Patrick Bigger
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Research Director @cplusci // Co-Director @transitionsec . Political economy & ecological crisis.
Part II of our symposium on the American-Israeli war on Iran. Kate Mackenzie on the long-term effects of the closing of the Strait of Hormuz on oil markets and petrostates Patrick Bigger and Kevin Cashman on the Omnicidal Fossil Empire break-down.org/oil-war-ii/
NEW: Read @stephensemler on how the expansion of the US warfare state has made the working class less secure. Prioritising everyday security over military expansion is a better electoral strategy for progressives. transitionsecurity.org/working-class-…
Clear instance of what I described in essay below. Trump is willing to use power of US govt not just to halt US climate action, but to undermine beliefs of actors everywhere that future is carbon constrained, by imposing pain on those who try to reduce emissions.
The global arms race is undermining climate action as critical minerals needed for the green transition are diverted. Our briefing on the Pentagon’s return to Cold War-era stockpiling from Lorah Steichen covered in @guardian. theguardian.com/environment/20…
Our tech and energy systems being transformed. But how and in whose interests? Read @IliasAlami’s “Imperial State Capitalism” to understand how the development of AI & the energy transition are being shaped by profiteering & geopolitical competition. transitionsecurity.org/imperial-state…
“[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 Listen back to our launch via @macrodosepod 🔗podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mac…
The Israeli government’s genocide in Gaza has not ended, and it will not end until we act. I'm introducing a resolution to recognize the genocide in Gaza and call on the U.S. to take action to fulfill its obligations under the Genocide Convention with 20 of my colleagues. tlaib.house.gov/posts/tlaib-in…
🚨 Common Wealth is hiring a Researcher to work full time on Transition Security Project. @TransitionSec is a research and policy centre that investigates the US and UK military industrial complexes as economic, climate and geopolitical threats. Find out more 👇
