Transition Security Project

Transition Security Project

Transition Security Project

Transition Security Project

Transition Security Project

Investigating military industrial complexes as economic, climate and geopolitical threats.

Featured Research

Transition Security

What are the consequences of militarisation for a warming world? How will Transition Security Project respond to this moment?

Khem Rogaly, Patrick Bigger, Lorah Steichen

Published October 16, 2025

Mining for War: Assessing the Pentagon’s Mineral Stockpile

How can the Pentagon's energy transition mineral stockpiles be repurposed toward the green transition?

Published December 4, 2025

Green Clydeside: Modelling Military Industrial Conversion

Military industrial conversion was a popular proposal in the twentieth century. What would it look like on the Clyde today?

Pinelopi Gardika, Leela Jadhav, Khem Rogaly

Published October 23, 2025

Polycrisis: A Breviary

Today’s world is beset by several overlapping crises. Movements on the frontline are mapping out strategies for survival.

Published December 2, 2025

Venture Capital Statecraft: The UK’s New Growth Model

The UK government has tied its growth model and security strategy to the development of a US-dominated defence tech sector.

Published November 25, 2025

A Lucas Plan for the Twenty First Century: From Asset Manager Arsenal to Green Industrial Strategy

Report by Khem Rogaly

Published October 18, 2024

Project Updates

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Military environmental damage must be accounted for at COP

Our Co-Director Patrick Bigger was interviewed by the Guardian during the COP summit.

War, climate crisis and the economy: Transition Security Project launch

Listen to our launch event with Laleh Khalili, Ilias Alami, Stephen Semler and Thea Riofrancos. The event was published as a podcast by Macrodose.

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$1 trillion Pentagon budget to add vast emissions, study shows

Our Research Manager Lorah Steichen and Co-Director Patrick Bigger’s analysis covered by the Guardian.

Project Themes

Economy

We analyse the political economy of military budgets and the economic risks of increasing military spending. Alongside this, we work with trade unions to develop plans for the conversion of military industrial sites.

We analyse the political economy of military budgets and the economic risks of increasing military spending. Alongside this, we work with trade unions to develop plans for the conversion of military industrial sites.

Climate

We investigate the environmental damage produced by the US and UK war machines, from greenhouse gas emissions to ecological devastation.

We investigate the environmental damage produced by the US and UK war machines, from greenhouse gas emissions to ecological devastation.

Geopolitics

We commission new research on the global strategies of the US and UK militaries, their roles in destabilising collective security and the barriers that US empire presents to multilateral security and climate collaboration.

We commission new research on the global strategies of the US and UK militaries, their roles in destabilising collective security and the barriers that US empire presents to multilateral security and climate collaboration.