PENTAGON – US Defence Secretary Mark Esper called for increasing NATO spending in order to contain Washington’s “top strategic competitors”, including Russia, according to a Pentagon press release. “We need to deter Russia. We need to strengthen NATO and, again, enhance our partners as we look forward,” Esper said in a telephone interview on Saturday. … Continue reading A Trillion Dollars Not Enough? Pentagon Calls for NATO Spending Increase ‘to Deter Russia’