U.S. and Iranian Strategic Competition

The Burke Chair at CSIS has prepared a detailed analysis of the history and character of U.S. and Iranian strategic competition as part of a project supported by the Smith Richardson Foundation. By Dr. Anthony Cordesman and Aram Nerguizian

  • Iraq in Crisis - This chapter examines in detail the role Iran has played in Iraq since 2003, and how the US has tried to counter it.


CSIS has incorporated the multi-volume series into a digitally-formatted 936 page eBook, divided into two parts. This eBook provides the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and impartial analysis of US and Iranian strategic competition available at the unclassified level, and covers every aspect of US and Iranian competition on a global basis.

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The Biden Administration’s Security Challenges in the Gulf

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.

Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — January 27, 2021

Iran and the May 12th Deadline: Finding Winning Compromises

At some point this year the President will almost have to either restore sanctions and end U.S. participation in the agreement or succeed in forging some kind of acceptable compromise that will place additional limits on Iran.

Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — May 1, 2018

The U.S., France, Syria, and Iran: Finding Winning Compromises

The meeting between President Trump and President Macron can all too easily slip into one that either dodges the key issues that both countries need to address in dealing with Syria and Iran, or help cement the differences between the U.S. and European positions.

Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — April 23, 2018