Cover What’s in a Number? Making NATO’s 1.5% Spending Goal Work for European Resilience

Bertelsmann Stiftung (ed.)

Helena Quis, Torben Schütz

What’s in a Number? Making NATO’s 1.5% Spending Goal Work for European Resilience

Format Type
PDF
Date of publication
18/06/2025
DOI
10.11586/2025052
Edition
1. edition
Volume/Format
12 pages, PDF

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Description

NATO’s proposed 1.5% spending target for non-military, yet defence-related, domains
could advance Europe’s civil preparedness and resilience – but only if clearly defined and
strategically implemented. Drawing on institutional analysis and country examples, this
brief outlines risks of fragmentation and recommends how NATO, the EU, and Germany
can turn the new symbolic target into a tangible instrument for improving resilience.

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