In the latest ranking of the world’s largest arms-producing and military services companies (the SIPRI Top 100), published in December 2022, two firms based in the United States—Peraton and Amentum—had recently been acquired by private equity firms. Both their arms sales were considered to have a high degree of uncertainty. …

On 25 January, the German government authorised the transfer of European stocks of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. The decision by Chancellor Olaf Scholz came five days after the most recent Ramstein format meeting, where expectations had been high for such an announcement. Germany will now provide Ukraine with 14 …

Iraqi forces have tracked down and targeted ISIS remnants in their hideouts during a series of operations in provinces across the country. Iraqi forces have been tracking down and killing key leaders of the “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria” (ISIS) in a series of operations targeting the group’s remnants …