Michael Clarke

Michael Clarke is a British academic who specialises in defence studies. He was Director of the Royal United Services Institute from 2007 to 2015. Since the start of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, he has served as Sky News' security and defence analyst.

Biography

A graduate of Aberystwyth University, Clarke is a former Deputy Vice-principal and Director of Research Development at King's College London, where he remains a visiting professor of Defence Studies.

Books The Challenge of Defending Britain (2019) Tipping Point: Britain, Brexit and Security in the 2020s (2019) Britain’s Persuaders: Soft Power in a Hard World (2021) Great British Commanders: Leadership, Strategy and Luck (2024)