p>Rahul Tandon looks at changing attitudes to defence spending following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. There have been new funding commitments from countries like Germany, while Sweden and Finland now want to join NATO, but what's the true cost?
We speak to Estonia's defence minister Kalle Laanet about his country's growing military budget, and German membe ... Show More
Apr 2023
Germany Cautiously Rebuilds Its Military Might
For decades, Germany has downplayed military spending. But after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the government reversed its longstanding ban on sending weapons into war zones, and announced a plan to spend an additional 100 billion euros to upgrade its armed forces. Bloomberg seni ... Show More
26m 35s
May 2022
Counting the Pieces: Defense Spending and the “Ever Shrinking Fighting Force”
This week, Mike sits down with Major General Arnold L. Punaro (USMC ret.), Chief Executive Officer of the Punaro Group, to discuss his new book, The Ever-Shrinking Fighting Force, which covers the history of U.S. defense spending and why the number of warfighters is declining des ... Show More
40m 5s