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.

Fossil Fuel Euphoria

Fossil Fuel Euphoria Fossil Fuel Euphoria

A new elite consensus is forming around the strategic advantages of expanded oil and gas production.

Oct 15, 2013 / Michael T. Klare

Why the Push for Syrian Intervention Is About More Than Just Assad

Why the Push for Syrian Intervention Is About More Than Just Assad Why the Push for Syrian Intervention Is About More Than Just Assad

Why does Obama insist on retaining the option of attacking Syria, despite growing opposition in Congress and the general public?

Sep 10, 2013 / Michael T. Klare

Our Fossil-Fueled Future

Our Fossil-Fueled Future Our Fossil-Fueled Future

World Energy in 2040.

Sep 10, 2013 / Michael T. Klare

The Third Carbon Age

The Third Carbon Age The Third Carbon Age

Don’t for a second imagine we’re heading for an era of renewable energy.

Aug 8, 2013 / Michael T. Klare

Cold War Redux?

Cold War Redux? Cold War Redux?

Are Washington, Moscow and Beijing using the global arms trade to create a new cold war?

May 30, 2013 / Michael T. Klare

Consumer Climates Consumer Climates

Climate change and its political repercussions.

May 8, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michael T. Klare

How Resource Scarcity and Climate Change Could Produce a Global Explosion

How Resource Scarcity and Climate Change Could Produce a Global Explosion How Resource Scarcity and Climate Change Could Produce a Global Explosion

In the coming decades, two converging nightmares are likely to produce a tidal wave of unrest, rebellion, competition and conflict.

Apr 22, 2013 / Michael T. Klare

Keystone XL: A Presidential Decision That Could Change the World

Keystone XL: A Presidential Decision That Could Change the World Keystone XL: A Presidential Decision That Could Change the World

Just how strategically important is the pipeline?

Feb 11, 2013 / Michael T. Klare

The Military Powder Keg in the Pacific

The Military Powder Keg in the Pacific The Military Powder Keg in the Pacific

Will China-Japan-US tensions in the Pacific ignite a conflict and sink the global economy?

Jan 22, 2013 / Michael T. Klare

Dear Media: Increased Oil Production Is Not Good News

Dear Media: Increased Oil Production Is Not Good News Dear Media: Increased Oil Production Is Not Good News

The recent World Energy Outlook report that has many cheering U.S. oil supremacy—when it should be setting off alarm bells on the climate crisis. 

Nov 27, 2012 / Michael T. Klare

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