Evan B. Montgomery
Senior Fellow
Areas of Expertise
Grand Strategy
Alliances
Nuclear Proliferation
Scenario Development
Evan Montgomery is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategy and Budgetary Assessments. His principal research areas include long-term competitions, trends in future warfare, alliance management, and East Asia security issues. He also focuses on U.S. nuclear strategy and force structure, as well as the causes and consequences of nuclear proliferation.
Full Bio
While at CSBA, Dr. Montgomery has authored or coauthored nearly two-dozen monographs on a wide range of defense policy topics, lectured before a variety of audiences, and provided expert testimony to the U.S.–China Economic and Security Review Commission. His commentary and analysis have appeared in Foreign Affairs, The Wall Street Journal, The National Interest, The Diplomat, Defense News, and Real Clear Defense. He has also published articles in academic journals such as International Security, Security Studies, and the Journal of Strategic Studies. His book, In the Hegemon’s Shadow: Leading States and the Rise of Regional Powers, is forthcoming from Cornell University Press.
Education
Dr. Montgomery 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.
Publications
Elbridge Colby and Evan Montgomery: Changing Tides in South China Sea
August 26, 2015 • By Evan B. Montgomery • Analysis
China’s rapid effort to build artificial islands in the South China Sea is far more than a diplomatic challenge. For China’s neighbors and the United States, it could soon become…
The Cost of U.S. Nuclear Forces: From BCA to Bow Wave and Beyond
August 4, 2015 • By Todd Harrison and Evan B. Montgomery • Studies
Nuclear weapons have underpinned U.S. national security strategy since the early days of the Cold War. For more than half a century, the United States has relied on its nuclear arsenal to…
Are U.S. Nuclear Forces Unaffordable?
June 23, 2015 • By Todd Harrison and Evan B. Montgomery • Briefs
Since the Budget Control Act (BCA) was enacted in 2011, every area of the defense budget has come under increased scrutiny. The cost of nuclear forces in particular has received considerable attention…
Thirty-Eight Think Tank Experts Urge Defense Reform
April 29, 2015 • By Bryan Clark, Eric Edelman, Mark Gunzinger, Todd Harrison, Andrew F. Krepinevich, Robert Martinage, Evan B. Montgomery, John Stillion, Jim Thomas and Jan van Tol • Press Releases
>>>Watch a May 14 panel discussion on the recommendations of Defense Reform Consensus Today, all of CSBA’s senior scholars join dozens of experts from a bipartisan group of think tanks in…
Managing China’s Missile Threat: Future Options to Preserve Forward Defense
April 1, 2015 • By Evan B. Montgomery • Testimony
In this testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Dr. Evan Montgomery discusses the implications of China’s offensive missile force. He argues that in the face of an eroding…