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Investigating the US and UK military industrial complexes as economic, climate and geopolitical threats. By @cmmonwealth.bsky.social and @cplusc.bsky.social.
“[There are] new fusions of state & private capital at the very heart of US empire, where state ownership is harnessed for militarised competition & imperial scrambles over tech & resources.” — @iliasalami.bsky.social

Listen back to our launch via @macrodosepod.bsky.social

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November 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
“It's a boon for shareholders. It's a boon for militarism. It's a clear negative for ecological & climate goals.” — @triofrancos.bsky.social

Listen back to the recording of our launch event via @macrodosepod.bsky.social!

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November 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“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.
October 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Our interactive timeline showcasing historic instances of industrial conversion in the UK, US and continental Europe.
October 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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.
October 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“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
October 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“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
October 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
“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 👇
October 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🚨 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
October 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“[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
October 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“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
October 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM