Nato's Financial Challenges in the Context of Armed Conflicts and New Types of Threats

The article analyses the impact of armed conflicts and new threats on the transformation of NATO's financial policy. It is determined that the use of the geopolitical risk index is an important tool for quantitative monitoring of threats, as it reflects the frequency of references to geopolitical tensions, including terrorist attacks, wars, military threats and crises between states. The number of political conflicts in the world by region and intensity level is studied. The dynamics of political conflicts in 2005-2023 is analysed on the basis of data from the Heidelberg Institute for Conflict and Peace Research. The dynamics of the number of political conflicts in the world by intensity levels is determined. The number of political conflicts in the world is analysed by causes and levels of intensity. The nature and motivations of political conflicts are analysed, which shows that the causes of armed clashes are multidirectional, ranging from the desire to change the state ideology to the struggle for resources and autonomy. The ranking of the 20 countries with the lowest level of peace according to the Global Peace Index (GPI) is compiled. The ranking of the most vulnerable countries in the world according to the Fragile States Index (FSI) is presented