Evan B. Montgomery

Evan B. Montgomery

Senior Fellow

Areas of Expertise

Grand Strategy, Alliances, Nuclear Proliferation, Scenario Development

Biography

Evan Braden Montgomery is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.

At CSBA, his work covers a wide range of defense policy topics, including scenario development; the proliferation of nuclear weapons and advanced conventional capabilities; operational concepts and force structure options for the United States as well as American allies and security partners; and East Asia, South Asia, and Persian Gulf security issues. His academic research focuses on grand strategy, the interaction between rising and declining powers, how democratic leaders mobilize support for their foreign policies, and the relationship between democratization and international conflict.

Dr. Montgomery is the author of several monographs in CSBA’s Strategy for the Long Haul series, including Nuclear Terrorism: Assessing the Threat, Developing a Response; Reshaping America’s Alliances for the Long Haul; and Defense Planning for the Long Haul: Scenarios, Operational Concepts, and the Future Security Environment. He has also written a number of policy briefs and book chapters, and his work has been published in Foreign Affairs, International Security, Security Studies, and the Journal of Strategic Studies. In addition, he is the lead author or coauthor of numerous reports for the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment on defense strategy, geopolitics, and trends in future warfare.

He graduated summa cum laude from Villanova University with a B.A. in Political Science and Sociology, and received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia. He is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the U.S. Naval Institute, and the International Studies Association.

Author Bibliography for Evan B. Montgomery

By Land and By Sea: Balanced Forces for a Complex Region

July 19, 2013 • By Evan B. Montgomery and Stacie PettyjohnAnalysis

Protecting U.S. interests in the Middle East has never been easy, but recent developments have made it only harder. Iran’s buildup of missile forces and its pursuit of a nuclear…

Rethinking the Road to Zero

June 27, 2013 • By Evan B. Montgomery

Proposals to significantly reduce or even abolish nuclear weapons are as old as nuclear weapons themselves. Over the past several years, however, they have gained considerable momentum and moved squarely into the mainstream of policy analysis and political debate.

Telling Hard Truths: Budget Cuts Are Coming; Protect Crown Jewels

June 24, 2013 • By Evan B. Montgomery and Mark GunzingerAnalysis

In August 2011, the Budget Control Act was signed into law and sequestration quickly became a buzzword in Washington. Facing the prospect of $500 billion in defense cuts over the…

India’s Anti-Access Trump Card

June 6, 2013 • By Evan B. MontgomeryAnalysis

New Delhi’s naval capabilities may never match its ambitions, but an A2/AD strategy would enable it to exercise significant influence in maritime affairs.   One of the most frequently cited…

Strategic Choices Exercise Outbrief

May 29, 2013 • By Todd Harrison, Jim Thomas, Mark Gunzinger, Andrew F. Krepinevich, Eric Lindsey, Evan B. Montgomery, and Zack Cooper

As the Pentagon nears completion of its ongoing Strategic Choices and Management Review, the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments conducted an external Strategic Choices Exercise with teams of experts…