Global Inequality and Security Policy: A British Perspective (WHP 70)
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Global Inequality and Security Policy: A British Perspective (WHP 70)

Whitehall Paper, 17 Jun 2008 By Malcolm Chalmers

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This Whitehall Paper explores the links between global inequality and insecurity, examining possible implications for government policy.

While international attention has focused on the gap in development between the developed world and developing states, the greatest obstacle to poverty reduction remains inequality within states. And the spill-over effects of extreme inequality in a globalised world, such as violence, criminality and regional insecurity, pose serious risks for developed countries.

There has long been a progressive strand in British foreign policy that seeks to address this problem for both material and moral reasons. Recently, the political mainstream has openly accepted the need for new, proactive approaches to global inequality. This paper offers a detailed analysis of the challenge and a number of policy recommendations to reduce the risks.

About the Author

Malcolm Chalmers is Professorial Fellow at RUSI. He is also Professor of International Politics at the University of Bradford, and was recently Special Adviser to UK Foreign Secretaries Jack Straw MP and Margaret Beckett MP. He has previously been a visiting researcher at Stanford University and IISS, and chair of SaferWorld. He has written widely on UK security policy, international burdensharing, arms control and conflict prevention.

 

 

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