Brzezinski Institute on Geostrategy

The Brzezinski Institute examines the unique interaction of history, geography, and strategy, with a goal of developing policy-relevant analysis and recommendations

The mission of the Brzezinski Institute on Geostrategy is to examine the unique interaction of history, geography, and strategy, with a goal of developing policy-relevant analysis and recommendations. Geostrategy incorporates both geopolitics and historically rooted national impulses in the formulation of prescriptive long-term geostrategies. The Institute seeks to further the study of geostrategy and to inspire a new generation of strategic policy thinkers in the United States and abroad.

Institute Projects

The Brzezinski Institute supports projects focusing on geostrategy, with the goal of developing policy-relevant analysis and recommendations. The choice of the term geostrategy is deliberate. Reaching beyond traditional geopolitics, geostrategy includes the cumulative role of history, of the effects of global political awakening, and of the dramatic transformation in the nature of warfare in the shaping of comprehensive national security policy.

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The Zbigniew Brzezinski Annual Prize and Lecture

The Zbigniew Brzezinski Annual Prize honors the legacy of Dr. Brzezinski by recognizing and promoting the importance of geostrategic thinking with a transcending moral purpose.

Event — October 5, 2017

Safety on the New Silk Road

For developing economies like Kazakhstan, Asia’s infrastructure push offers opportunities to improve road safety. In Kazakhstan, road crashes are estimated to cost $9 billion annually, or nearly 4 percent of gross domestic product.

Report by Jonathan E. Hillman — June 14, 2017

Report Launch: "The Other Side of the World"

The U.S.-led order in the Middle East has enabled China to reap economic benefits without contributing to security costs. This dynamic could be in jeopardy if the Trump administration decides to shift towards a more transactional foreign policy in the region, argued experts at the launch of the CSIS Brzezinski Institute’s new report “The Other Side of the World” on April 24, 2017. Anne Gearan, the Washington Post’s political correspondent, moderated a panel discussion between the CSIS Brzezinski Chair and Middle East program director Jon Alterman, the CSIS Simon Chair in Political Economy Matthew Goodman, and the director of CSIS’s Alliances and American Leadership project, Andrew Shearer.

Event — April 24, 2017

Middle East Notes and Comment: Politics and Patriotism

There is a strain in American politics that sees the incoming Trump administration as a taste of Third World dictatorship. Statesmanship is being replaced by showmanship, they complain, and even mild criticism elicits contempt and hostility.

Newsletter by Jon B. Alterman — January 18, 2017

History Lessons for the Arctic

A new CSIS report, History Lessons for the Arctic: What International Maritime Disputes Tell Us about a New Ocean, seeks to draw important historical lessons for the future of Arctic maritime governance.

Event — December 19, 2016

Reconnecting Asia: Launch

CSIS Brzezinski Institute on Geostrategy and Simon Chair in Political Economy will host an event to mark the launch of a new initiative:

Event — October 25, 2016