Signal NATO members agree to lift defence spending toward five percent of GDP by 2035

Summary

The plan links the war between Russia and Ukraine and the conflicts in the Middle East to a sharp rise in global uncertainty. It describes global tension as becoming a standing condition rather than a passing episode. Major countries are responding by strengthening their military capabilities. As a concrete marker, the plan cites an agreement among NATO members to raise defence spending to about five percent of GDP by 2035. The plan places this build-up within the broader securitization of science and technology policy that frames its own strategy.