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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Gaza: Why the War Won’t End

The Emeritus Chair offers his latest analysis of the Israel-Hamas war. 

Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — November 2, 2023

China’s Emergence as a Superpower

In this report, the Emeritus Chair compares the key trends in civil and military power in the United States, China, Russia, and other developed democracies.

Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — August 15, 2023

China: The Need to ‘Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick’

In this commentary, the Emeritus Chair discusses how the United States should create an effective military and civil strategies in dealing with China where "big sticks" speak "softly indicating its willingness to cooperate and compromise. 

Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — August 2, 2023

The Lasting Strategic Impact Of the War in the Ukraine

In this report, CSIS Emeritus Chair explores key data on how the war in Ukraine will play out and its influence on the broader trends in Western and Russian conventional and nuclear forces as well as the level of global economic and military between major powers.

Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — July 5, 2023