Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy
Advancing understanding in geostrategy, international security, and global politics
Dr. Jon B. Alterman currently holds the Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy. CSIS established the Brzezinski Chair in July 2003 to advance understanding in the fields of geostrategy, international security, and global politics. Reflecting Zbigniew Brzezinski's personal achievements during a long career that has included public service, teaching, and writing, the chair is awarded to a leading scholar-practitioner in global affairs and international strategy.
Much of Alterman’s scholarship has been grounded in his experience studying the Middle East, yet in recent years he has done an increasing amount of work linking his Middle East expertise to global issues. His earlier work on China, the United States and the Middle East, for example, anticipated the growing Middle Eastern energy trade with Asia and the increasing importance of the region to Chinese economic, political, and military strategy.
The activities of the Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy are made possible by generous support from the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation.
Latest Work
Audio Brief: A Different Two-State Solution with Jon B. Alterman
A short, spoken-word summary from CSIS’s Jon B. Alterman on his Global Forecast contribution, “A Different Two-State Solution.”
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman — February 2, 2024
Can Qatar Navigate Fraught Hostage Negotiations with Hamas?
Commentary by Christopher P. Costa — December 8, 2023
Why the Gaza Hostage Crisis Is Different
Commentary by Danielle Gilbert — October 17, 2023
Free Evan, Prosecute the Hostage Takers
Commentary by Joel Simon — October 17, 2023
Biden’s Hostage Diplomacy, Explained
Commentary by Danielle Gilbert — September 22, 2023
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Who Wins When U.S.-Iran Tensions Rise? China.
Commentary by Jon B. Alterman — May 20, 2019
Punishing Iran Is Not a Strategy
Commentary by Jon B. Alterman — February 21, 2019
In Search of an Iran Strategy
Commentary by Jon B. Alterman — September 24, 2018
Help Wanted: Multilateralism in the Eastern Mediterranean
Commentary by Jon B. Alterman — June 13, 2018
May 12 Deadline May Not Settle Iran Sanctions
Critical Questions by Jon B. Alterman — May 2, 2018
Syria, Turkey, and the Eastern Mediterranean
Brief by Jon B. Alterman and Heather A. Conley — April 19, 2018
Experts React: State of the Union 2018
Commentary — January 31, 2018
Half-Measures in Syria
Commentary by Jon B. Alterman — February 15, 2017
Federated Defense in the Middle East
Report by Jon B. Alterman, Tom Karako, Richard Say, Colin McElhinny, Melissa Dalton, and Kathleen H. Hicks — September 17, 2015
Self-Defeating Strategy on Iran
Commentary by Jon B. Alterman — July 20, 2015