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The Hon. Christopher A. Ford

@thehonchristop1

Scholar-diplomat and policy wonk

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I'm very pleased to have joined my MITRE colleagues Charles Clancy, Michael Norman, and Sanith Wijesinghe in publishing a new Center for Strategic Competition Paper on "Securing Web3 and Winning the Future of the Internet." newparadigmsforum.com/securing-web3-…

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I'm very pleased to have joined my MITRE colleagues Charles Clancy, Michael Norman, and Sanith Wijesinghe in publishing a new Center for Strategic Competition paper on "Democratizing Technology: Web3 and the Future of the Internet." mitre.org/news-insights/…

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With my colleagues Marin Halper and Andrea McFeely, I have just published a new MITRE paper on how analysis of publicly available information (PAI) can support competitive strategy, suggesting ways to do this in ways consistent with American values. newparadigmsforum.com/using-publicly…

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What can complexity science teach leaders about decision-making in competitive strategy? Check out the latest (#7) in the "Occasional Papers" series from MITRE's Center for Strategic Competition: newparadigmsforum.com/systems-and-st…

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I very much enjoyed moderating a panel discussion last week with John Hering, Emma Raffray, and Richard Harris on cyberattack attribution, sponsored by the Washington Foreign Law Society and the Stimson Center. Hope you enjoy it too: wfls.org/event/the-tech…

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I'm participating in a U.S.-Japan-Philippines Trilateral Maritime Security Dialogue organized by the Pacific Forum this week in Manila, and gave remarks on the potential role of Beijing's nuclear weapons buildup in facilitating aggression: newparadigmsforum.com/zheng-he-meets…

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I spoke today at Hudson Institute on the Biden Administration's new 2022 Nuclear Posture Review and the significant shift in the strategic threat environment it demonstrates has occurred due to Chinese and Russian nuclear weapons policy: newparadigmsforum.com/the-2022-nucle…

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We cannot afford to fall behind in key technologies that will define the 21st Century. Register now & join MITRE and SCSP on January 5 to explore challenges and opportunities re: identifying & pursuing critical technologies to maintain competitiveness. bit.ly/3FIWELD

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Good decision support doing science and technology net assessment (S&TNA) is critical to success in strategic competition. Dawn Meyerricks and I have just published a CSC paper on the topic: newparadigmsforum.com/science-and-te…

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MITRE's Center for Strategic Competition has just published the last paper in Volume 1 (2022) of its "Occasional Paper" series: a summary of the first three papers on "China's Strategic Vision." You can find the new paper here: newparadigmsforum.com/china-s-strate…. Happy New Year!

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Happy New Year! The Center for Global Security Research at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has published the 11th in its "Livermore Papers on Global Security" series: my paper on information competition with Russia and China: cgsr.llnl.gov/content/assets…

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In case you're interested, I just published a paper looking at the Biden Administration's new National Security Strategy, National Defense Strategy, Nuclear Posture Review, and Missile Defense Review. You can find it on NIPP's website: nipp.org/wp-content/upl…

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The Vandenberg Coalition released a letter chastising media & scientific organizations for suppressing inquiry into possible non-zoonotic COVID-19 origins. It calls on them to carry out deeper inquiry into origins by examining all credible hypotheses: vandenbergcoalition.org/wp-content/upl…

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The National Security Institute's blog "The SCIF" has just put out a compendium of musings by various NSI experts on the occasion of the anniversary of Putin's aggression against Ukraine. You can find the string at thescif.org/nsi-experts-we….

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I'm looking forward to moderating an event on March 14 (1330 U.S. Eastern time) by the Stimson Center and the Washington Foreign Law Society on the question of states' responsibility to stop harmful cyber activity originating on their territory: stimson.org/event/due-dili…

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In case you missed it in person last month, here's a link to video of the event we did with the Washington Foreign Law Society and the Stimson Center on due diligence in cyberspace. Hope you find it interesting! wfls.org/event/due-dili…

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I enjoyed delivering the keynote address to the National Organization of Investment Professionals conference yesterday, about strategic tech competition with China — in historical context and from my own "insider" perspective when in government: newparadigmsforum.com/chinas-struggl…

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Very much enjoyed speaking on a panel this morning on “Global Competition, China, and Security in Asia” at Vanderbilt University’s “Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats.” Thanks to Vanderbilt and my great fellow panelists! vanderbilt.edu/modern-conflict

Very much enjoyed speaking on a panel this morning on “Global Competition, China, and Security in Asia” at Vanderbilt University’s “Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats.”  Thanks to Vanderbilt and my great fellow panelists!  vanderbilt.edu/modern-conflict
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It was a huge pleasure and a distinct honor to deliver the 2023 Commencement Address for Missouri State University's Graduate Department of Defense and Strategic Studies last week. Kudos to the Class of ‘23! You folks are terrific! newparadigmsforum.com/2023-commencem…

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I enjoyed participating in the National Security Institute's event this morning on Capitol Hill on cooperation between Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea.  Here's the material upon which I based my remarks:  newparadigmsforum.com/the-dangers-an…