https://znetwork.org/author/michaelklare/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Mon, 25 Dec 2023 16:14:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/michaelklare/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/can-the-us-and-china-keep-the-peace-in-2024/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/can-the-us-and-china-keep-the-peace-in-2024/#respond Mon, 25 Dec 2023 16:14:11 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1259795 This hasn’t exactly been a year of good news when it comes to our war-torn, beleaguered planet, but on November 15, U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping took one small step back from the precipice. Until they talked in a mansion near San Francisco, it seemed as if their countries were locked [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/can-the-us-and-china-keep-the-peace-in-2024/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-us-china-war-over-taiwan/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-us-china-war-over-taiwan/#respond Thu, 27 Apr 2023 17:44:46 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1244515 What will happen when China invades Taiwan, as so many in Washington believe is inevitable? To answer that question, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, an entity created at Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s behest in February, conducted a “tabletop exercise” involving a simulated attack of this sort on April 19. No official report [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-us-china-war-over-taiwan/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/spurring-an-endless-arms-race/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/spurring-an-endless-arms-race/#respond Mon, 17 Apr 2023 15:52:59 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1243761 Why is the Pentagon budget so high? On March 13th, the Biden administration unveiled its $842 billion military budget request for 2024, the largest ask (in today’s dollars) since the peaks of the Afghan and Iraq wars. And mind you, that’s before the hawks in Congress get their hands on it. Last year, they added $35 billion [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/spurring-an-endless-arms-race/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-enduring-tyranny-of-oil-2/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-enduring-tyranny-of-oil-2/#respond Wed, 27 Jul 2022 23:06:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1199814 It may seem hard to believe, but only 15 years ago many of us were talking confidently about “peak oil” — the moment of maximum global oil output after which, with world reserves dwindling, its use would begin an irreversible decline. Then along came hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and the very notion of peak oil [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-enduring-tyranny-of-oil-2/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/bidens-nato-summit-divides-the-world-into-hostile-camps/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/bidens-nato-summit-divides-the-world-into-hostile-camps/#respond Thu, 07 Jul 2022 19:54:52 +0000 https://zcomm-staging.work/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1067126 NATO’s defensive role was once largely limited to the European heartland, a legacy of its origins as a Cold War foil to the Soviet military presence in Eastern Europe. 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