Michael T. Klare

Michael T. Klare, a TomDispatch regular, is a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College and the author, most recently, of The Race for What’s Left. A documentary movie version of his book Blood and Oil is available from the Media Education Foundation.

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Commentary Climate & Environment

Danger Waters

By Michael T. Klare January 10, 2012

When the U.S. faces a problem in the world—say, keeping the energy flowing on this planet—the first thing that's done is to militarize the problem. It's the only way Washington now knows how to think.

A New Cold War in Asia?

By Michael T. Klare December 6, 2011

How President Obama is playing with fire by threatening China.

Essay Economy Work & Money

The New Thirty Years’ War: Winners and Losers in the Great Global Energy Struggle to Come

By Michael T. Klare June 27, 2011

For giant oil companies like BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Royal Dutch Shell, an eventual shift away from petroleum will have massive economic consequences.