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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Learning from the War: “Who Lost Afghanistan?” versus Learning “Why We Lost”
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — August 11, 2021
Iraq, the United States, and the “New” Middle East
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Grace Hwang — August 5, 2021
Updated Report: Chinese Strategy and Military Forces in 2021
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Grace Hwang — August 3, 2021
Global Britain in a Competitive Age and Defence in a Competitive Age: A Critique
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — July 30, 2021
Iran and U.S. Strategy: Looking beyond the JCPOA
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — July 20, 2021
Understanding Iraqi Public Opinion on Democracy and Governance in 2021
Event by Anthony H. Cordesman , Munqith Dagher , and Karl Kaltenthaler — June 24, 2021
The Ghani Visit: Time to “Write Off” Afghanistan?
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — June 23, 2021
The Iraqi Opinion Thermometer
Report by Dr. Munqith Dagher and Karl Kaltenthaler — June 22, 2021
Strategic Competition and Foreign Perceptions of the United States
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — June 14, 2021
The U.S. and China in the FY2022 Budget Request
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — June 2, 2021