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Record global military spending

Monday, 24 April 2023 7:41 PM [ Last Update: Monday, 24 April 2023 10:52 PM ]

Tonight we are putting the Spotlight on the continuous rise in global military expenditure in recent years. The 3.7% increase in global military spending in 2022 alone reached an all-time high of $2.24 trillion, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

By any standard this could mean nothing but an "increasingly insecure world."

In this edition, we will discuss the reasons behind this sharp increase and its ramifications.

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