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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How Will a Revival of the JCPOA Affect Regional Politics and Iranian Militias?
Report by Munqith Dagher — March 9, 2022

The War in Ukraine: Meeting the Russian Challenge to NATO
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — March 3, 2022

Reshaping U.S. Aid to Afghanistan: The Challenge of Lasting Progress
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — February 23, 2022

NATO and Ukraine: Reshaping NATO to Meet the Russian and Chinese Challenge
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Grace Hwang — February 16, 2022

Strategic Triage vs. Strategic Overstretch
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — January 31, 2022

Afghanistan and the World: The National, Regional, and Global Impact
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — January 26, 2022

The Middle East and North Africa in International Relations: The Changing Dynamics of Regional and National Security
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — January 19, 2022

China: The Civil-Military Challenge: (Updated and Expanded) Volume One of a Graphic Net Assessment
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Grace Hwang — January 4, 2022

Broader Risk: Russian Control over Ukraine and Belarus
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — December 8, 2021

“Wars” of Influence: Expanding U.S. Unclassified Intelligence Reports on China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea and Investing in Other Major U.S. Official National Security Reports
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — December 3, 2021
