TWO PERCENT OF GDP FOR DEFENSE
A Realistic Commitment of NATO Nations?
First, advantages and disadvantages connected with measuring military expenditures as a share of national GDP are being discussed. Subsequently, the article analyzes development of defense burden in NATO nations during the past decade in the context of spending commitments within NATO. First, this analysis covers the years 2009 through 2013 in relation to the spending commitment after the Bucharest NATO Summit. Second, the analysis focuses on the development of defense burden between 2014 and 2018 in relation to the commitment to allocate at least 2% of GDP for defense in 2025 latest.
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The paper has been created as part of the Applied Economics in the Defense Department long-term institutional research development project at the Faculty of Military Leadership, University of Defence in Brno.
Keywords
Military Expenditures; Defense Burden; Determinant; NATO
Title in English: | TWO PERCENT OF GDP FOR DEFENSE |
Title in Czech: | DVĚ PROCENTA HDP NA OBRANU |
Type: | Article |
Author(s): | Vladan HOLCNER |
Language: | English |
Abstract: | English/Czech |
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ISSN: | ISSN 1214-6463 (print) and ISSN 1802-7199 (on-line) |
DOI: | 10.3849/1802-7199.19.2019.02.005-018 |
Issue: | Volume 19, Number 2 (December 2019) |
Pages: | 005-018 |
Received: | 09.08.2019 |
Accepted: | 18.10.2019 |
Published online: | 15.12.2019 |
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