Cordesman biography

Cordesman (August 1, 1939 – January 29, 2024) was an..

Anthony Cordesman

American national security analyst (1939–2024)

Anthony H. Cordesman (August 1, 1939 – January 29, 2024) was an American national security analyst.

He held the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and was a national security analyst on a number of global conflicts.

He previously served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the State Department, NATO International Staff, and Department of Energy, and Adjunct Professor.

  • He previously served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the State Department, NATO International Staff, and Department of Energy, and Adjunct Professor.
  • Anthony H. Cordesman was an American national security analyst.
  • Cordesman (August 1, 1939 – January 29, 2024) was an.
  • Anthony H. Cordesman holds the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at CSIS.
  • Cordesman is the author of numerous studies on energy policy, national security, and the Middle.

    • Life and career

    Cordesman earned his B.A. from the University of Chicago (1960), his M.A. from the Fletcher School, Tufts University (1961), and his Ph.D. from the University of London (1963).

    At CSIS, he was the director of the Gulf Net Assessment Project and the Gulf in Transition study, and Principal Investigator of the CSIS Homeland Defense Project.

    He directed the Middle East Net Assessment Program, acted as co-director of the Strategic Energy Initiative, and directed the project on Saudi Arabia Enters the 21st Century. He was the author of a wide range of studies of energy policy, and wrote extensively on oil and energy risks an