Europe doubles arms imports to counter the threat from Russia and dependence on the US. Washington remains the main world exporter, while Moscow loses steam in a market that remains stagnant.
Europe's main supplier continues to be the United States, with 55% of total imports in the last five years. Russia falls behind France and loses more than half of its presence in the international arms trade. The data published this Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) confirm that the volume of global arms sales stagnated between 2019 and 2023.