Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy
Advancing understanding in geostrategy, international security, and global politics
Dr. Jon B. Alterman currently holds the Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy. CSIS established the Brzezinski Chair in July 2003 to advance understanding in the fields of geostrategy, international security, and global politics. Reflecting Zbigniew Brzezinski's personal achievements during a long career that has included public service, teaching, and writing, the chair is awarded to a leading scholar-practitioner in global affairs and international strategy.
Much of Alterman’s scholarship has been grounded in his experience studying the Middle East, yet in recent years he has done an increasing amount of work linking his Middle East expertise to global issues. His earlier work on China, the United States and the Middle East, for example, anticipated the growing Middle Eastern energy trade with Asia and the increasing importance of the region to Chinese economic, political, and military strategy.
The activities of the Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy are made possible by generous support from the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation.
Latest Work
Pursuing Global Order in the Twenty-First Century
Amid rising great power competition, the United States needs to rethink its engagement with the Global South—a diverse but increasingly populous and wealthy group of states that will be vital to addressing the world's problems.
Digital Report by Jon B. Alterman and Lily McElwee — April 22, 2024
“Newcomers Bring New Rules: Shared Leadership in a More Multipolar World”: Audio Brief with Jon B. Alterman
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman — April 22, 2024
Newcomers Bring New Rules
Report by Jon B. Alterman and Lily McElwee — April 22, 2024
Hostage Diplomacy as an International Security Threat: Strengthening our Collective Action, Deterrence and Response
Transcript — February 13, 2024
Audio Brief: A Different Two-State Solution with Jon B. Alterman
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman — February 2, 2024
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A Key Moment for the Gulf Cooperation Council
Commentary by Jon B. Alterman — May 5, 2015
A Statesman Laureate Lecture with The Honorable Carl Bildt, Former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Sweden
Event — April 29, 2015
Saudi Arabia’s Shifting Line of Succession
Critical Questions by Jon B. Alterman — April 29, 2015
The Iranian Game Plan
Commentary by Jon B. Alterman — April 2, 2015
Yemen's Misery
Commentary by Jon B. Alterman — March 24, 2015
Seeking Harbors in the Storm
Report by Jon B. Alterman — February 27, 2015
Middle East Notes and Comment: To Fight Jihadi Violence, End the Wars
Newsletter by Jon B. Alterman — February 20, 2015
Religious Radicalism after the Arab Uprisings
Book by Jon B. Alterman and Michael Barber, Haim Malka, William McCants, Joshua Russakis, and Thomas M. Sanderson — February 5, 2015
Radicalism Four Years into the “Arab Spring”
Commentary by Jon B. Alterman — December 15, 2014
Introduction: The Changing Geopolitical Landscape
Book by Jon B. Alterman — December 15, 2014