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The Biden Administration: Strategy and Reshaping the National Security Budget
February 16, 2021 | Anthony H. Cordesman

The Biden administration and Congress must reshape the FY2022 defense budget to implement an effective national security strategy, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

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The Biden Administration’s Security Challenges in the Gulf
January 27, 2021 | Anthony H. Cordesman The United States needs to fundamentally rebuild its security partnerships with its Arab strategic partners to combat the evolving threats in the Middle East, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

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Writing Off Afghanistan: Does Biden Have a Choice?
January 19, 2021 | Anthony H. Cordesman The United States must advance a conditions-based approach to both the Afghan government and the Taliban's failures if it is to ensure lasting peace, writes CSIS's Burke Chair in Strategy.

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The Joint Chiefs on the January 6, 2021 Riot in Washington
January 19, 2021 | Anthony H. Cordesman The statement issued by the Joint Chiefs of Staff following the January 6, 2021 riot in Washington is a clear example of the U.S. armed forces upholding democracy, writes CSIS's Burke Chair in Strategy.

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The Biden Transition and Reshaping U.S. Strategy: Replacing “Burden Sharing” with Meaningful Force Planning
January 11, 2021 | Anthony H. Cordesman The current U.S. posture toward its strategic partners and alliances fixates more on spending quotas than actual force development and modernization, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

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Making America Great? Global Perceptions of China, Russia, and the United States: The International Scorecard
January 7, 2021 | Anthony H. Cordesman The United States needs a strategy to reshape global perceptions of its overall character as a key form of competition against other great powers, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

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The Biden Transition and U.S. Competition with China and Russia: The Crisis-Driven Need to Change U.S. Strategy
January 6, 2021 | Anthony H. Cordesman The United States must refocus its strategy and give gray area and hybrid conflicts at least the same amount of priority as it does to higher levels of warfare with Russia and China, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

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The Biden Transition and Reshaping U.S. Strategy: Long Engagements vs. Long Wars
December 9, 2020 | Anthony H. Cordesman The Biden transition team will need to address a set of primary questions to determine the future of current U.S. long-term military engagements, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

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Chronology of Possible Russian Gray Area and Hybrid Warfare Operations
December 8, 2020 | Anthony H. Cordesman Civil, political, and economic gray zone operations illustrate the range and depth of Russian gray zone activities, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

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The Biden Transition and the Real Impact of U.S. Force Cuts in Afghanistan
December 1, 2020 | Anthony H. Cordesman The Biden transition team will need to address much more than just troop cuts to advance a peace in Afghanistan, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

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Iran: Looking Beyond the Assassination
November 30, 2020 | Anthony H. Cordesman The next steps taken in the U.S. relationship with Iran must be kept in a broader strategic context, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

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Failed Reporting and Analysis of the Afghan Peace Process
November 18, 2020 | Anthony H. Cordesman The current reporting and analysis of the Afghan Peace Process lack the truth and transparency needed to define a real peace, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

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