Evan B. Montgomery
Senior Fellow
Areas of Expertise
Grand Strategy, Alliances, Nuclear Proliferation, Scenario Development
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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.
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