Dr. Ford published a three-part series of short essays on deterring a Chinese invasion of Taiwan for the National Security Institute at George Mason University’s Law School, on October 5, 7, and 11, 2021. They may be found here, here, and here on NSI’s podcast website, “The SCIF.” — This three-part series looks at the U.S-Taiwan partnership from the perspective of how we might be able more effectively to deter an invasion of Taiwan by the PRC’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) — which has spent many years preparing for such an operation. Part I of this series will examine…

Below follows the remarks Dr. Ford prepared for delivery at the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s School in Charlottesville, Virginia, on October 15, 2021, for a seminar on “Strategic Competition and Large Scale Combat Operations.” — It’s a pleasure to speak to you here at the National Security Law Department of the Army Judge Advocate’s School, and to such a great group of experienced judge advocate attendees from the Army and across the Joint Services.

The remarks below are those Dr. Ford prepared for the CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) Conference on “The Nuclear Policy Trilemma: Balancing Nuclear Modernization, Alliance Management and Effective Arms Control in a Competitive Security Environment,” on September 22, 2021. Thanks, Rebecca. It’s great to be on a panel with…

Advent of a New Research Agenda? Below follow remarks Dr. Ford prepared for a Nuclear Security Dialogue group sponsored by the Hoover Institution and the American Association for the Advancement of Science on October 1, 2021. (A copy of these remarks can also be found on Dr. …

An Open Letter by former Assistant Secretary Christopher Ford (June 10, 2021) In both journalism and policymaking — if not always in politics, or in the sordid world of score-settling by unemployed, second-rate apparatchiks — facts matter, and intellectual integrity matters. In light of the remarkable quantity of errant nonsense…