Michael T. Klare

Michael T. Klare is the Professor of Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College and the author, most recently, of Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependence on Imported Petroleum (Owl Books) as well as Resource Wars, The New Landscape of Global Conflict.

Author's Articles

Previewing the world in 2020.
Tue Jan. 5, 2010 4:13 PM PST
Welcome to 2025: American preeminence is disappearing fifteen years early.
Mon Oct. 26, 2009 9:11 AM PDT
Life after the age of oil.
Tue Sep. 22, 2009 1:56 PM PDT
The (re)making of a petro-state.
Tue Jul. 14, 2009 1:07 PM PDT
It's official—the era of cheap oil is over.
Thu Jun. 11, 2009 8:31 AM PDT
The global economic crisis is destined to be accompanied by rising levels of crime, violence, and—increasingly—state repression.
Mon Apr. 6, 2009 8:50 AM PDT
One perilous consequence of the crash of 2008 has only recently made its appearance: increased civil unrest.
Tue Feb. 24, 2009 2:29 PM PST
The U.S. would be much better off if we repudiated the global-dominance project of the Bush administration.
Tue Jul. 18, 2006 11:00 PM PDT
Putting Iran in a "great power" context
Wed Jun. 14, 2006 11:00 PM PDT
The Bush administration is once again putting the Asian giant in its strategic gun sights.
Tue Apr. 18, 2006 11:00 PM PDT
Considering the permanent energy crisis
Fri Feb. 10, 2006 12:00 AM PST
Our Incompetent Commander-in-Chief
Sun Jan. 8, 2006 12:00 AM PST
Crisis Scenarios for Deflecting Attention from the President's Woes
Tue Nov. 15, 2005 12:00 AM PST
The Failed U.S. Mission to Capture Iraqi Petroleum
Mon Sep. 19, 2005 11:00 PM PDT
The world is about to see the end of easy oil -- and the beginning of the resource wars.
Wed Aug. 3, 2005 11:00 PM PDT
The looming energy crisis overshadows Bush's second term.
Wed Dec. 8, 2004 12:00 AM PST
Transforming the American Military into a Global Oil-Protection Service.
Sat Oct. 9, 2004 11:00 PM PDT
The Clinton administration is pitching its proposed $1.6 billion gift to the Colombian military as a way to stem the flow of cocaine to the US; but it's got just as much to do with ensuring that another Colombian export -- oil -- keeps coming.
Thu Apr. 6, 2000 11:00 PM PDT

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