NATO has deep divisions – but why is Spain its most openly critical member?

By Waya Quiviger, Professor of Practice of Gobal Governance and Development, IE University

Many observers, including NATO’s official communications site, hailed last month’s NATO summit as “historic”, primarily due to a landmark pledge by core member states to increase defence spending to 5% of GDP by 2035 – a significant shift from the current target of 2%.

President Trump played a key role in pushing for this increase and has framed the summit as a major foreign policy win. “It’s a great victory for everybody, I think, and we will be equalised,” Trump…

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