Transition Security Project

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

🚨 NEW ESSAY: “Military Minerals: How US Military Demand Is Intensifying Extraction on Indigenous Lands” Nessie Nankivell explores the Pentagon’s expansion of mining on Indigenous territories in Canada. transitionsecurity.org/military-miner…

Read our new essay by Nessie Nankivell “Military Minerals: How US Military Demand Is Intensifying Extraction on Indigenous Lands in Canada” on our website. transitionsecurity.org/military-miner…

Militarised mining in Ontario’s Ring of Fire region could mean ecological risk, land dispossession & ongoing colonial violence for Neskantaga First Nation. Their message is clear: “all attempts to fast-track to the Ring of Fire will fail … Our people will meet you on the land”.

“No matter what happens to Cuba, this is a clear signal to other countries that renewables are something that they need to focus on.”

@cashmank_ interviewed by @CNN on our report detailing how Cuba can break free from the US blockade with renewables.👇 edition.cnn.com/2026/05/13/cli…

Last week, Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth testified that the 1.5T Pentagon budget will "turn the lights back on in manufacturing towns across this country." But new research with @TransitionSec shows that the ballooning Pentagon budget is not a jobs program. Defense employment has plummeted even as spending has swelled, salaries have dropped, and unionization rates are low.

If you missed our joint event with @TransitionSec and field reporter Taylor Barnes some weeks ago, it's now online! Watch it here: youtu.be/hIupswl8x4o

“[In] Europe’s response to the 2022 energy shock ... $1.8tn in additional costs [was mostly] absorbed by households and public budgets while the shareholders of firms charging higher prices benefited.” Our research cited by @MazzucatoM & @LaraMerling project-syndicate.org/commentary/new…

“As Barnes’s new report points out, the job impacts of military spending have been diminishing over time ... the notion that most jobs in the arms industry pay well and have great benefits is also outdated.” Our recent briefing by @tkbarnes in @Forbes 👇 forbes.com/sites/williamh…

The report finds that around $8 billion of investment could allow Cuba to reach roughly 93% renewable electricity generation — and end the need for imported fossil fuels in power generation. 7/

I’m pleased to share my latest report for @TransitionSec: Sunrise After the Blockade. The report argues that cheap solar could help Cuba break free of US energy dominance — and that the world should help pay for it. transitionsecurity.org/sunrise-after-… 1/

“[US] politicians and [the] arms industry often justify military spending ... as an economic stimulus that creates good jobs ... But workers at private defense contracting firms find themselves in a declining industry.” Our new briefing by @tkbarnes 👇 transitionsecurity.org/labor-of-the-u…

Last week, we had this great event with the @TransitionSec about their new briefing! You can now download the briefing here: transitionsecurity.org/labor-of-the-u…

“Despite the growth of war spending ... the window of opportunity to collaboratively pursue alternatives is now much more open.” @tkbarnes examines the decline of military industrial jobs and offers an alternative strategy based on meeting social needs. transitionsecurity.org/labor-of-the-u…

“The task ahead is to align public policy with popular will: curbing militarism while delivering the jobs, stability, and public goods that people deserve.”

Lorah Steichen writes for @jacobin on why a warfare state can’t support working people. 👇

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Our Global Systems & Policy Manager, Lorah Steichen, wrote about @TransitionSec's new research on the disconnect between military spending and jobs. The solution? Build a new industrial base focused on green manufacturing.