Hard power and hard choices with debt and defence

The OMFIF Podcast by OMFIF

Jun 10, 202633:44Business

As governments commit to long-term security strategies stretching to 2035, fiscal pressures are arriving much sooner and markets are already responding. What does sustained defence expenditure mean for sovereign debt, bo...

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