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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A World in Crisis: The “Winter Wars” of 2022–2023

In this analysis, the Emeritus Chair in Strategy examines broadly the world’s potential wars and crises, as well as reflects on the current sources of tension between the major powers.

Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Paul Cormarie — November 15, 2022

NATO Force Planning and the Impact of the Ukraine War

In this analysis, the Emeritus Chair in Strategy has prepared a short commentary examining NATO force planning priorities and the need for a new net assessment.

Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman and Paul Cormarie — October 24, 2022

Major Powers and Strategic Partners: A Graphic Net Assessment

The Emeritus Chair in Strategy has developed a graphic net assessment in the economic, civil, technological, and military strength of the United States, selected strategic partners, China, and Russia.

Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — October 18, 2022

The New Biden National Security

The Emeritus Chair in Strategy comments on President Biden’s new National Security Strategy and presents his markup of the document.

Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — October 14, 2022

Demographic Change in the Greater Levant: A Case Study by Country

In the last part of a three-volume series, The Emeritus Chair in Strategy has prepared an analysis of the MENA’s demographics and detailed how population pressure has impacted the region’s stability.

Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Paul Cormarie — September 12, 2022

The CNO’s Navigation Plan for 2022: A Critique

The Emeritus Chair in Strategy at CSIS has issued a detailed critique that addresses seven major areas of weakness and omissions in the new CNO Navigation Plan for 2022.

Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — September 8, 2022

Demographic Change in North Africa: A Case Study by Country

In the second part of a three-volume series, the Emeritus Chair in Strategy has prepared an analysis of the MENA’s demographics and detailed how population pressure has impacted the region’s stability.

Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Paul Cormarie — September 7, 2022