Papers and Articles

• Christopher A. Ford, “Call it by its Name: Communist Chinese Imperialism,” National Institute for Public Policy Occasional Papers, vol. 4, no. 11 (November 2024)

https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/call-it-by-its-name-communist-chinese-imperialism

• Christopher A. Ford, “The Weaponization of Integrity: How the West’s Enemies Try to Leverage its Ethics Against It,” Defense & Strategic Studies Online [Missouri State University], vol. 1, no. 1 (Autumn 2024), pages 47-65

https://irp.cdn-website.com/ce29b4c3/files/uploaded/DASSO_Volume_1_Issue_1_Ford.pdf

• Christopher A. Ford & Alex Memory, “The Ties that Bind: A Data-Driven Analysis of Oceania’s Dependency on China,” Defense & Strategic Studies Online [Missouri State University], vol. 1, no. 1 (Autumn 2024), pages 5-30

https://irp.cdn-website.com/ce29b4c3/files/uploaded/DASSO_Volume_1_Issue_1_Ford_and_Memory.pdf

• Christopher A. Ford, “Challenges of Deterrence and Security Upon Nuclear Use,” in Project Atom 2024: Intra-War Deterrence in a Two-Peer Environment (CSIS, November 2024), pp. 19-32

https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/2024-11/241118_Williams_Project_Atom.pdf?VersionId=XGCLkaKa7nEt9MV1Jn4W8jV2y1dsD5F5

• Christopher A. Ford, “Dead or Deferred? Nuclear Arms Control in the Age of Revisionism,” in Aligning Arms Control with the New Security Environment (Livermore, CA: Center for Global Security Research, 2024)

https://irp.cdn-website.com/ce29b4c3/files/uploaded/Ford_in_CGSR_Arms_Control_Book.pdf

• Christopher A. Ford, “The Substructures of Chinese Grand Strategy, and Why Resolute U.S. Engagement Matters,” Commentary, Hoover Institution Press (May 9, 2024)

https://www.hoover.org/research/substructures-chinese-grand-strategy-and-why-resolute-us-international-engagement-matters

• Christopher A. Ford, “Nuclear Posture and Nuclear Posturing: A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing China’s Nuclear Weapons Policy,” National Institute for Public Policy Occasional Papers, vol. 4, no. 2 (February 2024)

https://nipp.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Vol-4-No-2-final.pdf

Remarks and Presentations

• Christopher A. Ford, “Critiquing the ‘Irreversibility’ of Nuclear Disarmament,” remarks to a CSIS/PONI workshop at Wilton Park, United Kingdom (December 18, 2024),

https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/critiquing-the-irreversibility-of-nuclear-disarmament

• Christopher A. Ford, “Nonproliferation, Disarmament, and the New Washington, D.C.,” remarks at Wilton Park, United Kingdom (December 16, 2024)

https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/nonproliferation-disarmament-and-the-new-washington-d-c

• Christopher A. Ford, “Nuclear Latency and its Discontents,” remarks at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (December 13, 2024)

https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/nuclear-latency-and-its-discontents

• Christopher A. Ford, “Deterrence in National Strategy: Critique and Recommendations,” remarks at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (December 11, 2024)

https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/deterrence-in-national-strategy-critique-and-recommendations 

• Christopher A. Ford, “Looking Ahead in Nuclear Weapons Policy, Arms Control, and Nonproliferation,” remarks to the European Leadership Network (December 10, 2024)

https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/looking-ahead-in-nuclear-weapons-policy-arms-control-and-nonproliferation

• Christopher A. Ford, “Recommendations for the Next Nuclear Posture Review,” remarks for a roundtable at the National Defense University (December 6, 2024)

https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/recommendations-for-the-next-nuclear-posture-review

• Christopher A. Ford, “Restoring Strategic Stability in the Euro-Atlantic Area,” remarks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (December 4, 2024)

https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/restoring-strategic-stability-in-the-euro-atlantic-area

• Christopher A. Ford, “Leveraging Strength into Peace: Arms Control Isn’t (Quite) Dead, and Here’s How to Revive It,” remarks to the Bicameral Bipartisan Member Briefing on Arms Control, Russell Senate Office Building (November 21, 2024)

https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/leveraging-strength-into-peace-arms-control-isnt-quite-dead-and-heres-how-to-revive-it

• Christopher A. Ford, “Threats to NATO Resilience,” remarks to the NATO Resilience Summit, Bratislava, Slovakia (November 12, 2024)

https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/threats-to-nato-resilience

• Christopher A. Ford, “Some Musings on Making Deterrence Policy,” remarks to students at Purdue University (October 16, 2024)

https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/some-musings-on-making-deterrence-policy

• Christopher A. Ford, “Security, Proliferation, and Preserving Sovereign Independence in the Indo-Pacific,” presentation to the Dialogue on the U.S.-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, Hanoi, Vietnam (September 12, 2024)

https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/security-proliferation-and-preserving-sovereign-independence-in-the-indo-pacific

• Christopher A. Ford, “Russia, China, and the Challenge of Asymmetry in Nuclear Ethics,” presentation to the Forum on Nuclear Strategy, Albuquerque, New Mexico (September 6, 2024)

https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/russia-china-and-the-challenges-of-asymmetry-in-nuclear-ethics

• Christopher A. Ford, “Thinking About China’s Nuclear Weapons Policy,” remarks to an event organized by the National Institute for Deterrence Studies (August 9, 2024)

https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/thinking-about-chinas-nuclear-weapons-policy

• Christopher A. Ford, “Four Warnings About the ‘Dark Quad,’” remarks at a symposium organized by the National Institute for Public Policy (July 23, 2024)

https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/four-warnings-about-the-dark-quad

• Christopher A. Ford, “Equipping Leaders for Strategic Competition Against China’s ‘Leverage Web,’” remarks at the Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory (July 18, 2024)

https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/equipping-western-leaders-for-sustained-strategic-competition-against-communist-chinas-leverage-web-strategy

• Christopher A. Ford, “New Old Wisdom on Nuclear Deal with Iran,” remarks at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (May 22, 2024)

https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/new-old-wisdom-on-a-nuclear-deal-with-iran

• Christopher A. Ford, “Emerging Technologies and the Nuclear Weapons Arena,” remarks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (March 28, 2024)

https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/emerging-technologies-and-the-nuclear-weapons-arena

• Christopher A. Ford, “Outbound Investment and China’s ‘Leverage Web,’” remarks at the American Enterprise Institute (February 13, 2024)

https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/outbound-investment-and-chinas-leverage-web

• Christopher A. Ford, “Weaponized Interdependence, U.S. Economic Statecraft, and Chinese Grand Strategy,” remarks at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (February 8, 2024)

https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/weaponized-interdependence-u-s-economic-statecraft-and-chinese-grand-strategy

• Christopher A. Ford, “Some Thoughts on Targeting, the Law of Armed Conflict, and Morality,” remarks at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (January 12, 2024)

https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/some-thoughts-on-targeting-the-law-of-armed-conflict-and-morality

-- Christopher Ford