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Why Ireland gets away with low defence spending

2025/3/14
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Alex Dibble和Tom Noonan:爱尔兰国防开支极低,仅占GDP的0.24%,远低于美国对欧洲国家的期望。尽管如此,爱尔兰总理在白宫受到热烈欢迎,这引发了对欧洲低国防开支国家现状的讨论。 Michael Binion:欧洲国家需要增加国防开支,并加强资源整合,以应对乌克兰局势及潜在的美国政策变化。欧洲国防峰会虽然就目标和方向达成了一致,但缺乏具体的协议和实施计划。欧洲国家各自为政的国防工业阻碍了资源整合和成本节约,统一的欧洲国防指挥系统也面临着领导权和责任分配的问题。“五国集团”(E5)可能成为未来欧洲国防的领导者,但其内部存在分歧和挑战,成员国的军队规模和国防开支存在差异,意大利和西班牙的参与意愿和积极性也有待观察。欧洲国家国防开支比例差距较大,短期内难以改变,国防开支与国家安全威胁感知程度成正比,地理位置和安全威胁感知差异导致一些欧洲国家国防开支较低。爱尔兰国防开支极低,但并未受到美国方面的压力,因为这在政治上和军事上都是不可取的。爱尔兰军队规模虽小,但在国际维和行动中发挥过重要作用。乌克兰停火谈判的进展可能暂时缓解了欧洲的压力,但俄罗斯国内外压力巨大,这可能会影响其在乌克兰问题上的立场。对俄罗斯的制裁已经达到极限,美国难以进一步施压,普京的个人因素和国内政治因素可能会阻碍其与乌克兰达成停火协议。

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Ireland’s Taoiseach Michael Martin got through his trip to the White House this week without Donald Trump bringing up his country’s 0.24% defence budget. As defence chiefs from five key European countries meet in Paris, The Times' veteran foreign correspondent Michael Binyon assesses whether this new group can convince Europe’s low spenders to do more.

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