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

Posturing to the World: The Costs of Britain’s Global Military and Expansive Strategy

Report by Kevin Cashman, Khem Rogaly

Published October 8, 2026

Leonardo’s Story: The Limitations of Military Industrial Policy and the Risks of European Rearmament

The privatisation and militarisation of Italian manufacturing is a warning to Europe today.

Simone Gasperin

Published August 27, 2026

Buying the Dip: The Defence Investment Plan Will Lead to Domestic Unemployment

The “defence dividend” promised by the UK Government will not materialise.

Kevin Cashman, Khem Rogaly

Published July 3, 2026

A Future Beyond Bases: Imagining Military Conversion in Hawaiʻi

The potential for military base conversion in Hawaiʻi

Pinelopi Gardika, Davis Price, David Vine

Published June 3, 2026

Military Minerals: How US Military Demand Is Intensifying Extraction on Indigenous Lands

As Pentagon demand for minerals grows, Canada’s mining expansion is accelerating extraction on Indigenous territories.

Nessie Nankivell

Published May 18, 2026

Project Updates

Opposing the US and Israel’s war on Iran is a cost of living priority

Ten trade unions call for Andy Burnham to oppose the war on Iran and to stop British military bases being used to launch US air strikes.

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Spending cuts to fund military plans will cost the UK 10,000 jobs

Our report on the Defence Investment Plan was the Guardian’s lead front page story.

Cuba advancing one of the fastest solar revolutions on the planet

Kevin Cashman spoke with CNN about his research on Cuba's renewable energy strategy

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.