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

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…

Returning to the Land or Turning Toward the Sea? India’s Role in America’s Pivot

April 28, 2013 • By Evan B. MontgomeryAnalysis

China is pushing the U.S. and India closer. Are they focusing on the wrong set of challenges? Few diplomatic overtures have generated loftier expectations in recent years than Washington’s rapprochement…

Changing the Business of Defense

October 18, 2011 • By Todd Harrison and Evan B. Montgomery

DoD faces a fundamental choice in how it prepares to trim its budget under such a high degree of uncertainty. It can change the way it does business or change the business it does. Under the deepest cuts proposed, it may well need to do both.

The Dangers of a Nuclear Iran

December 27, 2010 • By Eric Edelman, Andrew F. Krepinevich, and Evan B. MontgomeryAnalysis, Nuclear Strategy & Forces

Although finding a peaceful way to preclude Iran from getting nuclear weapons is obviously desirable, Washington will likely have to decide between two unattractive options: pursuing a military strike to…

The Logic and Limitations of the Nuclear Posture Review

April 23, 2010 • By Evan B. Montgomery

On April 6, the Department of Defense released its Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), which sets forth the Obama Administration’s guidance on American nuclear policy, force structure, and doctrine. The report…