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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The Reality Beyond Zero and 10,000: Choosing a Meaningful Option in Afghanistan
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — February 4, 2014
Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the "Clash within a Civilization"
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — February 3, 2014
Iran--Sanctions, Energy, Arms Control, and Regime Change
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Bryan Gold and Chloe Coughlin-Schulte — January 31, 2014
The Gulf Military Balance: Volume I
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Bryan Gold and Garrett Berntsen — January 31, 2014
The Gulf Military Balance: Volume II
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Bryan Gold — January 31, 2014
The Gulf Military Balance: Volume III
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Robert M. Shelala and Omar Mohamed — January 31, 2014
The Lebanon-Syria Insecurity Nexus: Views from the Ground A Trip Report with Aram Nerguizian
Event — January 30, 2014
Syria, Geneva II, and the Era of "Least Bad Options"
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — January 22, 2014
The P5+1 and Iranian Joint Plan of Action on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Nuclear Program: Assessing the Details and Risks
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — January 17, 2014
U.S. Strategy and Added Sanctions on Iran: The Role of the Administration and Congress in a “Good Cop, Bad Cop” Approach
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — January 16, 2014