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, previously held the Emeritus Chair in Strategy. Dr. Cordesman was an active scholar at CSIS and was 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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Major New Report: The Trump Transition and the Afghan War: The Need for Decisive Action
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — January 5, 2017
Major New Report: Rethinking the Threat of Islamic Extremism: The Changes Needed in U.S. Strategy
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — January 3, 2017
Rethinking the Threat of Islamic Extremism: The Changes Needed in U.S. Strategy
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — December 22, 2016
What Are the Main Risks We Face in the Middle East?
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — December 15, 2016
The Bahrain Defence Force: The Monarchy’s Second-to-Last Line of Defense
Report by Zoltan Barany — December 14, 2016
The Trump Transition and Asia: The Need for Policies and Plans
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — December 12, 2016
Chinese Strategy and Military Modernization in 2016
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — December 8, 2016
The Uncertain Trends and Metrics of Terrorism in 2016
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Maxwell B. Markusen — November 29, 2016
The Need for a New U.S. Force Planning Exercise
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — November 22, 2016
Korean Missile Forces
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — November 8, 2016