Professor Klare teaches courses on international peace and security issues at Hampshire College and is the author of Resource Wars and Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Petroleum Dependency.
The Energy Wars Heat Up: Six Recent Clashes and Conflicts on a Planet Heading Into Energy Overdrive
Crossposted from TomDispatchConflict and intrigue over valuable energy supplies have been features of the international landscape for a long time. Major wars over oil have been fought every decade or so since World War I, and smaller engagements have erupted every few years; a flare-up or two in 2012, then, ...
A New Energy Third World in North America?
Crossposted from TomDispatchThe “curse” of oil wealth is a well-known phenomenon in Third World petro-states where millions of lives are wasted in poverty and the environment is ravaged, while tiny elites rake in the energy dollars and corruption rules the land. Recently, North America has been repeatedly hailed as the ...
A Tough-Oil World: Why Twenty-First Century Oil Will Break the Bank -- and the Planet
Crossposted from TomDispatchOil prices are now higher than they have ever been -- except for a few frenzied moments before the global economic meltdown of 2008. Many immediate factors are contributing to this surge, including Iran’s threats to block oil shipping in the Persian Gulf, fears of a new Middle ...
Crossposted from TomDispatchEver since December 27th, war clouds have been gathering over the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow body of water connecting the Persian Gulf with the Indian Ocean and the seas beyond. On that day, Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi warned that Tehran would block the strait and ...
Crossposted from TomDispatchA 30-year war for energy preeminence? You wouldn’t wish it even on a desperate planet. But that’s where we’re headed and there’s no turning back. From 1618 to 1648, Europe was engulfed in a series of intensely brutal conflicts known collectively as the Thirty Years’ War. It was, ...
The Global Energy Crisis Deepens
Here’s the good news about energy: thanks to rising oil prices and deteriorating economic conditions worldwide, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reports that global oil demand will not grow this year as much as once assumed, which may provide some temporary price relief at the gas pump. In its May ...
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May 10th, 2012
The Energy Wars Heat Up: Six Recent Clashes and Conflicts on a Planet Heading Into Energy Overdrive
Crossposted from TomDispatchConflict and intrigue over valuable energy supplies have been features of the international landscape for a long time. Major wars over oil have ...
April 1st, 2012
A New Energy Third World in North America?
Crossposted from TomDispatchThe “curse” of oil wealth is a well-known phenomenon in Third World petro-states where millions of lives are wasted in poverty and the ...
March 15th, 2012
A Tough-Oil World: Why Twenty-First Century Oil Will Break the Bank -- and the Planet
Crossposted from TomDispatchOil prices are now higher than they have ever been -- except for a few frenzied moments before the global economic meltdown of ...
January 31st, 2012
Crossposted from TomDispatchEver since December 27th, war clouds have been gathering over the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow body of water connecting the Persian Gulf ...
June 27th, 2011
Crossposted from TomDispatchA 30-year war for energy preeminence? You wouldn’t wish it even on a desperate planet. But that’s where we’re headed and there’s no ...
June 6th, 2011
The Global Energy Crisis Deepens
Here’s the good news about energy: thanks to rising oil prices and deteriorating economic conditions worldwide, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reports that global oil ...
June 6th, 2011
The Global Energy Crisis Deepens
Here’s the good news about energy: thanks to rising oil prices and deteriorating economic conditions worldwide, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reports that global oil ...
May 10th, 2012
The Energy Wars Heat Up: Six Recent Clashes and Conflicts on a Planet Heading Into Energy Overdrive
Crossposted from TomDispatchConflict and intrigue over valuable energy supplies have been features of the international landscape for a long time. Major wars over oil have ...
April 1st, 2012
A New Energy Third World in North America?
Crossposted from TomDispatchThe “curse” of oil wealth is a well-known phenomenon in Third World petro-states where millions of lives are wasted in poverty and the ...
June 27th, 2011
Crossposted from TomDispatchA 30-year war for energy preeminence? You wouldn’t wish it even on a desperate planet. But that’s where we’re headed and there’s no ...
March 15th, 2012
A Tough-Oil World: Why Twenty-First Century Oil Will Break the Bank -- and the Planet
Crossposted from TomDispatchOil prices are now higher than they have ever been -- except for a few frenzied moments before the global economic meltdown of ...
January 31st, 2012
Crossposted from TomDispatchEver since December 27th, war clouds have been gathering over the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow body of water connecting the Persian Gulf ...
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