Khem Rogaly

Khem Rogaly researches the political economy of the military industrial complex and its role in the climate crisis. He coordinates the day-to-day research programmes of Transition Security Project. Khem is also Principal Research Fellow at Common Wealth where he has led work on militaries and their associated industries since 2022, including trade union-facing research on industrial conversion. His work has been featured widely in the international press and broadcast media.

Essay

Two Transitions

A series of essays on geopolitics, the climate crisis and collective safety in a multipolar world.
Khem Rogaly, Patrick Bigger, Lorah Steichen
Published October 28, 2025
Timeline

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
Essay

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
Map

A Lucas Plan for the Twenty First Century: Map

Mapping military aerospace and shipbuilding in North West England, the Scottish central belt and Northern Ireland.
Khem Rogaly, Sophie Monk
Published October 18, 2024
Interactive

The Asset Manager Arsenal: An Interactive Story

Khem Rogaly, Sophie Monk
Published July 9, 2023
Briefing

Welfare to Arms: Shareholder Payouts in the Arms Industry Since 2010

How arms industry shareholders benefit from military spending.

Khem Rogaly
Published September 15, 2023

Less War, Less Warming: A Reparative Approach to US and UK Military Ecological Damages

Report by Patrick Bigger, Nick Pearce, Khem Rogaly, Ketaki Zodgekar
Published November 6, 2023

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

Report by Khem Rogaly
Published October 18, 2024

The Asset Manager Arsenal: Who Owns the UK Arms Industry?

Report by Khem Rogaly
Published July 9, 2023