Papers and Articles

1)    “Defense and Strategic Studies at MSU: Security Sensibility and Strategic DNA,” Defense & Strategic Studies Online, vol. 2, no. 1 (Autumn 2025), pp. 1-11, https://irp.cdn-website.com/ce29b4c3/files/uploaded/DASSO_v2no1_Ford.pdf

2)    “‘By National Security Professionals, For National Security Professionals,’” Defense & Strategic Studies Online, vol. 2, no. 1 (Autumn 2025), pp. 46-52, https://dss.missouristate.edu/_Files/MSU-DASSO-2025-Vol_2-No_1-FacultyBackgrou.pdf

3)    “24 Years Later: 9/11 in the Rear-view Mirror,” Fair Observer (September 17, 2025), https://www.fairobserver.com/history/24-years-later-9-11-in-the-rear-view-mirror/

4)    “Thinking About Strategy in an Artificial Superintelligence Arms Race” (with Craig J. Wiener), Defense & Strategic Studies Online, vol. 1, no. 4 (Summer 2025), pp. 1-49, https://dss.missouristate.edu/_Files/MSU-DASSO-2025-Vol_1-No_4-Ford-Wiener.pdf

5)    “Final Report of the Senior Study Group on Strategic Stability – Sustaining the Nuclear Peace: On the Urgent Need for a New Strategy of Stability” (with multiple SSG co-authors), U.S. Institute of Peace (February 2025), https://irp.cdn-website.com/ce29b4c3/files/uploaded/USIP+Senior+Study+Group+on+Strategic+Stability+Final+Report.pdf

6)    “Thinking About Russian Nuclear Weapons Thinking,” Journal of Policy & Strategy, vol. 5, no. 2 (2025), pp. 39-60, https://irp.cdn-website.com/ce29b4c3/files/uploaded/Ford_Russia_Nukes_NIPP_article.pdf

7)    “Cybernetics and Comprehensive National Power: The Grand Strategy of China’s ‘National Rejuvenation’” (with John Schurtz, & Erik Quam),Defense & Strategic Studies Online, vol. 1, no. 3 (Spring 2025), pp. 1-89, https://dss.missouristate.edu/_Files/MSU-DASSO-2025-Vol_1-No_3-FordSchurtzQuam.pdf

8)    “Struggling with the Bomb: Competing Discourses in the Nuclear Disarmament Movement,” National Institute for Public Policy Occasional Papers, vol. 5, no. 2 (February 2025), https://irp.cdn-website.com/ce29b4c3/files/uploaded/Ford_NIPP_disarmament_paper_Vol._5_No._2.pdf

9)    “Rebutting Sino-Russian Political Discourse and Getting Rights Right” (with Lord Nigel Biggar), Defense & Strategic Studies Online [Missouri State University], vol. 1, no. 2 (Winter 2025), pages 2-27, https://dss.missouristate.edu/_Files/MSU-DASSO-2025-Vol_1-No_2-FordBiggar.pdf

10) “Snapping Back and Looking Forward: A New Old Approach to the Iran Nuclear Crisis,” Center for Global Security Research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Occasional Papers (January 2025), https://cgsr.llnl.gov/sites/cgsr/files/2025-01/occasional-paper-nuclear-middle-east_0.pdf

Remarks and Presentations

1)    “The INF Treaty's Two Ghosts,” remarks to an event at DACOR Bacon House (December 8, 2025), https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/the-inf-treatys-two-ghosts

2)    “Three-Power Nuclear Instability and Possibilities for Diplomatic Intermediation,” remarks at the Doha Forum at an event organized by the Qatar Mediation Forum (December 7, 2025), https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/three-power-nuclear-instability-and-possibilities-for-diplomatic-intermediation

3)    “Root Causes of Instability in the Sino-American Relationship,” remarks to an event at the Belfer Center at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government (November 19, 2025), https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/root-causes-of-instability-in-the-sino-american-relationship

4)    “Geopolitical Risk and the U.S.-China Relationship,” remarks at an event sponsored by Forward Global and the Oxford University Alumni Network (November 18, 2025), https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/geopolitical-risks-and-the-u-s-china-relationship

5)    “U.S. Perspectives on Nuclear Deterrence and Use,” remarks at a conference in China (November 8, 2025),https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/u-s-perspectives-on-nuclear-weapons-deterrence-and-use

6)    “Whither the U.S. Nuclear Policy Process?” remarks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (October 20, 2025), https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/whither-the-u-s-nuclear-policy-process

7)    “USIP’s Clarion Call on Strategic Stability,” remarks at Hudson Institute (October 2, 2025), https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/usip-s-clarion-call-on-strategic-stability

8)    “‘Type A’ versus ‘Type B’ Proliferation Risks and the Challenge of This Era,” remarks to a workshop for Congressional staff organized by the University of Pennsylvania Washington Center and the Wilson Center (September 30, 2025), https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/type-a-versus-type-b-proliferation-risk-and-the-challenge-of-this-era

9)    “An Old Guy’s Advice for Staffers and Emerging Leaders in Arms Control and Nonproliferation,” remarks to the “arms control boot camp” organized by the CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues (September 30, 2025), https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/an-old-guys-advice-for-staffers-and-emerging-leaders-in-arms-control-and-nonproliferation

10) “Showing ‘Tough Love’ in Demythologizing Arms Control,” remarks to a webinar with the National Institute for Public Policy (September 23, 2025), https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/showing-tough-love-in-demythologizing-arms-control

11) “Opportunities and Challenges for Nonproliferation and Nuclear Governance in Southeast Asia,” remarks at a conference in Singapore sponsored by the Pacific Forum (September 22, 2025), https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/opportunities-and-challenges-for-nonproliferation-and-nuclear-governance-in-southeast-asia

12) “Here’s How to Get a Nuclear Deal with Iran Now,” remarks on a webinar sponsored by the National Institute for Deterrence Studies (August 29, 2025), https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/heres-how-to-get-a-nuclear-deal-with-iran-now

13) “Some Thoughts for my British Friends on Nuclear Weapons Policy and Deterrence Under the Second Trump Administration,” remarks to a conference in London (July 28, 2025), https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/some-thoughts-for-my-british-friends-on-nuclear-weapons-policy-and-deterrence-under-the-second-trump-administration

14) “Nonproliferation and Geopolitical Structure: Conjunctive Polarities and the Challenges of a Doubly-Multipolar World” remarks to a conference at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (July 22, 2025), https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/nonproliferation-and-geopolitical-structure-conjunctive-polarities-and-the-challenges-of-a-doubly-multipolar-world

15) “Diplomatic Dialogue around Existential Risk: The Intellectual Architecture of the ‘CEND’ Initiative,” remarks to a conference at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, Cambridge University (June 17, 2025), https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/diplomatic-dialogue-around-existential-risk-the-intellectual-architecture-of-the-cend-initiative

16) “Transatlantic Turbulence in Nuclear Weapons and Deterrence,” remarks to a conference at the University of Birmingham (June 13, 2025),https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/transatlantic-turbulence-in-nuclear-weapons-and-deterrence

17) “Nuclear Risks in the Indo-Pacific,” remarks to a conference in Beijing sponsored by the Asia-Pacific Leadership Network and the Grandview Institution (June 12, 2025), https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/nuclear-risks-in-the-indo-pacific

18) “Arms Control Challenges in Strategic Technology Competition,” remarks prepared for a conference in Reykjavik, Iceland, sponsored by the Arms Control Negotiation Academy and the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (May 23, 2025), https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/arms-control-lessons-for-strategic-technology-competition

19) “NATO Multi-Domain Operations: Full Time, not just Wartime,’” remarks at a conference in Ankara, Türkiye, sponsored by NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (May 21, 2025), https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/nato-multi-domain-operations-full-time-not-just-wartime

20) “Opportunistic or Coordinated Adversary Aggression and the Nuclear Force Posture Problem of ‘Numbers and Types,’” remarks to the National Institute for Public Policy (April 28, 2025), https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/opportunistic-or-coordinated-adversary-aggression-and-the-nuclear-force-posture-problem-of-numbers-and-types

21) “Challenges Facing an Iranian Nuclear Deal,” remarks at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (April 21, 2025),https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/challenges-facing-an-iran-nuclear-deal

22) “What is the Future of Arms Control ... Now?” remarks to a workshop organized by the Geneva Graduate Institute's Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (March 13, 2025), https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/what-is-the-future-of-arms-control-now

23) “Meeting the Challenges of ‘Dark Quad’ Aggression in the ‘Gray Zone,’” remarks to a conference at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (February 20, 2025), https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/meeting-the-challenges-of-dark-quad-aggression-in-the-gray-zone

24) “Nuclear Doctrines and Prospects for P5 Dialogue,” remarks to a Track 2 dialogue on Military Risk Reduction in Europe (February 18, 2025), https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/nuclear-doctrines-and-prospects-for-p5-dialogue

25) “Evaluating Contemporary Nuclear Risks,” remarks to the New York State Bar Association (January 30, 2025),https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/evaluating-contemporary-nuclear-risks

26) “What Next from Washington on the Iranian Nuclear Problem?” remarks to the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, UAE (January 23, 2025), https://www.newparadigmsforum.com/what-next-from-washington-on-the-iranian-nuclear-problem