Anthony Cordesman

Professor Anthony H. Cordesman holds the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and is an analyst for ABC News on a number of global conflicts. He has occasionally criticized the Bush Administration's efforts in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

Cordesman has authored a "wide range of studies of US security policy, energy policy, and Middle East policy." He is a former National Security Assistant to Senator John McCain, and served in the Defense Department and State Department, and has served "extensively in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf."

He has written more than 50 books, most recently Lessons of the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah War; Iran’s Military Forces and Warfighting Capabilities; Iraqi Force Development: Conditions for Success, Consequences of Failure; Salvaging American Defense (with the assistance of Paul Fredriksen and William Sullivan); Chinese Military Modernization: Force Development and Strategic Capabilities (with Martin Kleiber); Gulf Military Forces in an Era of Asymmetric Warfare (with Khalid R. Al-Rodhan); The Changing Dynamics of Energy in the Middle East (with Khalid R. Al-Rodhan); Arab-Israeli Military Forces in an Era of Asymmetric Wars; Terrorism, Asymmetric Warfare, and Weapons of Mass Destruction; Cyberthreats, Information Warfare, and Critical Infrastructure Protection: Defending the US Homeland; Strategic Threats and National Missile Defenses; The Lessons and Non-Lessons of the Air and Missile Campaign in Kosovo; Peace and War: The Arab-Israeli Military Balance enters the 21st Century; A Tragedy of Arms: Military and Security Developments in the Maghreb; Transnational Threats from the Middle East; Saudi Arabia: Guarding the Desert Kingdom; and US Forces in the Middle East: Resources and Capabilities.

He has been awarded the Department of Defense Distinguished Service Medal.

Books and monographs

# Chinese Military Modernization: Force Development and Strategic Capabilities, (with Martin Kleiber), CSIS, Washington, 2007
# Iraqi Force Development: Conditions for Success, Consequences of Failure, CSIS, Washington, 2007
# Lessons of the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah War, (with George Sullivan and William Sullivan) CSIS, Washington, 2007
# Gulf Military Forces in an Era of Asymmetric Warfare, Volume I: Overview and Northern Gulf, (with Khalid R. Al-Rodhan) Praeger, Westport, 2007
# Gulf Military Forces in an Era of Asymmetric Warfare, Volume II: GCC & Southern Gulf, (with Khalid R. Al-Rodhan)Praeger, Westport, 2007
# The Changing Dynamics of Energy in the Middle East, Volume I: Geopolitics and Geoeconomics of Middle East Energy, (with Khalid R. Al-Rodhan), Westport, 2006.
# The Changing Dynamics of Energy in the Middle East, Volume II: Developments by Subregion and Country, (with Khalid R. Al-Rodhan), Westport, 2006
# Arab-Israeli Military Forces in an Era of Asymmetric Wars, Praeger, Westport, 2006.
#Iran’s Weapons of Mass Destruction (with Khalid R. Al-Rodhan), Washington, CSIS, 2006.
# The Global Oil Market: Risks and Uncertainties, (with Khalid R. Al-Rodhan), Washington, CSIS, 2005
# The Challenge of Biological Terrorism, Washington, CSIS, 2005
# The Israeli-Palestinian War; Escalating to Nowhere:, Washington, CSIS/Praeger, 2005
# National Security in Saudi Arabia, with Nawaf Obaid, Washington, CSIS/Praeger, 2005
# Iraqi Security Forces; A Strategy for Success, Washington, CSIS/Praeger, 2005
# Iran’s Developing Military Capabilities, Washington, CSIS, 2005
# The Military Balance in the Middle East, Washington, CSIS/Praeger, 2004
# Energy Developments Iraqi Security Forces: A Strategy for Success in the Middle East, Washington, CSIS/Praeger, 2004
# The War After the War: Strategic Lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan, CSIS, Washington, June 2004.
# The Iraq War: Strategy, Tactics, and Military Lessons, Praeger/CSIS, Westport/Washington, October 2003.
# Saudi Arabia Enters the 21st Century: The Military Dimension, Praeger/Greenwood, Westport, June 2003
# Saudi Arabia Enters the 21st Century: Energy Politics, Economics, and Security in the Middle East, Praeger/Greenwood, Westport, June 2003
# The Lessons of Afghanistan, CSIS, Washington 2002
# Iraq’s Military Capabilities in 2002: A Dynamic Net Assessment, Washington, CSIS, September 2002.
# Strategic Threats and National Missile Defenses: Defending the US Homeland, Westport, Praeger, 2002
# A Tragedy of Arms: Military and Security Developments in the Maghreb, Westport, Praeger, 2001
# Peace and War: The Arab-Israeli Military Balance Enters the 21st Century, Westport, Praeger, 2001
# Terrorism, Asymmetric Warfare, and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Defending the US Homeland, Westport, Praeger, 2001
# Cyberthreats, Information Warfare, and Critical Infrastructure Protection: Defending the US Homeland, with Justin Cordesman, Westport, Praeger, 2001
# The Lessons and Non-Lessons of the Air and Missile Campaign in Kosovo, Westport, Praeger/Greenwood, 2000.
# Transnational Threats from the Middle East, US Army War College, Carlyle, 1999
# Iraq and the War of the Sanctions: Conventional Threats and Weapons of Mass Destruction, Praeger, New York, 1999.
# Iran in Transition: Conventional Threats and Weapons of Mass Destruction, Praeger, New York, 1999
# Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and the UAE: Challenges of Security, Westview, Boulder, 1997
# Kuwait: Recovery and Security After the Gulf War, Westview, Boulder, 1997
# Saudi Arabia: Guarding the Desert Kingdom, Westview, Boulder, 1997
# US Forces in the Middle East: Resources and Capabilities, Westview, Boulder, 1997
# Iran: Dilemmas of Dual Containment, with Ahmed Hashim, Westview, Boulder, 1997
# Iraq: Sanctions and Beyond, with Ahmed Hashim, Westview, Boulder, 1997
# Perilous Prospects: The Peace Process and Arab-Israeli Balance, Westview, Boulder, 1996
# The Lessons of Modern War: Volume Four - The Gulf War, with Abraham R. Wagner, Westview, Boulder, 1995
# Iran and Iraq: The Threat from the Northern Gulf, Westview, Boulder, 1994
# US Defense Policy: Resources and Capabilities, London, RUSI Whitehall Series, 1993
# After the Storm: The Changing Military Balance in the Middle East, Boulder, Westview, 1993
# Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East, Brassey’s, London, 1991
# The Lessons of Modern War: Volume One - The Arab-Israeli Conflicts, with Abraham R. Wagner, Westview, Boulder, 1990.
# The Lessons of Modern War: Volume Two - The Iran-Iraq Conflict, with Abraham R. Wagner, Westview, Boulder, 1990.
# The Lessons of Modern War: Volume Three - The Afghan and Falklands Conflicts, with Abraham R. Wagner, Westview, Boulder, 1990.
# The Gulf and the West, Boulder, Westview, 1988
# NATO Central Region Forces, RUSI/Jane’s, London, 1987
# The Iran-Iraq War and Western Security, 1984-1987, RUSI/Jane’s, London, 1987
# The Arab-Israeli Balance and the Art of Operations, American Enterprise Institute (AEI)/ University Press of America, Washington, D.C., 1986
# Western Strategic Interests and Saudi Arabia, Croom Helm, London, 1986
# The Gulf and the Search for Strategic Stability, Westview, Boulder, 1984
# Jordanian Arms and the Middle East Balance, Middle East Institute, Washington, 1983
# Deterrence in the 1980s, Extended "Adelphi Paper", International Institute for Strategic Studies, London, 1982
# Imbalance of Power, Shifting U.S.-Soviet Military Strengths, with John M. Collins, Presidio, Monterey, 1978

External links

* [http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_experts/task,view/id,3/ Cordesman's biography at the CSIS web site]
* [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/7099466c-168c-11db-8b7b-0000779e2340.html Cordesman answers readers' questions regarding the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict]