Bard College at Simon's Rock: the Early College

Lecture by Dr. Michael Klare

Monday, February 26, 2018

Blodgett House


Undisciplined: Social Thought in an Age of Global Infrastructure

Lecture Series

"Deadly Convergence: Climate Change, Conflict, and the Rising Threat of Nuclear War (and what to do about it)"

The 2018 Proseminar in Social Scientific Inquiry Lecture Series commences with a lecture by Dr. Michael Klare, Five College professor of peace and world security studies, and director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies (PAWSS). Dr. Klare 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.

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), Blood and Oil (2004), Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy (2008), and The Race for What's Left (2012).