Michael T. Klare is a defense correspondent for The Nation and the author of Resource Wars and Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America’s Growing Petroleum Dependency.  He is a Five Colleges professor of Peace and World Security Studies, teaching at Hampshire, Amherst, Smith and Mount Holyoke and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. 

Klare also serves on the boards of directors of Human Rights Watch and the Arms Control Association.