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.

Nuclear Arms and ProliferationMarch 2, 2006

Defusing the Iran Crisis

A peaceful resolution to the nuclear dispute with Iran is possible if world leaders work to eliminate the obstacles to intelligent compromise.

Michael T. Klare
EnvironmentJanuary 4, 2006

The Geopolitics of Natural Gas

Natural gas is rapidly emerging as the next big prize for consumer countries like the US and China. In the twenty-first century, alliances and hostilities between economic powerhouses and volatile nations will be carved by the pipes that will someday carry this environmentally safer resource.

Michael T. Klare
Regions and CountriesOctober 6, 2005

Revving Up the China Threat

The Bush Administration’s stance on China has gone from worry about their economic strength and oil consumption to full-on preparation for a new cold war.

Michael T. Klare
EnvironmentSeptember 6, 2005

Katrina and the Coming World Oil Crunch

Beyond the human suffering, Katrina’s sucker punch will be felt in America’s increasing dependence on foreign petroleum.

Michael T. Klare
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PoliticsJuly 21, 2005

The Iran War Buildup

There is no evidence that President Bush has already made the decision to attack Iran if Tehran proceeds with uranium-enrichment activities viewed in Washington as precursors to the manufacture

Michael T. Klare
US Wars and Military ActionApril 7, 2005

Outposts of Empire

The Pentagon’s new bases abroad.

Michael T. Klare
US Wars and Military ActionApril 7, 2005

Imperial Reach

The Pentagon’s new basing strategy.

Michael T. Klare
EnvironmentOctober 21, 2004

Crude Awakening

On January 9, 2004, Royal Dutch/Shell, one of the world’s largest publicly traded oil companies, shocked the international financial community by announcing that it had overstated its oil and gas

Michael T. Klare
Foreign PolicySeptember 23, 2004

Nonproliferation Politics

Nonproliferation–the global campaign to prevent the further spread of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons–must be applied in a nondiscriminatory fashion to be effective.

Michael T. Klare
Foreign PolicyJune 17, 2004

Two, Three, Many Iraqs

With the recent US setbacks and scandals in Iraq, you’d think the White House would abandon the President’s aggressive, unilateralist military policy–the “Bush Doctrine”–and seek to avoid new c

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Michael T. Klare

Defense Correspondent

Nuclear Arms and ProliferationMarch 2, 2006

A peaceful resolution to the nuclear dispute with Iran is possible if world leaders work to eliminate the obstacles to intelligent compromise.

EnvironmentJanuary 4, 2006

Natural gas is rapidly emerging as the next big prize for consumer countries like the US and China. In the twenty-first century, alliances and hostilities between economic powerhouses and volatile nations will be carved by the pipes that will someday carry this environmentally safer resource.

Regions and CountriesOctober 6, 2005

The Bush Administration’s stance on China has gone from worry about their economic strength and oil consumption to full-on preparation for a new cold war.

EnvironmentSeptember 6, 2005

Beyond the human suffering, Katrina’s sucker punch will be felt in America’s increasing dependence on foreign petroleum.

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

PoliticsJuly 21, 2005

There is no evidence that President Bush has already made the decision to attack Iran if Tehran proceeds with uranium-enrichment activities viewed in Washington as precursors to the manufacture

US Wars and Military ActionApril 7, 2005

The Pentagon’s new bases abroad.

US Wars and Military ActionApril 7, 2005

The Pentagon’s new basing strategy.

EnvironmentOctober 21, 2004

On January 9, 2004, Royal Dutch/Shell, one of the world’s largest publicly traded oil companies, shocked the international financial community by announcing that it had overstated its oil and gas

Foreign PolicySeptember 23, 2004

Nonproliferation–the global campaign to prevent the further spread of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons–must be applied in a nondiscriminatory fashion to be effective.

Foreign PolicyJune 17, 2004

With the recent US setbacks and scandals in Iraq, you’d think the White House would abandon the President’s aggressive, unilateralist military policy–the “Bush Doctrine”–and seek to avoid new c