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. 

The late Dr. Anthony H. Cordesman, former Burke Chair in Strategy, held the Emeritus Chair in Strategy. He 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 were published in association with each of these projects and can be purchased online from the CSIS Press. The website of the Emeritus Chair contains 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.

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The Civil Side of Counterterrorism

The following presentation entitled “The Civil Side of Counterterrorism” was given by Dr. Anthony H. Cordesman to the 7th Xiangshan Forum on October 12, 2016.

Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — October 17, 2016

The Road to Hell in Iraq and Syria

There is nothing pretty about the rubble left behind by the collapse of the U.S. strategy for Syria. One of the most horrifying civil wars in modern history has gotten worse.

Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — October 6, 2016

Estimates of Chinese Military Spending

There is no clear way to determine how much Chinese strategy shapes military spending versus how Chinese resources shape strategy; the two are always interdependent.

Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — September 28, 2016

Korean Peninsula Military Modernization Trends

Military modernization efforts are a key variable when assessing the Korean Peninsula, and one where the shifting strategies and military efforts of the United States and China play an increasingly important role.

Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — September 22, 2016