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  The Armed Forces are important in today’s world. However, there are some countries in the world that do not have an Army. Today, we present you with a list of some countries that do not have an Army. These countries do not have an Army Costa Rica There have been no armed forces in Costa Rica since 1949. It has used the savings from defence spending to improve the education and health care sectors of the country. In 1949, Defence Minister Edgar Cardona proposed the idea to spend the money on education and health. Curacao Curacao is an island state in the Caribbean Sea that has no military forces. The island country is known for its beaches. The Dutch government controls the foreign and defence policy of the island. Only a few days to go until the First Sea Lord's #SeaPowerConference , where we'll explore the maritime contribution to the UK's defence, security, foreign and development policy ambitions | Find out more: — IISS News (@IISS_org) May 2, 2022 Icela...

Russia is a huge country when compared to Ukraine and also has a strong military which ranks among the top three of the world and hence it was obvious that it would be a way stronger force on Ukraine. Moscow’s this act has raised a lot of concerns on the safety and security of the Baltic nations. They have extremely small territories with minimum military presence and hence the onus is on NATO to ensure they are safe and secure especially in context to the latest events in Europe . Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are extremely prone to attack. Even though these three nations are at extremely different positions when compared to that of Ukraine , at the same time, Russian aggression has been immensely growing in recent years and that essentially puts them in danger. Baltic nations themselves raised the concerns due to the heightened security issues in the region in relation to the ground realities of what is happening in Ukraine. These three nations witnessed Russia’s invasion of Cr...

  Here’s something interesting about what I read today. It’s how Russia is only one of three states close by the US and Germany that will be vital in molding how Brexit plays out opposite the EU's changing worldwide international scene and a quick changing, multipolar world. Different powers, for example, France and China will be key influencers as well, however it will be the decisions of the initial three that will shape the future setting of European and global legislative issues.   Taken together, what these discussions feature is that, however significant as Brexit seems to be, it won't exclusively characterize the fate of the EU. All things being equal, the UK's exit is only one of a few first-request international strategy challenges standing up to the coalition, including progressing pressures confronting Russian relations, the fate of NATO, and binds with the US. How the EU reacts to them all won't simply decide its position on the planet, yet additionally ...

The United States expects all NATO member countries to increase defense spending to 2% of GDP by 2024.   This was announced on Friday by a representative of the high-ranking US administration at a briefing on the participation of White House head Donald Trump in the alliance summit in London on December 3-4.   "The US president is committed to making NATO stronger, able to overcome threats and future challenges. In this regard, we urge all NATO countries to increase defense spending as part of the decisions of the Wales summit," he said.   “In 2016, only four NATO members spent on defense 2% of GDP. Now there are nine of such countries,” the briefing leader said. “We expect everyone else to do this by 2024.”   At the NATO Wales Summit in 2014, all European countries committed themselves to bring their military spending to 2% of GDP over 10 years.   Meanwhile, according to financial statistics published in March in the latest annual report of the Secreta...