The Editor's View | The Military Balance 2026

The Editor's View | The Military Balance 2026

Huw Williams, Editor of The Military Balance and Senior Fellow for Defence and Military Analysis, reveals the main themes of The Military Balance 2026, which focus on the impact of polices by US President Donald Trump's second administration. He outlines how global defence spending has grown and the impact of four years of war in Ukraine. The Military Balance 2026  An indispensable open-source assessment of the military forces, personnel numbers, equipment inventories and defence economics of over 170 countries. https://go.iiss.org/4qPp7Fk