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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The Global Nuclear Balance: Nuclear Forces and Key Trends in Nuclear Modernization
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — May 15, 2023
Failings that Led to the Collapse of Afghanistan Now Fund the Taliban and Prevent Allies from Entering the United States
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — April 19, 2023
Giving Iraq Stability and Progress: Treat the Causes of Iraq’s Governance and Development “Disease,” Rather Than Focusing on Its Violent “Symptoms”
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — April 11, 2023
The U.S. Joint Chiefs New Strategy Paper on Joint Concept for Competing
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — March 17, 2023
The 2023 Edition of the Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — March 13, 2023
How? (and Does?) the War in Ukraine End: The Need for a Grand Strategy
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — February 24, 2023
The Changing Strategic Importance of the Middle East and North Africa
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — February 6, 2023
Saving by Spending: The True Value and Cost-Effectiveness of U.S. Aid to Ukraine
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — February 2, 2023
The Changing Strategic Importance of the Middle East and North Africa
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