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By Dr. Christopher Ford 16 Sep, 2024
Below is the text upon which Dr. Ford based his remarks to the dialogue on the U.S.-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in Hanoi, Vietnam, on September 12, 2024, sponsored by the Pacific Forum and the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam.
By Dr. Christopher Ford 07 Sep, 2024
Below is the text upon which Dr. Ford based his oral remarks on September 6, 2024, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the Forum on Nuclear Strategy sponsored by the University of Southern California’s Institute for Advance Catholic Studies (IACS) and the University of New Mexico, entitled “Disarmament & Deterrence in a Dangerous World.”
By Dr. Christopher Ford 09 Aug, 2024
 Below are the remarks Dr. Ford delivered on August 9, 2024, to an event organized by the National Institute for Deterrence Studies (NIDS).
By Dr. Christopher Ford 24 Jul, 2024
Below appears the text on which Dr. Ford based his comments at a symposium organized on July 23, 2024, on “Emergence of A New ‘Quad’: The Growing Entente Between China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran,” hosted by the National Institute for Public Policy .
By Dr. Christopher Ford 18 Jul, 2024
Below is the text on which Dr. Ford based his remarks at the Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory on July 18, 2024.
By Dr. Christopher Ford 07 Jun, 2024
In June 2024, the Center for Global Security Research at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory published a book on Aligning Arms Control with the New Security Environment , to which Dr. Ford contributed a chapter entitled " Dead or Deferred? Nuclear Arms Control in an Age of Revisionism ." You can access the book on CGSR's website here , or use the button below to download a copy of Dr. Ford's essay.
By Dr. Christopher Ford 24 May, 2024
Below are the remarks Dr. Ford delivered at a workshop on the nuclear future of the Middle East which was held at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on May 21-22, 2024.
By Dr. Christopher Ford 09 May, 2024
On May 9, 2024, Hoover Institution Press published Dr. Ford's essay "The Substructures of Chinese Grand Strategy, and Why Resolute U.S. Engagement Matters" as a commentary piece through Hoover's China's Global Sharp Power Project . You can find the essay on Hoover's website here , or use the button below to download a PDF.
By Dr. Christopher Ford 29 Mar, 2024
Below appears the text upon which Dr. Ford based his remarks to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) “PONI Scholars” group on March 28, 2024. 
By Dr. Christopher Ford 28 Feb, 2024
Dr. Ford's paper "Nuclear Posture and Nuclear Posturing: A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing China's Nuclear Weapons Policy" was published in February 2024 by the National Institute for Public Policy . You can read the paper on NIPP's website here , or use the button below to download a PDF.
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ABOUT DR. FORD

Dr. Ford is Professor of International Relations and Strategic Studies at at Missouri State University’s Graduate School of Defense and Strategic Studies, and a Visiting Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.  He is also the founder and Principal of Two Ravens Policy & Strategy LLC, which furthers national security missions by providing support to both U.S. Intelligence Community and Department of Defense customers.  From February 2021 through January 2023, Dr. Ford served in various capacities at the MITRE Corporation, most recently as a MITRE Fellow and the founding Director of MITRE’s Center for Strategic Competition. He previously served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation, for 15 months also exercising the authorities of the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, and before that as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for WMD and Counterproliferation at the U.S. National Security Council. A Rhodes Scholar with degrees from Harvard, Oxford, and Yale, he has also been U.S. Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation, a Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, a staffer on five different U.S. Senate committees, a think tank scholar, and U.S. Navy intelligence officer.


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