For the first time, government military spending increased in all five geographical regions, Sipri thinktank finds

The 6.8% increase between 2022 and 2023 was the steepest since 2009, pushing spending to the highest recorded by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) in its 60-year history

For the first time, analysts at the thinktank recorded a rise in military outlay in all five geographical regions: Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Oceania and the Americas.

    • @JohnDClay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      24•7 months ago

      Yeah, I wish Russia wouldn’t try and take people’s stuff. And I hope China doesn’t start trying. And Israel and Iran going at it is so stupid. So much suffering and loss. But as long as that stupid happens, other countries need to deter them from trying anything more. Because as terrible as military stuff is, war is much much worse.

      • @tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
        1•7 months ago

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si_vis_pacem%2C_para_bellum

        Si vis pacem, para bellum (Classical Latin: [siː wiːs ˈpaːkɛ̃ ˈparaː ˈbɛllʊ̃]) is a Latin adage translated as “If you want peace, prepare for war.” The phrase is adapted from a statement found in Roman author Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus’s tract Dē Rē Mīlitārī (fourth or fifth century AD), in which the actual phrasing is Igitur quī dēsīderat pācem, præparet bellum (“Therefore let him who desires peace prepare for war”). The idea which it conveys also appears in earlier works such as Plato’s Nomoi (Laws). The phrase presents the insight that the conditions of peace are often preserved by a readiness to make war when necessary.