Roel Houwer

Oct 22, 2024 | vaneck.com | Roel Houwer

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Apr 11, 2024 | nordic-am.com | Roel Houwer |Jonas Wäingelin

By Roel Houwer, Senior Product Manager at VanEck Europe When Donald Trump made his incendiary remark in February that the United States would not defend NATO allies that did not meet spending targets, he sent a shudder through the alliance. For the first time since the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was set up in 1949 by the US, Canada and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union, the support of its biggest military power appeared conditional.

Mar 18, 2024 | vaneck.com | Roel Houwer

In his commentary, Roel Houwer, Senior Product Manager at VanEck Europe, explains why this is about much more than the war in Ukraine and what it can mean for investors. Many of those responsible in NATO member states now see the urgency of significantly expanding their national defence capacities for their own territorial security.