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Natural Resource Wars

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Chris Steins
22 July 2001 - 10:00am

The Atlantic Monthly reviews Michael T. Klare's "Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict." Our future is the future of natural resources.

"Imagine a world plagued by ethnic, religious, and political turmoil, soaring population growth and troubling global climate change. Now add to that volatile mix a shortage of oil, water, timber, and other natural resources—and an insatiable demand for those resources. That, Michael T. Klare writes in Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict, is a snapshot of the world to come."

Full Story: Brace Yourself, World
Source: The Atlantic Monthly, October 7, 2005
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