Neutrality
Aug. 11th, 2025 05:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marginnotesThe Wikipedia article on Neutral country lists Switzerland as a example of armed neutrality, meaning the neutral country maintains a strong deterrent force for defense.
The link is lost somewhere in the browser history but apparently the Swiss have spent less than 2% of their GDP on the military since 1980, less than 1% in recent years.
Is it absolutely necessary for countries like France to increase their "defense" spending to 5% of GDP? If France were neutral like Switzerland, could it defend itself with 1% instead?
The link is lost somewhere in the browser history but apparently the Swiss have spent less than 2% of their GDP on the military since 1980, less than 1% in recent years.
Is it absolutely necessary for countries like France to increase their "defense" spending to 5% of GDP? If France were neutral like Switzerland, could it defend itself with 1% instead?
