Michael T. Klare

Defense Correspondent

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Michael T. Klare is a professor of peace and world-security studies at Hampshire College and the defense correspondent of The Nation. He is the author of 14 books on international energy and security affairs, including most recently, The Race for What’s Left.

US Wars and Military Action April 3, 2018

The Pentagon Is Making Plans That Could Bring On Disaster

The Cold War is back, and with it comes tremendous risk of escalation and confrontation.

Michael T. Klare
Nuclear Arms and Proliferation March 8, 2018

The New Cold War Is Here—and Now 3 Major Powers Are Involved

The world contains more potential flash points than ever before.

Michael T. Klare
Energy Policy February 12, 2018

Donald Trump’s Extract-Everything Energy Policy Dooms Us All

The expansion of the fossil-fuel industry has been transformed into a major component of American foreign policy.

Michael T. Klare
Foreign Policy February 6, 2018

Pentagon Readies the ‘Father of All Bombs’ for Use Against North Korea

Is the Trump administration inching closer to war?

Michael T. Klare
Nuclear Arms and Proliferation January 18, 2018

Trump’s Nuclear Posture Review: Back to Armageddon

It calls for increasing the role of nuclear weapons in US strategy, which will only increase the risk of confrontation.

Michael T. Klare
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Nuclear Arms and Proliferation November 20, 2017

Trump’s Pentagon Wants to Make Nuclear Weapons More ‘Usable’

That sounds like a good idea.

Michael T. Klare
US Wars and Military Action November 1, 2017

Is the United States Planning to Attack North Korea?

Three US aircraft-carrier groups have now converged in the Pacific.

Michael T. Klare
Nuclear Arms and Proliferation October 12, 2017

Preventing World War III While There’s Still Time

Or, how we can learn to start worrying and end nuclear terror.

Michael T. Klare
US Wars and Military Action September 18, 2017

This Department Is the Last Hideout of Climate Change Believers in Donald Trump’s Government

But can we count on them to speak up?

Michael T. Klare
Foreign Policy August 10, 2017

Why Trump Is Beating the War Drum—and How It Could Lead to Disaster

It’s sure to win favor among hawks of both parties, while distracting the media and public from his domestic woes—but foreign powers are not backing down.

Michael T. Klare

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Michael T. Klare

Defense Correspondent

US Wars and Military Action April 3, 2018

The Cold War is back, and with it comes tremendous risk of escalation and confrontation.

Nuclear Arms and Proliferation March 8, 2018

The world contains more potential flash points than ever before.

Energy Policy February 12, 2018

The expansion of the fossil-fuel industry has been transformed into a major component of American foreign policy.

Foreign Policy February 6, 2018

Is the Trump administration inching closer to war?

Nuclear Arms and Proliferation January 18, 2018

It calls for increasing the role of nuclear weapons in US strategy, which will only increase the risk of confrontation.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

Nuclear Arms and Proliferation November 20, 2017

That sounds like a good idea.

US Wars and Military Action November 1, 2017

Three US aircraft-carrier groups have now converged in the Pacific.

Nuclear Arms and Proliferation October 12, 2017

Or, how we can learn to start worrying and end nuclear terror.

US Wars and Military Action September 18, 2017

But can we count on them to speak up?

Foreign Policy August 10, 2017

It’s sure to win favor among hawks of both parties, while distracting the media and public from his domestic woes—but foreign powers are not backing down.