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Michael Klare: Rising Powers Shrinking Planet

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Partner:: WAC: Connecticut
Location:: World Affairs Council of Connecticut
Hartford, CT
Event Date:: 04.22.08
Speakers:: Felicity Harley,; Michael T. Klare
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Summary: Recently, an unprecedented Chinese attempt to acquire the major American energy firm Unocal was blocked by Congress amidst hysterical warnings of a Communist threat.

But the political grandstanding missed a larger point: the takeover bid was a harbinger of a new structure of world power, based not on market forces or on arms and armies but on the possession of vital natural resources.

Surveying the energy-driven dynamic that is reconfiguring the international landscape, Michael Klare, the preeminent expert on resource geopolitics, forecasts a future of surprising new alliances and explosive danger.

World leaders are now facing the stark recognition that all materials vital for the functioning of modern industrial societies (not just oil and natural gas but uranium, coal, copper, and others) are finite and being depleted at an ever-accelerating rate.

As a result, governments rather than corporations are increasingly spearheading the pursuit of resources.

In a radically altered world - where Russia is transformed from battered Cold War loser to arrogant broker of Eurasian energy, and the United States is forced to compete with the emerging 'Chindia' juggernaut - the only route to survival on a shrinking planet, Klare shows, lies in international cooperation - World Affairs Council of Connecticut

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Felicity Harley

Felicity Harley is the executive director of the World Affairs Council of Connecticut. Felicity Harley has an extensive professional background that combines 30 years of national and international experience as a senior manager and Chief Executive Officer in nonprofit institutions, and is currently the Executive Director of the World Affairs Council of Connecticut. Felicity Harley was educated in Great Britain and the United States. She is a published writer and poet.

Michael T. Klare

Michael T. Klare is a Five Colleges Professor of Peace and World Security Studies, whose department is located at Hampshire College. He serves as defense correspondent of The Nation magazine and is the author of Resource Wars and Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Petroleum Dependency (Metropolitan). Klare teaches at Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Klare serves on the boards of directors of Human Rights Watch and the Arms Control Association. He is a regular contributor to many publications including The Nation, Tom's Dispatch, and Mother Jones, and he is a frequent columnist for Foreign Policy in Focus. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.

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01 hr 18 min 41 sec

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01.: Felicity Harley: Introduction

01 min 15 sec

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02.: Michael Klare: The Permanent World Energy Crisis

04 min 40 sec

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03.: Energy Deficit States

03 min 26 sec

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04.: How Did We Get There?

06 min 52 sec

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05.: The World Oil Industry Supply

06 min 44 sec

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06.: Other Energy Sources

03 min 24 sec

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07.: The Bush Administration

07 min 41 sec

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08.: China Is Copying US

03 min 11 sec

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09.: What Should We Do?

06 min 14 sec

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10.: Cooperation With China

04 min 35 sec

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11.: Q1: Carbon Separation & Storage

01 min 27 sec

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12.: Q2: Long-Term Oil Supply Agreements

01 min 04 sec

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13.: Q3: The Strategic Petroleum Reserve

01 min 35 sec

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14.: Q4: A Silver Lining In Prices

02 min 14 sec

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15.: Q5: Canals & Railroads

01 min 13 sec

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16.: Q6: Ethanol & Food Prices

03 min 39 sec

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17.: Q7: Structural Changes

01 min 56 sec

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18.: Q8: Hedge Fund Speculation

04 min 40 sec

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19.: Q9: Nuclear Power

03 min 21 sec

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20.: Q10: A Chinese Cold War

01 min 07 sec

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21.: Q11: Brazil, Religious Implications

03 min 59 sec

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22.: Q12: Russia, Coal

04 min 08 sec

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Michael Klare on Ethanol and Food Prices

03 min 39 sec

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Michael Klare elucidates the relationship between increasing ethanol production, which decreases the supply of corn for food, and rising global food prices.
Michael Klare Explains the Rise in Fuel Costs

04 min 21 sec

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Michael Klare tries to explain why crude oil prices have skyrocketed, pointing to a number of "underlying factors" beyond possible hedge fund speculation, such as the relationship between oil supply and demand.
Michael Klare on the Pitfalls of Nuclear Power in America

03 min 29 sec

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Michael Klare explains obstacles keeping America from turning to nuclear power, including the structure of the US transportation system and its decentralized, democratic government.
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01 hr 18 min 41 sec

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