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SIPRI reports global military spending reached $2.9 trillion in 2025, a 2.9% increase year-on-year.
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released its annual Trends in World Military Expenditure report showing global defense spending rose 2.9% to nearly $2.9 trillion in 2025, representing 2.5% of global GDP, the highest share since 2009. European NATO members saw their fastest spending increase since 1953, up 14% to $864 billion, while Asia-Oceania rose 8.1% to $681 billion. The US remained the top spender at $954 billion but approved no new Ukraine assistance in 2025, dampening the overall growth rate from the prior year's 9.7%.
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Divergence score
5 outlets covered it, splitting into 3 framing camps across 4 bias groups.
3 camps
4 bias groups
The spectrum · how 5 outlets placed this story
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Reuters
CNN
Breitbart
The Hill
Al Jazeera
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Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
Furthest apart on this story
CNN
Military spending surges in Europe and Asia, pushing world to levels not seen in 16 years, report says
Allied spending surge and historic global highs
Breitbart
Trump Effect: NATO Spending Surge Hits Levels Not Seen in Decades
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The split, in one line
Reuters highlights US decline and Ukraine freeze; CNN foregrounds allied buildup; Breitbart credits the Trump effect, framing European surges as a White House policy win rather than a response to US retrenchment.
How each outlet covered it
Lightly covered so far
Too few outlets to map a left-right split. Here is each take as it stands.
Sparse coverage · 3 outlets
RReutersCENTER138d ago
“Global military spending rises 2.9% despite US decline over Ukraine freeze”
CNNCNNLEFT138d ago
“Military spending surges in Europe and Asia, pushing world to levels not seen in 16 years, report says”
BBreitbartRIGHT137d ago
“Trump Effect: NATO Spending Surge Hits Levels Not Seen in Decades”
7 tracked claims across 5 outlets
Fact ledger
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Disputed
US military spending decreased in 2025 due to ending support for Ukraine.