Michael Klare

Meeting the demands of “great power competition and great power conflict” is the defining task of our moment and will remain so...

Biden hasn’t just embraced the Trump policy of aggressive “containment” toward China — he’s greatly expanded it

The defense bill that Joe Biden recently signed lays the groundwork for a new cold war with China. That’s great for defense contractors — and terrible for world peace.

China hawks love to fulminate about how Beijing’s military strength is growing and will challenge the United States in the coming decades. But China’s military is vastly more likely to be fighting climate change than American soldiers.

Here’s my dream: that American and Chinese military leaders will jointly acknowledge the overriding climate threat to international security

Overheating World - What we’ve been witnessing in the summer of 2021, devastating as it might now seem, will be magnified many times

The Defense Department can lead the climate change battle by reducing its own contributions and by developing climate-benefitting technologies.

The Pentagon takes climate risks seriously. It remains to be seen if doubters will begin to heed the expert admirals and generals.

Military leaders have been contending with climate change impacts on bases, forces and equipment around the world.

The looming energy crisis overshadows Bush’s second term.