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Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict Hardcover – May 17, 2001

by Michael Klare (Author)
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This sobering look at the future of warfare predicts that conflicts will now be fought over diminishing supplies of our most precious natural resources.

From the barren oilfields of Central Asia to the lush Nile delta, from the busy shipping lanes of the South China Sea to the uranium mines and diamond fields of sub-Saharan Africa, Resource Wars looks at the growing impact of resource scarcity on the military policies of nations. International security expert Michael T. Klare argues that in the early decades of the new millennium wars will be fought not over ideology but over resources, as states battle to control dwindling supplies of precious natural commodities. The political divisions of the Cold War, Klare asserts, are giving way to an immense global scramble for essential materials, such as oil, timber, minerals, and water. And as armies throughout the world define resource security as their primary mission, widespread instability is bound to follow, especially in those places where resource competition overlaps with long-standing disputes over territorial rights.

A much-needed assessment of a changed world, Resource Wars is a compelling look at the future of warfare in an era of heightened environmental stress and accelerated economic competition.
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  1. Print length
    320 pages
  2. Language
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    May 17, 2001
  5. Dimensions
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  6. ISBN-10
    0805055754
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0805055757
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Customers find the book engaging and informative. They appreciate the author's thorough coverage of resources and how they impact security. The book provides insights into natural resource conflicts and offers valuable perspectives on issues.

"Absolutely incredible book on natural resource conflicts. This book opened my eyes to many issues I had never considered before...." Read more

"This is a good book and it really opens your eyes to all the bickering that occures over the use of resources.. When you think of resources a lot..." Read more

"Very interesting read! However, take note it was written in 2001. Reviewing some of the projections, it falls short...." Read more

"I really liked the authors covering of resources in depth for each chapter he gave the same consistency backing up his information with evidence and..." Read more

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"This is a good book and it really opens your eyes to all the bickering that occures over the use of resources.. When you think of resources a lot..." Read more

"...I really enjoyed the rest of the book i.e. fresh water & other commodities, in particular old-growth timber...." Read more

"This is one of the best reading materials on the topic. Though a little dated, no other book covers the issue in such a clear manner...." Read more

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  • Jesse Taylor
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating reading
    Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2009
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    Absolutely incredible book on natural resource conflicts. This book opened my eyes to many issues I had never considered before. For instance, I had never thought about Egypt's desire to destabilize the other nations in the Nile River basin, in order to prevent them from becoming wealthy enough to be able to construct expensive dams and waterworks which would divert water from the Nile to feed people. Nor had I thought of Russia's interest in maintaining instability in Georgia, so that oil pipelines could not be safely run through there (thus forcing Caspian Sea oil to travel through Russian pipelines instead) ... Engaging and important. Highly recommended.
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  • Neal Vanderstelt
    5.0 out of 5 stars Power where does it all stem from...
    Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2006
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    This is a good book and it really opens your eyes to all the bickering that occures over the use of resources.. When you think of resources a lot of people think of hard material items such as gold or oil as scarce but even the most basic element water is faught over on a day-to-day basis in rugged territories and contested borders. How many people know that Roosevelt had a meeting with King Abdel-Aziz in 1945 and the bearing it had on US Saudi relations to date? How many people know about France's ties with Saddaam Hussein before the 90's? How about the divide between the rich and the poor refered to as globalization?
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  • Arthur P. Smith
    4.0 out of 5 stars Well Researched, But Aren't there Alternatives?
    Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2005
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    Warnings about limits to the world's resources being inadequate for humanity's appetite date back at least to the period in the 1970's, when rising oil prices and lines at the pump provided a stark lesson in constraints for the American public. That public awareness has been re-awakened now under similar and perhaps more terminal circumstances. But there are strong indications that an understanding and focus on resource limits has been at the background of government actions for the past three decades and even earlier, despite an outward downplaying of the issue.

    Michael Klare's book concentrates first on the issue of petroleum resources, a key flash point in the modern world. Access to petroleum is itself central to modern warfare, and those who control oil have used the revenue to build up their own military capabilities. Aside from American and Iraqi actions in the Middle East, actual conflicts have been limited to minor skirmishes thus far, but the build-up of arms is an ominous sign, as oil becomes scarcer and more valuable.

    In the Persian Gulf, Klare documents the decades of first British and then American involvement, propping up friendly regimes and selling vast quantities of advanced weaponry. The expenditures on American might, even before the Iraq occupation (Klare's book was first published before even the September 11, 2001 attacks) have been astronomical; the US Central Command and Fifth Fleet exist largely to protect American interests (oil) in the Gulf region. The outcome of all that spending is pretty clear too: utter failure. Iran was long ago lost to American influence. Iraq seems likely to follow Iran; at the least, American efforts there have only resulted in lower, not higher, oil production. Saudi Arabia and many of the others are unstable, with super-wealthy upper classes threatened by religious fundamentalists and the poor, who only resent perceived American domination of their countrys' affairs.

    Klare also reviews the interesting story of US policy in the Caspian region; developments since the Afghanistan war in that region have brought it even more under US influence since Klare wrote. The potential vast oil reserves there and in the South China Sea have brought major nations face to face with one another, staking out claims and influence, but so far avoiding outright war. Klare's discussion suggests that relative peace will not long continue: at some point the resources become valuable enough to risk large-scale combat, with outcomes likely bad for everybody.

    Beyond oil, Klare discusses water resources extensively, particularly the Nile, but also a number of other cases where a major fresh water supply is divided among several nations. For rivers, upstream nations can take advantage of the geography to exploit as much of the water as they dare; in some cases only threats from more powerful downstream neighbors (such as Egypt for the Nile) keep the urge to divert water in check.

    Other resources have also sparked conflict, in some cases civil war rather than war between nations: diamonds, precious metals and other ores, forests, and so forth. This seems to be particularly a problem in Africa where Klare discusses several recent examples. The existence of the resource draws in money that can be used to buy military capabilities; conflict seems to almost inevitably ensue.

    In some respects, Klare seems to overstate the case. In briefly discussing possible solutions to all this, he seems to believe that only international institutions making allocation decisions for scarce resources would be able to tackle the problem. But one wonders - why are we trying to win by force what we can just buy in free markets with money? For instance, Iranian oil is essentially the same as oil from any other nation, it enters as additional supply in the world market and therefore has the net effect of lowering per barrel costs to US consumers. So what does it matter that the US has no influence over Iran these days? And if the foreigners who control oil raise prices for us, all the better for the alternatives we know we're going to need eventually anyway.

    Many of the resource problems are a matter of ill-defined boundaries that could be resolved by some sort of international boundary disputes court, surely simpler than an international resource allocation system.

    This all suggests that the real motives of governments striving to obtain influence over resource-rich regions is not the benefit of their own people, but the enrichment of certain segments of their society: those who profit more directly from resource extraction activities. Or, assuming stupidity instead of conspiracy, it could simply be an irrational need for control pushing governments in these directions. In either case Klare's book worryingly sets the stage for major global conflict over resources in coming years.
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  • Bethany
    5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
    Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2021
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    Awesome. I learned so much helpful information. I was really curious about the future of energy, and this answered a lot of my questions.
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  • Corey Gonzales
    5.0 out of 5 stars Published in 2001, issues still relevant.
    Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2019
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    Very interesting read! However, take note it was written in 2001. Reviewing some of the projections, it falls short. However, the issues reviewed in the book are still of extreme importance today.
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  • Kindle Customer
    3.0 out of 5 stars Too much detail
    Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2013
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    This could have been an article. Includes more detail than required for an enjoyable read. Also a bit dated. OK.
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  • Aleyda Marquez
    5.0 out of 5 stars Came in great condition and it was affordable
    Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2015
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    Came in great condition and it was affordable. Unfortunately, the book contents were not for me, but that doesn't affect the rating of the book. It's still a book and I have absolutely no complaints.
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  • Marwan
    1.0 out of 5 stars Kam Beschädigt an
    Reviewed in Germany on August 2, 2022
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    Auf jeder Seite des Buches ist verschütteter Kaffee. Also kein hat Lust solche Bücher zum Lesen. Buch wurde zurück gegeben.
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  • retroW
    5.0 out of 5 stars Explains the real reasons behind wars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 5, 2013
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    Klare explains the real reasons the West is involved with so many states and in so many wars. You'd think with social and technological developments war would become less frequent as time passes but Klare shows how to stay in power and to ensure good business Western countries such as Britain and the US engage in multiple wars and planting of dictatorships.
    Must read for anyone interested in the logic behind all these wars and Western meddling in other countries' affairs.
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  • Dr. M. McAuley
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 3, 2017
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    An important book with a truly big picture of what's really going on in the world.
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  • sonojordan
    4.0 out of 5 stars グローバリズムとはアメリカの植民地化。
    Reviewed in Japan on November 15, 2003
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    「イスラム原理主義」は清教徒アメリカが捏造した。
    イラン革命におけるイスラムの狂信性を強調して、背後にある政治的な策略「エネルギー安全保障」というもっともらしい正義のためにだ。
    全てはアメリカの石油（のみならず）利権のためにある。
    その全体像を本書はわかりやすく？説明し、警鐘を鳴らしている。
    ただ、全編において、知っていてもなんのトクにもならない中東の国名や地方都市名、横文字の固有名詞、数値などが羅列しているページが多いため、数字嫌いのわたしには、何度も読み返しが必要で、読後ものすごく疲れが残った。（笑）
    ので、星ひとつマイナス・・・
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  • 糸音
    3.0 out of 5 stars かなり情勢は変わっているけど
    Reviewed in Japan on December 23, 2006
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    石油と水。

    それぞれの意味で人間生活に不可欠な資源を巡る世界各国の争いについて概略的に述べている。

    ２００６年現在読んで思うのは、「古い話だな」と思う部分と、「変わらないなあ」と思う部分がそれぞれあるということか。

    石油では現在は中国の動静を抜きにしては語れない。

    この書が上梓された時期には中国はさほど輸出を増やしていなかったこともあり、南シナ海の資源紛争以外の項目ではアフリカの箇所で少し触れられているだけである。

    現在、特にアフリカなどの独裁国家や政情不安の国では金は出すが口は出さない中国の石油調達はますます存在感をましている。

    他にも原油高による産油国の発言権の増大がある。

    一時期、石油価格は世界規模の石油市場による決定が主流になると言われたこともあったが、現状ではやはり戦略物資として政治との深い関わりを持っていることは否定できない情勢である。そういった意味では安全保障政策と資源獲得を結びつけて考える筆者の考えは依然意味を失っていないといえるだろう。

    水資源の問題は当該地域の水を巡る紛争がここ数十年ではなく、数百年以上の歴史を持つ紛争であることも多い。であればここ数年で大きく情勢が変わることなど考えられない。いや、水資源の持つ意味が更に重要になりつつある現在、紛争の危機は大きくなることはあれ、小さくなることはない。

    データや分析が古めかしく見えるのも、それだけ情勢に変化がないということではないか。
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