Michael T. Klare

Defense Correspondent

Michael T. Klare, Nation defense correspondent, is professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College. His latest book is Rising Power, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy.

Currently

  • Welcome to 2025: American Pre-eminence Ends Fifteen Years Early

    October 27, 2009

    The American intelligence community has missed the boat on how quickly the US has fallen from "sole superpower" status.

  • Will Iraq Be a Global Gas Pump?

    July 14, 2009

    Is Iraq finally fated to become what it was going to be anyway, even before the chaos and catastrophe set in: a giant gas pump for an energy-starved planet?

  • It's Official--The Era of Cheap Oil Is Over

    June 11, 2009

    For the first time, the US Energy Department has conceded that peak oil is the new norm.

  • The Gates Revolution

    April 15, 2009

    The ghosts of Vietnam are everywhere, as counterinsurgency makes a comeback in the Pentagon budget.

  • Global Crime Wave?

    April 6, 2009

    In this global economic meltdown, with fifty million people potentially losing their jobs by the end of this year, one beneficiary will likely by crime syndicates.

  • Redefining National Security

    March 12, 2009

    Some military analysts are warning Obama that insurgencies, revolts and economically driven instability could threaten our way of life. It's a path fraught with hazards.

  • Economically Fueled Upheaval

    February 27, 2009

    As people lose confidence in the ability of markets and governments to solve the global crisis, the likeliness of violence increases.

  • The Problem With Cheap Oil

    January 13, 2009

    Whether the price of oil is high or low, someone's going to pay--and sooner or later all of us will--because our civilization is based on the stuff.

2008

  • The Fall of Triumphalism

    November 25, 2008

    Because of the hubris of Bush and Cheney, we face a world of multiplied dangers, emboldened challengers and a paucity of reliable allies.

  • Obama's Energy Challenge

    November 10, 2008

    Of all the challenges Barack Obama faces, none is more daunting, or more important to our collective future, as energy.

  • Palin's Petropolitics

    September 17, 2008

    Palin's opposition to government-supported renewable energy makes her stupendously ill equipped for national office.

  • Anatomy of a Price Surge

    June 19, 2008

    Oil companies, speculators and OPEC helped spike the cost of oil, but ruinous Bush Administration policies have compounded the damage.

  • The New Geopolitics of Energy

    May 1, 2008

    The Pentagon has now placed resource competition at the center of its strategic planning.

  • Architect of War(s)

    March 20, 2008

    Dick Cheney's Mideast tour suggests another catastrophic military adventure in the Persian Gulf is still in the cards.

2007

  • Beyond the Age of Petroleum

    October 25, 2007

    Welcome to the Age of Insuffiency: As oil prices hit new highs and supplies sink, our way of life will drastically change.

  • Targeting Tehran

    February 21, 2007

    As the Bush Administration steps up its campaign against Iran, opponents have a dual responsibility: to contest the strategic context for escalation and to bar specific acts of aggression.

  • Ominous Signs of a Wider War

    January 10, 2007

    The naming of Adm. William Fallon to replace Gen. John Abizaid as head of Centcom is an ominous sign that Bush is preparing for a wider war.

2006

  • Ending Nonproliferation

    March 18, 2006 Subscribe

    President Bush's dangerous deal to deliver nuclear technology to India is a significant breach of the nonproliferation treaty and will make nuclear war more likely.

  • Defusing the Iran Crisis

    March 2, 2006 Subscribe

    A peaceful resolution to the nuclear dispute with Iran is possible if world leaders work to eliminate the obstacles to intelligent compromise.

  • The Geopolitics of Natural Gas

    January 4, 2006

    Natural gas is rapidly emerging as the next big prize for consumer countries like the US and China. In the twenty-first century, alliances and hostilities between economic powerhouses and volatile nations will be carved by the pipes that will someday carry this environmentally safer resource.

2005

  • Revving Up the China Threat

    October 6, 2005

    The Bush Administration's stance on China has gone from worry about their economic strength and oil consumption to full-on preparation for a new cold war.

  • Katrina and the Coming World Oil Crunch

    September 6, 2005

    Beyond the human suffering, Katrina's sucker punch will be felt in America's increasing dependence on foreign petroleum.

  • The Iran War Buildup

    July 21, 2005

    The building blocks for an attack in Iran are beginning to be put into place.

  • Outposts of Empire

    April 7, 2005 Subscribe

    The Pentagon's new bases abroad.

  • Imperial Reach

    April 7, 2005

    The Pentagon's new basing strategy.

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