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Professor Malcolm Chalmers

Position: Research Director / Director, UK Defence Policy Studies

Professor Malcolm Chalmers is Research Director and Director (UK Defence Policy) at RUSI. He is a Special Adviser to the UK Parliament's Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy, and was a member of the UK Cabinet Office consultative group for the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review, and of the UK Defence Secretary's Advisory Forum for the 2010 Defence Green Paper. He was Visiting Professor of Defence and Foreign Policy in the Department of War Studies, Kings College, London, and was an FCO Special Adviser to Foreign Secretaries Jack Straw MP and Margaret Beckett MP.

Malcolm's publications include 'Looking into the Black Hole: Is the UK Defence Budget Crisis Really Over?, RUSI Briefing Paper, September 2011; 'Keeping our Powder Dry? UK Defence Policy Beyond Afghanistan', RUSI Journal, 156, 1, 2011; 'The Lean Years? Defence Consequences of the Fiscal Crisis', in Michael Codner and Michael Clarke (eds), A Question of Security: British Defence Policy in an Age of Austerity, I B Tauris, 2011; 'Nuclear Weapons and the Prevention of Major War' in Camille Grand (editor), Thinking About Strategy: A Tribute to Michael Quinlan, FRS Paris, 2011; 'Unbalancing the Force: Prospects for UK Defence after the SDSR' RUSI Future Defence Review Working Paper, 2010; 'Nuclear Narratives: Reflections on Declaratory Policy', RUSI Whitehall Report, 2010; 'NATO's Tactical Nuclear Dilemma', RUSI Occasional Paper, 2010 (with Simon Lunn); 'Britain's new nuclear debate', RUSI Journal, 2009; 'A Force for Influence: Making British Defence Effective', RUSI Journal, December 2008; Global Inequality and Security Policy: A British Perspective, RUSI / Routledge, May 2008; 'Spending to Save: the cost-effectiveness of conflict prevention', Defense and Peace Economics, 18, 1, 2007; Evaluation of the Conflict Prevention Pools: Synthesis Report (co-author), Cabinet Office, 2004; 'The Economic Costs and Benefits of UK Defence Exports', Fiscal Studies, Vol. 23, No. 3, 2002, 305-342. (with Neil Davies, Keith Hartley and Chris Wilkinson); 'The Atlantic burden-sharing debate - widening or fragmenting?', International Affairs, Vol. 77, No. 3, 2001; Uncharted Waters: The UK, Nuclear Weapons and the Scottish Question, Tuckwell Press, 2001 (with William Walker); and Sharing security: the political economy of burdensharing, Macmillan, 2000.

For an extended list of publications by Professor Chalmers, click here >

RUSI articles and analysis by this author

RUSI partners with international think-tanks to explore the future of NATO non-strategic nuclear weapons in Europe 25 Apr 2012
In advance of the NATO summit in Chicago RUSI has collaborated with the partner institutions in the United States to explore potential solutions to NATO's emerging nuclear dilemmas.

Forging UK-China Consensus on a Strengthened NPT Regime 19 Apr 2012
A collection of British and Chinese nuclear security experts come together to provide a fresh set of insights into the non-proliferation regime. Available in English and Chinese

Briefing Paper: Defence in an Independent Scotland 16 Apr 2012
The debate about an independent Scotland is picking up steam. Defence will present its own set of challenges should the Yes vote prevail

Poland, NATO and Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons in Europe 17 Feb 2012
The debate in NATO over tactical nuclear weapons continues. Poland provides an intriguing case study of the dynamics at work

Small Nuclear Forces: Five Perspectives 1 Dec 2011
In an era of smaller weapons stockpiles, what are the policy drivers for the medium-sized nuclear-weapon states - and how might they determine future disarmament?

Iran's Nuclear Ambitions: A Steady Crawl to Breakout Capability 15 Nov 2011
The International Atomic Energy Agency's latest report on Iran describes in unprecedented detail a country moving slowly towards a nuclear weapons option, rather than a bomb itself. This lack of a 'smoking gun' removes military response from the international community's toolbox of policy options. But this is no grounds for complacency.

Briefing Paper: Is the UK Defence Budget Crisis Really Over? 5 Oct 2011
The Ministry of Defence appears to have finally balanced the books, at least on paper. But the real work to make the savings real begins now

UK Defence Budget: Looking into the Black Hole 27 Sep 2011
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) appears to have balanced the £74 billion* ten-year 'funding gap', but key equipment programmes, such as Trident renewal and Joint Strike Fighter, are still a major source of potential instability to defence budget, highlights a new paper from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).

Accidental Heroes: Britain, France and the Libya Operation - RUSI Interim Libya Campaign Report 23 Sep 2011
23/09/11: A RUSI report looks at the diplomatic, strategic and military aspects of the recent Libya campaign.

Analysing the implications for a complete US withdrawal in 2014 27 Jul 2011
Following a recent visit to Afghanistan, RUSI's Research Director assesses the impact of withdrawal from Afghanistan.

If the Bombs Go: European Perspectives on NATO’s Nuclear Debate 25 May 2011
US tactical nuclear weapons may be heading out of Europe. What are the implications?

Keeping our Powder Dry? UK Defence Policy Beyond Afghanistan 16 Feb 2011
Prolonged military commitments and financial austerity call into question Britain’s participation in the age of intervention

The National Security Strategy and the Strategic Defence and Security Review 18 Oct 2010
Are the strategic threats and opportunities adequately recognised in the Strategic Defence and Security Review?

SDSR an opportunity, not a death sentence, says RUSI analyst 15 Sep 2010
Professor Malcolm Chalmers believes that, rather than destroying the capabilities of the armed forces, the SDSR could help to create more sustainable armed services.

NATO and Nuclear Weapons 24 Aug 2010
Is a new consensus possible over NATO's nuclear weapons policy?

Can we afford to renew Trident? 30 Jul 2010
The Chancellor, George Osborne, has announced that funding for the renewal of Britain's nuclear deterrent must come from the Ministry of Defence's core budget. RUSI's Malcolm Chalmers assesses the ramifications of this announcement.

Like for like renewal of Trident will come at expense of conventional forces 28 Jul 2010
The UK's current commitment to maintain a nuclear-armed missile submarine on deterrent patrol at all times (Continuous At-Sea Deterrence, or 'CASD'), is driven as much by institutional and political momentum as by strategic necessity, and plans to order a new generation of submarines after 2015 now threatens to be at the expense of further reduction in conventional forces according to a new report from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).

Prognosis for defence spending after Budget 2010 24 Jun 2010
The first budget of the Coalition government could lead to the core defence budget being cut in real terms by up to 15%, with numbers of military personnel being reduced by around 30,000.

A Question of Balance? The Deficit and Defence Priorities 3 Jun 2010
The deeper the immediate budget cuts that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has to make, the greater the risk of reduced capability without commensurate financial gains, argues the latest Future Defence Review Working Paper from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).

A Question of Balance? The Deficit and Defence Priorities 3 Jun 2010
The deeper the immediate budget cuts that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has to make, the greater the risk of reduced capability without commensurate financial gains, argues the latest Future Defence Review Working Paper from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).

Nuclear Narratives: Reflections on Declaratory Policies 27 May 2010
As Foreign Secretary William Hague announces an overhaul of UK nuclear declaratory policy, a new report by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) shows that it must fundamentally reconcile declarations of nuclear deterrence and nuclear disarmament.

Numbers and Words: Prospects for Nuclear Arms Control 30 Apr 2010
While there have been crucial advances on the arms control agenda, crucial questions remain for the major nuclear powers

Walking, not running: New START and the Nuclear Posture Review 16 Apr 2010
The achievements of the NPR and the signing of New START are the first steps towards President Obama’s stated goal of a nuclear free world. However limited their successes may be, their announcements signify real progress in nuclear disarmament.

Not with a bang but a whimper: Europe’s pending denuclearisation 12 Mar 2010
Within the next decade, European aircraft capable of delivering US nuclear weapons are due to be withdrawn from service. What are the options available to NATO in the debate over the continuance of its tactical nuclear capability?

NATO's Tactical Nuclear Dilemma 11 Mar 2010
Renewed debate over the stationing of US nuclear weapons in Europe comes at a crucial time for NATO. This paper charts the key political and technical issues in the debate

RUSI Future Defence Review paper: UK’s Armed Forces face personnel cuts of 20% over the next six years 12 Jan 2010
The growing costs of UK defence capabilities, combined with cuts in the Ministry of Defence (MoD) budget as a result of the nation's fiscal crisis, will make it impossible to preserve current numbers of service personnel and front-line capabilities.

MoD faces 10-15 per cent budget cut 2 Jul 2009
A new RUSI report declares the MoD faces a budget cut of around 10-15 per cent in real terms between 2010 and 2016

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