Michael T. Klare

Defense Correspondent

@mklare1

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. Most recently, he is the author of All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon’s Perspective on Climate Change.

Activists place signs featuring AI robot dogs on the grounds of the National Mall to protest OpenAI’s decision to allow the Pentagon to use its AI technologies in developing autonomous weapons, on March, 6, 2026.

AI Goes to War AI Goes to War

Automated targeting, autonomous weapons, and nuclear decision-making.

Mar 19, 2026 / Michael T. Klare

US-Israeli joint bombings near Azadi Tower in Tehran, on March 7, 2026.

America’s Gaza America’s Gaza

The bombing of Tehran.

Mar 10, 2026 / Michael T. Klare

Anti-Nuclear War Demonstration

The US’s Nuclear Arms Treaty With Russia Is About to Lapse. What Happens Next? The US’s Nuclear Arms Treaty With Russia Is About to Lapse. What Happens Next?

If the US abandons New START, say goodbye to that comfortable feeling we once enjoyed of relative freedom from an imminent nuclear holocaust.

Jan 14, 2026 / Michael T. Klare

UK newspaper front pages display stories on the capture and arrest of President Nicolas Maduro from Venezuela in a newsagent shop, on January 4, 2026, in Somerset, England.

“Take the Oil” “Take the Oil”

Trump’s Venezuelan petroleum fantasies.

Jan 7, 2026 / Michael T. Klare

Salt marsh buildups in a Nuclear Waste facility in Germany.

“A House of Dynamite” “A House of Dynamite”

Confronting the new nuclear era.

Oct 22, 2025 / Michael T. Klare

Trump’s AI Deregulation Is His Oppenheimer Moment

Trump’s AI Deregulation Is His Oppenheimer Moment Trump’s AI Deregulation Is His Oppenheimer Moment

He has chosen to unleash a powerful and potentially cataclysmic new technology on the world with no regard for consequences.

Oct 20, 2025 / Feature / Michael T. Klare

Trump and Hegseth deliver an announcement at the Oval Office

Trump and Hegseth’s Plan for the “War Within” Trump and Hegseth’s Plan for the “War Within”

‘They spit, we hit.’

Oct 7, 2025 / Michael T. Klare

CBP drone

Welcome to the New Military-Industrial Complex Welcome to the New Military-Industrial Complex

An assortment of new firms, born in Silicon Valley or incorporating its disruptive ethos, have begun to challenge the older ones for access to lucrative Pentagon awards.

Feb 24, 2025 / Michael T. Klare

Pete Hegseth’s Dangerous War on America

Pete Hegseth’s Dangerous War on America Pete Hegseth’s Dangerous War on America

Every one of Hegseth’s predecessors emphasized unity and a diverse military as key to national progress and defense.

Jan 28, 2025 / Michael T. Klare

Trump China Tariffs

What to Expect With Trump’s Future China Policy What to Expect With Trump’s Future China Policy

China is considered the Big One by those in Trump’s entourage responsible for devising foreign policy.

Dec 23, 2024 / Michael T. Klare

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