Emeritus Chair in Strategy
The Emeritus Chair in Strategy provides political and military analysis of key strategic challenges facing the United States, including the Middle East, U.S. national security, global military balance, asymmetric warfare, and global energy security
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The Emeritus Chair in Strategy is affiliated with the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, which was established and endowed in honor of CSIS’s first director and cofounder, Admiral Arleigh A. Burke. Together, the Burke Chair in Strategy and the Emeritus Chair in Strategy publish a wide range of analysis on key strategic challenges facing the United States and the world.
Dr. Anthony H. Cordesman, former Burke Chair in Strategy, currently holds the Emeritus Chair in Strategy. Dr. Cordesman remains an active scholar at CSIS and is one of the premier sources for analysis of key strategic challenges facing the United States and the world. Efforts include Middle East issues, U.S. national security, lessons of war analysis, the global military balance, asymmetric warfare, and global energy security.
Several books have been published in association with each of these projects and can be purchased online from the CSIS Press. The website of the Emeritus Chair will also contain all of the analyses formerly placed on the Burke Chair website by Dr. Cordesman, including reference work on the military balance, NATO, China, MENA region, and the lessons of war.
The Emeritus Chair will continue to release new reports and working documents. The latter will be revised on an ongoing basis and updated frequently to the web page. As a result, much of the material provided in this section should be regarded as working material that is subject to update.
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Saving by Spending: The True Value and Cost-Effectiveness of U.S. Aid to Ukraine
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — February 2, 2023

The Strategic Importance of the Middle East and North Africa: The Strengths and Limits of MENA Oil and Gas Wealth and the Challenge of Climate Change
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — January 24, 2023

Strategy and the Congressional National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — December 7, 2022

United States Aid to Ukraine: An Investment Whose Benefits Greatly Exceed its Cost
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — November 21, 2022

A World in Crisis: The “Winter Wars” of 2022–2023
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Paul Cormarie — November 15, 2022

Further Definitions of the Biden Administration’s National Security Strategy
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — November 1, 2022

The New U.S. National Defense Strategy for 2022
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — October 28, 2022

NATO Force Planning and the Impact of the Ukraine War
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman and Paul Cormarie — October 24, 2022

Major Powers and Strategic Partners: A Graphic Net Assessment
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — October 18, 2022

The New Biden National Security
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — October 14, 2022
