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Michael T. Klare
Defense Correspondent
Michael T. Klare, The Nation ’s defense correspondent, is professor emeritus of peace and world-security studies at Hampshire College and senior visiting fellow at the Arms Control Association in Washington, DC. His newest book, All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon’s Perspective on Climate Change , will be published this fall.
The US and China’s dance in the South China Sea bears a troubling resemblance to 1914 Sarajevo—and the eve of World War I.
The Pentagon is finding it difficult to adapt to a world in which the biggest threats to American security are biological, not military.
Halt Trump’s rush to war in the Pacific.
The consequences of igniting a second Cold War against China could mean trouble for everyday Americans.
The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.
The crisis provoked by George Floyd’s death endangers Pentagon efforts to rally Western nations against the supposedly more autocratic regimes in China and Russia.
Hyping it increases the likelihood of armed clashes and prevents the two superpowers from working together to overcome serious global perils.
Many people are already going hungry in the United States; many more will face hunger or starvation in other parts of the world.
The coronavirus pandemic may have one silver lining: the potential collapse of big oil.
The only way to stop future disasters is to reconceptualize our political, economic, and social systems.
March 31, 2020
As the coronavirus spreads, Congress still has to review the Pentagon’s defense budget request.
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