The Ties that Bind: A Data-Driven Analysis of Oceania’s Dependency on China
Dr. Christopher Ford • December 7, 2024
The inaugural issue of Defense & Strategic Studies Online (DASSO), the online journal of the Graduate School of Defense and Strategic Studies at Missouri State University, was published on December 7, 2024. It includes an article co-authored by Dr. Ford and Dr. Alex Memory of the Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory. You can find the whole first issue of DASSO by clicking here, or you can use the button below to download a PDF of the Ford/Memory article.


Below is the prepared text upon which Dr. Ford based his shorter oral remarks to the U.S-China Nuclear Workshop on November 19, 2025, convened by the Protect on Managing the Atom and the Council on Strategic Risks, held at the Belfer Center at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.








