Michael Klare

Author Bio

Dr. Michael T. Klare is a professor of Peace and World Security Studies. He teaches courses on international peace and security issues at Hampshire College and, in rotation, at Amherst College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

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Bolton Wants to Fight Iran, But the Pentagon Has Its Eye on China

June 12, 2019

The Pentagon may be burned by the war on terror, but it's obsessively preparing for a high-intensity conflict with China or Russia.

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“Alexa, Launch Our Nukes!”

December 19, 2018

Within a few short years, crucial warfighting decisions — even whether to launch a nuclear weapon — could be made by autonomous machines.

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The New Cold War Is a Lot More Dangerous Than the Old

November 1, 2018

Three superpowers now face off along multiple fronts, even as they dismantle the tools that prevented escalation in the past.

The Pentagon Is Planning a Three-Front ‘Long War’ Against China and Russia

April 4, 2018

If you thought the "global war on terror" was a significant overreach for a single power, just wait.

Trump’s ‘America Third’ Foreign Policy

February 15, 2017

Despite Trump's tough talk, his crude and narrow vision of foreign policy has created huge opportunities for China and Russia.

The Old Oil Order Is Collapsing

May 5, 2016

If even Saudi Arabia is ready to move away from its reliance on petroleum, we're indeed entering a new world — one in which the titans of oil production will no longer hold sway over our lives.