U.S. Strategic and Defense Efforts

Burke Chair reports on U.S. Strategic and Defense Efforts analyzes the roles, missions, and necessities of the U.S. defense apparatus, with concurrent respect to the realities shaping needs and priorities in defense planning and execution

As part of an ongoing working assessment of Department of Defense strategic, tactical, budgetary, and organizational priorities, these reports incorporate a wide array of defense prerogatives, from homeland defense and security, to overseas warfighting capabilities.

Further emphasis is placed on costing and prioritization of resources, as well the synchronization of efforts across military, intelligence, and civilian agencies. Issues covered in these reports include but are not limited to, personnel issues and the issue of “overstretch”; strategic and planning challenges in Iraq and Afghanistan; meeting the needs of the active and reserve military; U.S. force transformation; interoperability and international alliances; and the challenge of creating an effective interagency process.

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Correcting America’s Grand Strategic Failures in Iraq

The United States must depart from its past failure to recognize Iraq's true strategic value by planning at the grand strategic level rather than responding to the tactical threat of the day, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — April 1, 2021

The Changing Military Dynamics of the MENA Region

The United States must restructure its security assistance and force posture in the MENA region to respond to the changing dynamics of the political and security landscape, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Grace Hwang — March 23, 2021

Afghanistan: Another Peace to End All Peace?

The Biden administration inherited a peace settlement in Afghanistan but must pursue any future agreement on a conditional basis, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — March 11, 2021

Writing Off Afghanistan: Does Biden Have a Choice?

The United States must advance a conditions-based approach to both the Afghan government and the Taliban's failures if it is to ensure lasting peace, writes CSIS's Burke Chair in Strategy.

Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — January 19, 2021

The Joint Chiefs on the January 6, 2021 Riot in Washington

The statement issued by the Joint Chiefs of Staff following the January 6, 2021 riot in Washington is a clear example of the U.S. armed forces upholding democracy, writes CSIS's Burke Chair in Strategy.

Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — January 19, 2021