Michael T. Klare
Contributor at A l'encontre
Five College Professor of Peace & World Security Studies @ Amherst, Hampshire, Smith, Mt. Holyoke & UMass. since 1985.
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3 weeks ago |
johnmenadue.com | Michael T. Klare
January 19, 2025 Gaza, Haiti, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Russia, Syria, Ukraine, and Venezuela: President-elect Donald Trump will face no shortage of foreign-policy challenges when he assumes office in January. None, however, comes close to China in scope, scale, or complexity. No other country has the capacity to resist his predictable antagonism with the same degree of strength and tenacity, and none arouses more hostility and outrage among MAGA Republicans.
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1 month ago |
countercurrents.org | Melissa Garriga |Teri Mattson |Binoy Kampmark |Michael T. Klare
America’s military budget is more than just numbers on a page—it’s a reflection of the priorities that shape our society. Right now, that nearly trillion dollar budget is bloated, inefficient, and far removed from the needs of everyday Americans. We’ve identified six simple yet effective ways to cut at least $100 billion from the Pentagon’s budget—without sacrificing even the most hawkish of war hawk’s sense of national security. Ready to take the scissors to that excess spending?
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1 month ago |
fairobserver.com | Michael T. Klare
Last April, in a move generating scant media attention, the Air Force announced that it had chosen two little-known drone manufacturers — Anduril Industries of Costa Mesa, California, and General Atomics of San Diego — to build prototype versions of its proposed Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), a future unmanned plane intended to accompany piloted aircraft on high-risk combat missions.
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1 month ago |
thenation.com | Michael T. Klare
February 24, 2025 Welcome to the New Military Industrial ComplexAn assortment of new firms, born in Silicon Valley or incorporating its disruptive ethos, have begun to challenge the older ones for access to lucrative Pentagon awards. Ad Policy A Predator drone operated by Customs and Border Protection taxis toward the tarmac for a surveillance flight near the Mexican border. (John Moore / Getty Images)This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com.
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2 months ago |
original.antiwar.com | Michael T. Klare |Tom Engelhardt
Reprinted from TomDispatch. Last April, in a move generating scant media attention, the Air Force announced that it had chosen two little-known drone manufacturers – Anduril Industries of Costa Mesa, California, and General Atomics of San Diego – to build prototype versions of its proposed Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), a future unmanned plane intended to accompany piloted aircraft on high-risk combat missions.
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