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A world besieged : the climate threat to American national security -- Humanitarian emergencies : climate disasters, civil disorder, and U. S. military relief operations -- States on the brink : resource scarcity, ethnic strife, and government collapse -- Global shock waves : food shortages, energy crises, pandemics, and mass migrations -- Great-power clashes : the melting Arctic and other conflict zones -- The homeland at risk : domestic climate disasters and the military's strategic predicament -- No safe harbors : the climate change threat to American military facilities -- Going green : the Pentagon as change agent.

Journalist Klare describes the impact the coming shortage of natural resources will have on the future of the human race

Altered states -- Seeking more, finding less -- The "Chindia" challenge -- An energy juggernaught -- Draining the Caspian -- The global assault on Africa's vital resources -- Encroaching on an "American Lake" -- Crossing a threshold -- Averting catastrophe

By transforming patterns of travel and work around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the transition to renewable energy and the decline of fossil fuels. Lockdowns brought car commuting and plane travel to a near halt, and the mass experiment in which white-collar employees have been working from home may permanently reduce energy consumption for business travel. Renewable energy and electric vehicles were already gaining market share before the pandemic. Under pressure from investors, major energy companies have started writing off fossil fuel reserves as stranded assets that are no longer worth the cost of extracting. These shifts may indicate that "peak oil demand" has arrived earlier than expected.

Military leaders say swarms of robots guided by artificial intelligence will soon be a decisive factor on the battlefield. But what if human commanders lose control?

The progression from semiautonomous, unarmed supply robots to fully autonomous weapons systems is likely to occur rapidly and with limited public scrutiny.