#defense-spending

#defense-spending

Australia is making significant financial contributions to the US shipbuilding industry, totaling $1.6bn thus far, as part of the Aukus agreement for future submarine production.

Housing remains far and away the biggest concern in every opinion poll. The Government is under pressure to allocate funds to alleviate the housing crisis, alongside health.

Marcus Willet, senior cyber advisor at IISS, explains that offensive cyber operations focus on influencing and misleading adversaries, involving tactics like planting false information and potential disablement.

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou proposed a 2026 budget that aims to cut public spending, including eliminating two public holidays, while increasing defense expenses.

The bill passed with a final vote of 218-214, fulfilling the demands of the Republican party and assuring its presence on Trump’s desk for signing.

After the Second World War, the United States approved funding - which would eventually rise to more than $12 billion - for the rebuilding of western Europe. Known as the Marshall Plan, it was not merely an act of generosity. It was a calculated effort to rebuild economies, stabilize democracies and contain the spread of extremism. Building resilient societies abroad will similarly make people safer in their own nations today.

Investing in understanding our vulnerabilities instead of increasing defense spending would ultimately provide better security for Ireland in a world of escalating threats.

The British Prime Minister Keir Starmer raised the United Kingdom's military posture in response to the ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine, boosting defense spending.

PeaceTech emerges as a critical response to the rising defense spending, focusing not only on defense strategies but on the active prevention of conflict and violence.