2023-04-24 22:44:00
Al Jazeera news agency Reported that global military spending reached $ 2.24 trillion. A record high in 2022 due to the protracted war between Russia and Ukraine. prompting a spike in military spending across Europe
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) reported on Monday that global military spending rose for the eighth year in a row, with European military spending rising. up 13%, the highest in at least 30 years
Most of the increase in spending in Europe was related to Russia and Ukraine, SIPRI said. Other countries have increased military spending to counter the Russian threat.
Nan Tien, senior researcher on military spending and weapons programs at SIPRI, said: “Military spending has been increasing steadily in recent years. is a sign that We live in an unsafe world. Many states keep strengthening their militaries. to cope with a less secure environment and cannot predict that the situation will improve in the future.”
SIPRI’s report said the move It is like sending a warning signal to other countries that are neighboring Russia. or used to be part of the former Soviet Union This resulted in a 36% increase in Finnish military spending and a 27% increase in Lithuania.
As of April 2022, Finland, the country whose border with Russia stretches for 1,340 km, became the 31st member of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), while Sweden, a country that has avoided a military alliance for more than 200 years, also wants to join NATO.
“While the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine affected spending decisions,” said Lorenzo Scarzzato, a researcher on military spending and weapons programs at SIPRI. military in 2022, but concerns regarding Russian aggression since 2014 have long been present. several former eastern states Military spending has more than doubled since 2014.”
The Moscow government invaded and occupied Ukraine’s Crimea in 2014 and supported separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine. before the start of a full-scale invasion in February 2022
Military spending in Ukraine will soar six times to $44 billion by 2022, according to SIPRI, the highest one-year military spending in Ukraine.
When considering the share of GDP, it was found that military spending last year It has increased by 34% compared to 2021, representing 3.2% of GDP.
Russian military spending rose by regarding 9.2 percent in 2022 to $86.4 billion, accounting for 4.1 percent of Russia’s GDP, up from 3.7 percent in 2021.
Nan Tian added that The United States continues to be the world’s largest spender on military spending, growing 0.7% in 2022, accounting for 39% of global military spending. The increase in spending comes from record levels of the military budget given to Ukraine. The US budget to help Ukraine in 2022 is worth $19.9 billion.
China remains the world’s second largest military spender. About $292 billion was spent last year. That’s 4.2% more than 2021 spending and the 28th consecutive increase in military spending.
Japan, meanwhile, spent $46 billion on military in 2022, a 5.9 percent increase from the previous year, the highest military spending since 1960.
China and Japan lead the Asian and Oceania region in military spending. Total military spending in the region is $575 billion, SIPRI said. increase since 1989
Japan and China are in a political standoff over the Senkaku Islands. or the Diaoyu Islands Located in the northeast of Taiwan.
In addition, the Tokyo government has long been in dispute with the Moscow government in the Northern Territory. It is located in the northeastern part of Hokkaido prefecture in Japan. And was occupied by the Soviet Union at the end of World War 2 and Russia called the conflict area ” Kuril Islands
While conflicts in Northeast Asia which is located in Taiwan is increasing The Beijing government claims that Taiwan is part of China. Beijing also claims almost all of the South China Sea belongs to China. which such territory It is a sea trade route. And many parts have possession claims from many countries. the whole philippines Vietnam and Malaysia
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