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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Israel and the Palestinians: From the Two-State Solution to Five Failed “States”
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — May 26, 2021
Real-World Options for Afghanistan
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — May 10, 2021
Iraq: The Missing Keystone in U.S. Policy in the Gulf
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman and Grace Hwang — April 29, 2021
The Other Sides of Renegotiating the JCPOA Iran Nuclear Agreement
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman and Grace Hwang — April 15, 2021
Afghanistan: Too Much Is Enough
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — April 13, 2021
Correcting America’s Grand Strategic Failures in Iraq
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — April 1, 2021
China and Iran: A Major Chinese Gain in “White Area Warfare” in the Gulf
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — March 29, 2021
The Changing Military Dynamics of the MENA Region
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Grace Hwang — March 23, 2021
Afghanistan: Another Peace to End All Peace?
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — March 11, 2021
The Biden Administration: Strategy and Reshaping the National Security Budget
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Grace Hwang — February 16, 2021