Michael T. Klare is a professor emeritus of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College and a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Arms Control Association in Washington, D.C. From 1985 to 2018, he served as the Five College Professor of Peace and World Security Studies, a joint appointment at Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Klare is the author of fifteen books on resource politics and international security affairs, including Resource Wars (2001), Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet (2008), The Race for What’s Left (2012), and, most recently, All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon’s Perspective on Climate Change (2019). He has long worked with non-governmental organizations in the peace, human rights, and disarmament fields, and now serves on the board of directors of the Arms Control Association.