Natural Resource Wars

22 July 2001 - 10:00am

"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."

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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."

Source: The Atlantic Monthly, Oct 07, 2005
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