World defense spending is expected to go up for the first time in five years, thanks to China and Russia.

Seth Dixon‘s insight:

The top 3 shouldn’t come as any big surprises, but there might be a few farther on down the list though that might raise some eyebrows.  There are specific geopolitical, historic, economic and cultural rationales for each of these countries that explain why they are on this list, and discussing those reasons is a conversation would having. 

See on www.globalpost.com