Chapter 1 – Our Vision, Values and Approach 11 National Security Objective 1: Protect our people 1.10 National Security Objective 1 is to protect our people – at home, in our Overseas Territories and abroad, and to protect our territory, economic security, infrastructure and way of life. 1.11 We have chosen to: •• Meet the NATO pledge to spend 2% of our GDP on defence in every year of this Parliament, guarantee a real increase in the defence budget every year of this Parliament, and create a Joint Security Fund which will grow to £1.5 billion by the end of this Parliament. •• Invest in agile, capable and globally deployable Armed Forces and security and intelligence agencies to protect the UK and project our power globally. •• Exploit the full spectrum of our capabilities and work with our allies to respond robustly to the re-emergence of state-based threats. •• Deter potential adversaries, including through renewal of our nuclear deterrent. •• Prioritise the fight against terrorism, radicalisation and extremism at home and overseas. •• Protect the cross-government counter-terrorism budget. •• Put in place tough and innovative measures, as a world leader in cyber security. •• Strengthen our capabilities to disrupt serious and organised crime and to prosecute criminals. •• Increase our communities’ resilience to threats and hazards; and improve the government’s crisis management architecture. National Security Objective 2: Project our global influence 1.12 National Security Objective 2 is to project our global influence – reducing the likelihood of threats materialising and affecting the UK, our interests, and those of our allies and partners. 1.13 We have chosen to: •• Spend 0.7% of GNI on Official Development Assistance, which we have enshrined in law, and to make a new commitment to invest at least 50% of the Department for International Development’s budget in fragile states and regions. •• Expand our world-leading soft power and our global reach to promote our values and interests, using our diplomats and development assistance, and through institutions such as the BBC World Service and the British Council. •• Invest more in our alliances, build new, stronger partnerships and persuade potential adversaries of the benefits of cooperation, to multiply what we can achieve alone. •• Strengthen the rules-based international order, helping to make both established and newer multilateral institutions fit for the 21st century. •• Build stability overseas, upholding our values and focusing more of our development effort on fragile states and regions.