MENA Stability Reports and Studies

For more than two decades, the Burke Chair in Strategy has reported on the underlying causes of stability and instability in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region

The following reports are a selection of the Burke Chair’s most prolific works, and attempt to create a holistic assessment of a region that has been at risk of instability for many years. Within these reports, you will find a collection of demographic, economic, political, and security assessments. These assessments are corroborated with a collection of surveys, charts, and graphs that are grounded in decades of research.

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Afghanistan: The Prospects for a Real Peace

The United States is pursuing a peace effort in Afghanistan that faces severe limits to producing an enduring peace, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Grace Hwang — July 7, 2020

Terrorism: U.S. Strategy and the Trends in Its “Wars” on Terrorism

The trends in terrorism and extremism are only one part of this problem, and part of the lack of any clear grand strategy that can offer the U.S. a credible probability of lasting victory in its wars – if "victory" is defined a stable, friendly postwar state.

Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — August 8, 2018

Improving Stability in the Arab World

Even the world's most developed states have their own stability problems, and every region dominated by developing states faces critical challenges.

Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — May 14, 2018

The Patterns in Global Terrorism: 1970-2016

Terrorism has become one of the dominating national security threats of the 21st century. It is also one of the most complex — mixing the actions of states, extremists, and other non-state actors in a wide range of threats and types of conflicts.

Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — August 28, 2017