New today in our series on critical issues at the climate/economy/geopolitics nexus- @tobitac.bsky.social shows the horrifyingly plausible ways that the US's hostility to Chinese development isn't just a climate threat, but puts us all on a dangerous path from cold war to hot war.

New essay from @transitionsec.bsky.social on how the US foreign policy response to China’s economic development is a threat to global climate transition! 🔗👇

🚨 NEW: Read @tobitac.bsky.social “Cold War on a Warming World” for sharp analysis of China’s economic development, its clean energy dominance and why Washington’s foreign policy response is a threat to global decarbonisation. 🔗👇 transitionsecurity.org/cold-war-war...

“Between 2012-22, BAE Systems received £36bn in UK government contracts — more than one fifth of its global revenue.” BAE buys armour plating from Plasan, which has given the Israeli military both free equipment and a maintenance team during their genocidal assault on Gaza.

On the International Day of Care and Support, this week’s New Economy Brief explores what the Carer's Allowance scandal tells us about how our economy and society undervalue care: neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/w...

“By binding Israel’s military power together with the Gulf’s hydrocarbon reserves...Washington aims to push back against its weakened regional and global position.” Read Adam Hanieh on fossil capitalism in the Middle East, kicking off our essay series. transitionsecurity.org/oil-militari...

“The way US empire is being restructured adds to the existential threat of climate crisis — militarisation, a new Cold War and the formation of power blocs are carbon intensive undertakings.” Read the introduction to our new series — Two Transitions transitionsecurity.org/two-transiti...

“Transition Security Project found when speaking with workers from the shipyard they described poor working conditions, low quality production, delays and fire risks at the sites.” Our new research at Govan and Scotstoun shipyards in @scotnational.bsky.social www.thenational.scot/news/2556479...

If you missed our launch event on 16 October, you're in luck! You can now listen back to the live recording with @stephensemler.bsky.social, @iliasalami.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social & @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on @macrodosepod.bsky.social 👇 open.spotify.com/show/7ABsNTl...

An excellent video and thread from @transitionsec.bsky.social on potential defence diversification opportunities that moves our economy away from militarism and lays the groundwork for a future based on real security.

“Reliance on military contracts to manage the economy will bring an insecure future: the military industry will create few jobs while investments in people’s everyday wellbeing are cut.” Khem Rogaly quoted in @scotnational.bsky.social www.thenational.scot/news/2556479...

We pay billions every year to expand the military industry, yet jobs vanish & insecurity grows.   We could invest in real security: good jobs, green industry, thriving communities.   Our video investigates alternative futures for the military industry via the Clyde shipyards.

Very cool resources from @transitionsec.bsky.social today: a timeline of initiatives to convert military manufacturing to civilian uses in the UK and US, along with a beautiful video demonstrating the way that military shipbuilding in Glasgow could be converted to offshore wind for public benefit.

We pay billions every year to expand the military industry, yet jobs vanish & insecurity grows.   We could invest in real security: good jobs, green industry, thriving communities.   Our video investigates alternative futures for the military industry via the Clyde shipyards.

“[Govan and Scotstoun] shipyards could be converted to manufacture products for the offshore wind sector, drawing on the experience of naval shipyards across the world.” Our research on worker-led industrial conversion on the Clyde in @scotnational.bsky.social www.thenational.scot/news/2556479...

“The choice that [Zarah and Zack] should be making is a much more strategic one ... to look at a defence strategy that is actually about national defence, rather than about loyalty to the US.” Our co-director Khem Rogaly on @novaramedia.com

“Spain, for instance, resisted the military spending target. They asked for the climate crisis to be treated as a security threat ... their military [has] divisions that are focused entirely on disaster relief.” Our co-director Khem Rogaly on @novaramedia.com

"Militaries have to be understood...as climate threats", accounting for more emissions than shipping and aviation combined. Khem Rogaly of @transitionsec.bsky.social on the latest episode of New Economics Podcast discussing how the UK became a global arms dealer. 🎧 neweconomics.org/2025/10/how-...

“For the working class, military-led industrial strategy is a bad return on investment.” Our co-directors Khem Rogaly and @pmbigger.bsky.social on how the insatiable demands of the military industrial complex are a barrier to human flourishing. 👇🔗 jacobin.com/2025/10/mili...

Jacobin article by two of the co-directors of the Transition Security Project

Transition Security Project - investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis - is a collaboration between Common Wealth and The Climate and Community Institute

“Militaries are a huge and hidden source of emissions.”   Our co-director Khem Rogaly on the relationship between militarisation and climate crisis for @novaramedia.com 👇

🚨 We've just launched Transition Security Project — a new research centre investigating the UK & US military industrial complexes and rethinking security for a planet in crisis. Explore our new website at the link below! 🔗 transitionsecurity.org

While the US & Europe ramp up military spending, millions live in poverty. Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵 transitionsecurity.org

“In a moment of spiraling and escalating transitions, human safety can only be safeguarded by setting aside rivalry and the elite desire to accumulate amid the chaos.” Our co-directors Khem Rogaly and @pmbigger.bsky.social for @jacobinmag.bsky.social 👇🔗 jacobin.com/2025/10/mili...

🚨 We've just launched Transition Security Project — a new research centre investigating the UK & US military industrial complexes and rethinking security for a planet in crisis. Explore our new website at the link below! 🔗 transitionsecurity.org

“[The US] is not going to supersede China as a green industrial powerhouse, it's not going to defeat China as an economic, productive engine ... so [the US] is leaning into its military strength.” Our co-director Khem Rogaly on @novaramedia.com

“The Government don’t really have a plan of where they're going to get that money from ... ... They've just signed up to this GDP figure set as a kind of geopolitical posture by NATO rather than anything to do with military need.” Our co-director Khem Rogaly on @novaramedia.com

“The interests of working-class communities lie in demonstrating that the insatiable demands of the military-industrial complex are a barrier to collective flourishing.” Khem Rogaly & @pmbigger.bsky.social on the human costs of militarisation in @jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2025/10/mili...

@transitionsec.bsky.social co-director Khem Rogaly lays it out straight

What underpins the UK's continued military support of Israel? Khem Rogaly, from @transitionsec.bsky.social @cmmonwealth.bsky.social, on the latest episode of the New Economics Podcast. Listen now: neweconomics.org/2025/10/how-... #ukpolitics #economics #gaza #palestine #armstrade

"[The military industrial complex] is treated like the Baby Jesus—lavished with gold, frankincense, and myrrh." — @stephensemler.bsky.social, at the launch of the Transition Security Project

This was a brilliant event with @lalehkhalili.bsky.social @iliasalami.bsky.social @triofrancos.bsky.social @stephensemler.bsky.social Podcast recording coming next week on @macrodosepod.bsky.social

It's launch day! We are collaborating with @cmmonwealth.bsky.social to on this new research center that will investigate the US & UK military industrial complexes as threats to economic, climate and geopolitical stability. Find out more. 👇

Vital new project on militarism and alternative forms of security amid climate crisis From Common Wealth's Khem Rogaly & @cplusc.bsky.social Read Khem's essay for @the-breakdown.bsky.social for an intro to this urgent work www.break-down.org/against-a-mi... & follow @transitionsec.bsky.social

Militarism doesn't keep us safe. So what would real security look like? Vital new project from @cmmonwealth.bsky.social and @transitionsec.bsky.social ⬇️

What do we most need, schools, hospitals, public services and a livable environment, or tanks, drones and bombs? The military industrial complex quandary. 👇👇

Exciting to see this new project launching today, when the question of what genuine security looks like has never been more important. Be sure to follow @transitionsec.bsky.social and find out more in their launch essay: jacobin.com/2025/10/milita…

🚨 HAPPENING SOON! 🎟️ 620+ sign-ups! Join us to launch Transition Security Project with a panel on the war economy, climate crisis & the geopolitics of the climate transition. 🎙️ @stephensemler.bsky.social @iliasalami.bsky.social @triofrancos.bsky.social 🪑 @lalehkhalili.bsky.social shorturl.at/njU0q

🪖 Why is militarisation happening amid planetary crisis? 📈 What are the environmental, economic & geopolitical costs? ❓ What are the alternatives? 🔗 Read our launch essay, "Transition Security", by Khem Rogaly, @pmbigger.bsky.social and Lorah Steichen. transitionsecurity.org/transition-s...

Excited to be a fellow @transitionsec.bsky.social with a bunch of brilliant people thinking about the intertwining of militarisation and climate breakdown. Launch event this eve and lots of great stuff to follow!

🎉 Just launched! We’ve collaborated with @cplusc.bsky.social to launch @transitionsec.bsky.social — a new research centre that will develop alternative approaches to security and investigate the US & UK military industrial complexes as economic, climate and geopolitical threats. Find out more. 👇

While the US & Europe ramp up military spending, millions live in poverty. Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵 transitionsecurity.org

This event is today. Sign up! Very happy to say that I'll be a fellow of the new centre @TransitionSec, which investigates military industrial complexes as economic, climate and geopolitical threats. If you're concerned about both UK arms exports and the climate emergency, this is for you.

This @neweconomics.bsky.social podcast interview with me and Khem Rogaly of @transitionsec.bsky.social also covers a lot of the issues that the centre will focus on neweconomics.org/2025/10/how-...

Today! I am delighted to be a fellow of the TSP - tune in to hear what the project is all about!

@transitionsec.bsky.social launches tomorrow! You can still get a ticket to the launch panel at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/war-climat...

🚨 TOMORROW! 🎟️ 500+ tickets gone! Join us to launch @transitionsec.bsky.social, presenting our forthcoming work on the war economy, climate impacts of war & the geopolitics of the climate transition. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/war-climat...

Ep.3 of the New Economics Podcast is out now! Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by Khem Rogaly from @transitionsec.bsky.social @cmmonwealth.bsky.social and @davidwearing.bsky.social from Sussex University to discuss how the UK became a global arms dealer. 🎧Listen now: neweconomics.org/2025/10/how-...

To learn more about the interface of war economies, the climate crisis, and geopolitical restructuring - and what to do about it- join us for the launch of @transitionsec.bsky.social tomorrow at 1 ET www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/war-climat...