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title: "The New War Hawks: How Western Liberals Became the New Defense Spenders."
description: "A political flip no one saw coming: why Western liberals are now leading the charge on defense spending, and how global chaos, shifting alliances, and rising threats pushed them there."
url: https://fronts.co/videos/homefronts-mpilmdl-3li.md
canonical: https://fronts.co/videos/homefronts-mpilmdl-3li/
datePublished: 2025-08-04T18:15:04.000Z
dateModified: 2025-08-04T18:15:04.000Z
author:
  - name: Fronts Staff
    url: https://fronts.co/authors/fronts-team/
publisher: Fronts
type: NewsArticle
language: en
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A political flip no one saw coming: why Western liberals are now leading the charge on defense spending, and how global chaos, shifting alliances, and rising threats pushed them there.

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Full analysis is behind the paywall. Read the gated piece at https://fronts.co/videos/homefronts-mpilmdl-3li/.
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