Michael Clarke was the director general of Royal United Services Institute from 2007-2015. He is a Visiting Professor at King's College London, having been Professor of Defence Studies at KCL from 1995-2007, founder of the Centre for Defence Studies and finally Deputy Vice Principal of the College. He is a also Visiting Professor at the University of Exeter and a Fellow of the Royal College of Defence Studies. His recent books include, The Challenge of Defending Britain (2019), Tipping Point: Britain, Brexit and Security in the 2020s (with Helen Ramscar) (2020), Britain's Persuaders: Soft Power in a Hard World (with Helen Ramscar) (2022) and Great British Commanders: Leadership, Strategy and Luck (2024). Since 2022 he has been Defence and Security Analyst at Sky News.