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.

Foreign PolicyNovember 25, 2008

The Fall of Triumphalism

Because of the hubris of Bush and Cheney, we face a world of multiplied dangers, emboldened challengers and a paucity of reliable allies.

Michael T. Klare
EnvironmentNovember 10, 2008

Obama’s Energy Challenge

Of all the challenges Barack Obama faces, none is more daunting, or more important to our collective future, as energy.

Michael T. Klare
Election 2008September 18, 2008

Palin’s Petropolitics

Palin’s opposition to government-supported renewable energy makes her stupendously ill equipped for national office.

Michael T. Klare
EnvironmentJune 19, 2008

Anatomy of a Price Surge

Oil companies, speculators and OPEC helped spike the cost of oil, but ruinous Bush Administration policies have compounded the damage.

Michael T. Klare
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EnvironmentMay 1, 2008

The New Geopolitics of Energy

The Pentagon has now placed resource competition at the center of its strategic planning.

Michael T. Klare
Political FiguresMarch 20, 2008

Architect of War(s)

Dick Cheney’s Mideast tour suggests another catastrophic military adventure in the Persian Gulf is still in the cards.

Michael T. Klare
EconomyOctober 25, 2007

Beyond the Age of Petroleum

Welcome to the Age of Insuffiency: As oil prices hit new highs and supplies sink, our way of life will drastically change.

Michael T. Klare
CongressFebruary 21, 2007

Targeting Tehran

As the Bush Administration steps up its campaign against Iran, opponents have a dual responsibility: to contest the strategic context for escalation and to bar specific acts of aggression.

Michael T. Klare
US Wars and Military ActionJanuary 10, 2007

Ominous Signs of a Wider War

The naming of Adm. William Fallon to replace Gen. John Abizaid as head of Centcom is an ominous sign that Bush is preparing for a wider war.

Michael T. Klare
Nuclear Arms and ProliferationMarch 18, 2006

Ending Nonproliferation

President Bush’s dangerous deal to deliver nuclear technology to India is a significant breach of the nonproliferation treaty and will make nuclear war more likely.

Michael T. Klare

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Michael T. Klare

Defense Correspondent

Foreign PolicyNovember 25, 2008

Because of the hubris of Bush and Cheney, we face a world of multiplied dangers, emboldened challengers and a paucity of reliable allies.

EnvironmentNovember 10, 2008

Of all the challenges Barack Obama faces, none is more daunting, or more important to our collective future, as energy.

Election 2008September 18, 2008

Palin’s opposition to government-supported renewable energy makes her stupendously ill equipped for national office.

EnvironmentJune 19, 2008

Oil companies, speculators and OPEC helped spike the cost of oil, but ruinous Bush Administration policies have compounded the damage.

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

EnvironmentMay 1, 2008

The Pentagon has now placed resource competition at the center of its strategic planning.

Political FiguresMarch 20, 2008

Dick Cheney’s Mideast tour suggests another catastrophic military adventure in the Persian Gulf is still in the cards.

EconomyOctober 25, 2007

Welcome to the Age of Insuffiency: As oil prices hit new highs and supplies sink, our way of life will drastically change.

CongressFebruary 21, 2007

As the Bush Administration steps up its campaign against Iran, opponents have a dual responsibility: to contest the strategic context for escalation and to bar specific acts of aggression.

US Wars and Military ActionJanuary 10, 2007

The naming of Adm. William Fallon to replace Gen. John Abizaid as head of Centcom is an ominous sign that Bush is preparing for a wider war.

Nuclear Arms and ProliferationMarch 18, 2006

President Bush’s dangerous deal to deliver nuclear technology to India is a significant breach of the nonproliferation treaty and will make nuclear war more likely.