FDR: Options for Britain's Defence and Security

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Number 1
Preparing for the Lean Years
How will British defence spending fare in an age of austerity?
By Malcolm Chalmers

Number 2
A Force for Honour
Military Strategic Options for the United Kingdom
By Michael Codner

Number 3
Multilateral Approaches to Security
Choices for defence
By Andrew Rathmell

Number 4
Jointery and the Emerging Defence Review
By Trevor Taylor

Number 5
Capability Cost Trends: Implications for the Defence Review
By Malcolm Chalmers

: Options for Britain's Defence and Security

Finances and Personnel

RUSI explores the effects of financial pressures on defence spending and personnel recruitment and retention

Future Defence Review Working Paper

Preparing for the Lean Years

By Malcolm Chalmers
Working Paper Number 1, 1 July 2009

How will British defence spending fare in an age of austerity?

The core defence budgets for 2009/10 and 2010/11 have already been set, and are unlikely to be substantially altered. But, in the immediate aftermath of the next election, most analysts now expect there to be a new comprehensive spending review, leading to a prolonged period of public austerity, including in defence.

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Background RUSI Analysis

Defence Inflation: Myth or Reality?
Four leading experts examine the question of defence inflation and debate the extent of higher defence inflation in relation to non-defence sectors. The effects of productivity improvements and the credit crunch on defence spending and inflation are considered. (June 2009)
By Malcolm Chalmers, John Dowdy, David Kirkpatrick and Robbin Laird

Is Defence Inflation Really as High as Claimed?
David Kirkpatrick is an Associate Fellow of RUSI. In this article he examines the facts behind the claims that defence inflation is higher than the national GDP deflator and provides illumination on the heat generated by others. (Oct 2008)
By David Kirkpatrick

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