Sky knows that several figures featured in The Wargame have current commercial links to the defence sector. AOAV asks why those interests remain absent from their biographies.
Sky has been told about defence industry links in The Wargame. Why are they still missing from its biographies?
Global arms giants see record profits as civilians count the cost
Record arms industry revenues have surged to $679 billion on the back of wars in Ukraine, Gaza and elsewhere, enriching shareholders while civilians bear the overwhelming burden of explosive violence and prompting AOAV to call for stricter arms controls, greater transparency and a shift from profiting from war to protecting civilians.
When generals become bankers: is Britain’s revolving door from defence to finance in the military-industrial complex now complete?
AOAV questions whether General Sir Patrick Sanders’s move from leading the British Army to heading Santander’s defence lending marks the final collapse of boundaries between public service and private profit in Britain’s military-industrial complex.
How to investigate the arms trade – join us at a free London training event for those who want to hold power to account
Join leading journalists, campaigners and researchers at SOAS University of London on 27 June for a vital symposium exploring the global arms trade and the investigative work challenging its harms.
The Strategic Defence Review 2025: a troubling step towards perpetual militarisation?
The Strategic Defence Review 2025 heralds a worrying embrace of militarism over disarmament, risking the erosion of ethical oversight and civilian safety.
A critical commentary on the Prime Minister’s Govan speech and the expansion of Britain’s war economy
Keir Starmer’s Strategic Defence Review speech in Govan reveals a worrying embrace of militarism as national policy, ignoring the humanitarian and economic costs of Britain’s expanding arms trade.
Profit over principle: how Britain’s defence industry is reshaping foreign policy in ways dark and troubling
The UK’s push to massively expand domestic weapons production reflects a dangerous shift towards militarised profit-making at the expense of ethical oversight and humanitarian responsibility.
The myth of military prosperity: why Oxford Economic’s report fails to convince
The Economic Impact of the British Army, commissioned by the Army and produced by Oxford Economics, claims that military spending drives economic growth, but its reliance on flawed multipliers, unproven R&D spillovers, and disregard for opportunity costs exposes it as a sophisticated lobbying document rather than objective economic analysis.
British diplomat Mark Smith resigns over UK’s arms sales to Israel
Mark Smith, a senior diplomat at the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), has resigned in protest over the UK’s continued arms sales to Israel, citing complicity in war crimes as the primary reason for his departure
UK paid more than £300m by Saudi military for weapons systems training
New data shows how the MoD, weapons manufacturers, and the Saudi government work closely together to maintain the Saudi military.