Michael T. Klare

Defense Correspondent

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

Energy Wars 2012 Energy Wars 2012

The three top hot spots of potential conflict in the coming Geo-Energy Era.

Jan 10, 2012 / Michael T. Klare

Playing With Fire: Obama’s Risky Oil Threat to China Playing With Fire: Obama’s Risky Oil Threat to China

From now on, the primary focus of American military strategy will not be counterterrorism, but the containment of an economically booming China— at whatever risk or cost.

Dec 6, 2011 / Michael T. Klare

Obama’s China Syndrome

Obama’s China Syndrome Obama’s China Syndrome

In a momentous strategic shift, President Obama has begun a military buildup in East Asia in a foolish attempt to intimidate China. It will bring blowback, and a greater risk of wa...

Nov 22, 2011 / Michael T. Klare

As Oil Declines, So Does America As Oil Declines, So Does America

America and oil. It’s like bacon and eggs, Batman and Robin. Now, it’s a guarantee of a trip to hell in a handbasket.

Sep 15, 2011 / Michael T. Klare

Winners and Losers in the Great Global Energy Struggle to Come Winners and Losers in the Great Global Energy Struggle to Come

A thirty-year war for energy pre-eminence? You wouldn’t wish it on a desperate planet. But that’s where we’re headed and there’s no turning back.

Jun 27, 2011 / Michael T. Klare

Three Energy Developments That Are Changing Your Life Three Energy Developments That Are Changing Your Life

How droughts, the Arab Spring and the decline of nuclear power are shaping the future of global energy consumption.

Jun 6, 2011 / Michael T. Klare

Why We Underestimate the Earth and Overestimate Ourselves Why We Underestimate the Earth and Overestimate Ourselves

Bill McKibben is right: we no longer live on the “cozy, taken-for-granted” planet formerly known as Earth.  We inhabit a new place, already changed dramatically by the interve...

Apr 14, 2011 / Michael T. Klare

The Oil-Food Price Shock

The Oil-Food Price Shock The Oil-Food Price Shock

The cost of food skyrockets as oil prices rise, triggering political unrest.

Mar 10, 2011 / Michael T. Klare

The Collapse of the Old Oil Order The Collapse of the Old Oil Order

Whatever the outcome of the protests, uprisings and rebellions now sweeping the Middle East, one thing is guaranteed: the world of oil will be permanently transformed.

Mar 3, 2011 / Michael T. Klare

Resource Revolts Resource Revolts

From crippling droughts in the Ukraine and Russia to region-shaking unrest in Tunisia, rising commodity prices and extreme weather events are already threatening global stability.

Jan 24, 2011 / Michael T. Klare

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