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NEW: The Pentagon’s Cold War-era stockpiling threatens the supply of minerals needed for the energy transition.

Our analysis shows the Pentagon’s planned cobalt stockpile would be enough to more than double existing energy storage capacity in the US.

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These are war crimes committed in our name.

If used for the energy transition, the Pentagon’s cobalt and graphite stockpiles could produce fifteen times the number of electric buses already on US roads.

NEW: The Pentagon has brought back Cold War-era stockpiling, taking vital resources from the energy transition.

Our analysis shows that the Pentagon’s planned cobalt and graphite stockpile is large enough to produce 100,000 electric buses.

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Global race to secure critical minerals for weapons threatens climate, warns report Study reveals US earmarked billions to stockpile critical minerals for military use, including precision-guided weaponry and AI-driven warfare

The arms race is undermining the green transition as critical minerals are diverted for the military.

Our briefing on the Pentagon’s return to stockpiling from Lorah Steichen in @theguardian.com.

www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/critical-minerals-military-us-pentagon-climate-crisis

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

NEW ESSAY: Read @rajpatel.org on the overlapping global crises of war, ecology and economy, and how frontline movements are confronting this moment.  
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NEW ESSAY: Ahead of the Budget, read @ElkeSchwarz on how the UK Government has made venture capital investment in defence tech the cornerstone of its growth model and security strategy.

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"The military industrial complex tries to present the illusion that it serves working class interest." — @stephensemler.bsky.social

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Propelled by the climatic and hegemonic transitions, military-imperial forms of state capitalism are confiscating our collective right to a safe, green, tech-powered future.
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Imperial State Capitalism A new geopolitics is shaping the development of AI and the energy transition.

"Imperial state capitalism is hijacking the transition and the promise of a decarbonised economy." @iliasalami.bsky.social @transitionsec.bsky.social transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...

“War may be really good for business, but in reality it is much better for profits than it is for jobs.” — @lalehkhalili.bsky.social

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Imperial State Capitalism A new geopolitics is shaping the development of AI and the energy transition.

Our tech and energy systems being transformed. But how & in whose interests?

Read @iliasalami.bsky.social's Imperial State Capitalism to understand how the development of AI & the energy transition are being shaped by profiteering & geopolitical competition.
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There's 10 days left to apply for our new position as a full-time researcher at Transition Security Project!

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Alongside recognition of the genocide, Western countries should also commit to an immediate arms embargo and end their military collaboration with Israel.

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Tlaib Introduces Resolution Recognizing the Genocide of the Palestinian People in Gaza WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), alongside 20 other Members of Congress, introduced H.Res.876 – Recognizing the Genocide of the Palestinian People in Gaza. This resolutio...

We are delighted to join over 100 organisations in endorsing this resolution.

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“[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.bsky.social

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🚨 Common Wealth is hiring a Researcher to work full time on Transition Security Project.

@transitionsec.bsky.social is a research and policy centre that investigates the US and UK military industrial complexes as economic, climate and geopolitical threats.

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“It's a boon for shareholders. It's a boon for militarism. It's a clear negative for ecological & climate goals.” — @triofrancos.bsky.social

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🚨Read the latest in @transitionsec.bsky.social's geopolitics series — @mona-ali.bsky.social on the transformation of US trade policy and its effects on the world economy. 🚨

Another outstanding contribution to our series on unsettling geopolitics in an era of climate crisis and warmaking. @mona-ali.bsky.social goes global and granular to tease out the causes and consquences of weaponizing trade and the potentials of multipolarity.

Read the fourth essay in a new geopolitics series from @transitionsec.bsky.social—a new research center cofounded with @cmmonwealth.bsky.social—on what the US-China conflict means for the world economy.

I have a new article out about US-China bloc formation, climate change, and war

The US and China have agreed to a one-year truce in their trade war. What lies behind this conflict and what does it mean for the world economy?

Read @mona-ali.bsky.social on Washington’s assault on global trade and the alliances emerging in response.

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New today in our series on critical issues at the climate/economy/geopolitics nexus- @tobitac.bsky.social shows the horrifyingly plausible ways that the US's hostility to Chinese development isn't just a climate threat, but puts us all on a dangerous path from cold war to hot war.

New essay from @transitionsec.bsky.social on how the US foreign policy response to China’s economic development is a threat to global climate transition!

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Cold War on a Warming World The US foreign policy response to China's economic development is a threat to the global climate transition.

🚨 NEW: Read @tobitac.bsky.social “Cold War on a Warming World” for sharp analysis of China’s economic development, its clean energy dominance and why Washington’s foreign policy response is a threat to global decarbonisation.

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