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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Real-World Options for Afghanistan

The United States must consider its future role—if any—that it will have in Afghanistan following its withdrawal in September 2021, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — May 10, 2021

Iraq: The Missing Keystone in U.S. Policy in the Gulf

The U.S. withdrawal from Iraq has received limited attention but may hold the most significance for U.S. strategy in the region, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman and Grace Hwang — April 29, 2021

Afghanistan: Too Much Is Enough

The United States must set clear conditions to any form of continued U.S. support to Afghanistan, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — April 13, 2021

Correcting America’s Grand Strategic Failures in Iraq

The United States must depart from its past failure to recognize Iraq's true strategic value by planning at the grand strategic level rather than responding to the tactical threat of the day, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — April 1, 2021

The Changing Military Dynamics of the MENA Region

The United States must restructure its security assistance and force posture in the MENA region to respond to the changing dynamics of the political and security landscape, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Grace Hwang — March 23, 2021

Afghanistan: Another Peace to End All Peace?

The Biden administration inherited a peace settlement in Afghanistan but must pursue any future agreement on a conditional basis, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — March 11, 2021