Midcoast Forum on Foreign Relations

Michael Klare

Monday, October 1, 2012

Topic: The Race for What's Left:The Global Scramble for the World's Last Resources

Michael Klare is the Five College professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College, and director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies (PAWSS).  He holds a B.A. and M.A. from Columbia University and a Ph.D. from the Graduate School of the Union Institute. He has written widely on U.S. military policy, international peace and security affairs, the global arms trade, and global resource politics.

Dr. Klare’s most recent book is entitledThe Race for What’s Left:  The Global Struggle for the World’s Last Resources, an exploration of the haunting reality of what may be the planet’s final “gold rush,” with governments and corporations seeking to secure dwindling supplies of vital natural resources.  Click here to read his Rolling Stone interview about the book.

 

His books include American Arms Supermarket (1984), Low-Intensity Warfare (1988),Peace and World Security Studies: A Curriculum Guide (Fifth Edition, 1989; Sixth Edition, 1994), World Security: Challenges for a New Century (First Edition, 1991; Second Edition, 1994; Third Edition, 1998), Rogue States and Nuclear Outlaws(1995), Light Weapons and Civil Conflict (1999), Resource Wars (2001), and Blood and Oil (2004).
His articles have appeared in many journals, including Arms Control Today, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Current History, Foreign Affairs, Harper’s, The Nation, Scientific American, and Technology Review.

He serves on the board of the Arms Control Association and advises other organizations in the field.