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Law, Morality, and the Bomb
From the Introduction: "In this paper presented to a panel hosted by the Global Security Institute and the American Bar Association, Assistant Secretary Ford explores some key legal and moral issues attendant to the possession and potential use of nuclear weapons, arguing for a more factually and morally nuanced approach than one normally hears from many disarmament advocates."
United States. Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Ford, Christopher A., 1967-
2020-11-13
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International Security in Cyberspace: New Models for Reducing Risk
From the Document: "In this ACIS [Arms Control and International Security] Paper, Assistant Secretary Ford recounts the evolution of U.S. cyberspace security diplomacy over the last several years, describing the difficulty of making traditional 'arms control' concepts work in this novel domain, but emphasizing the valuable contributions nonetheless already being made through the articulation of voluntary, nonbinding norms of responsible state behavior and a shift to a more explicitly deterrence-focused cyberspace security policy."
United States. Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Ford, Christopher A., 1967-
2020-10-20
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U.S. National Security Export Controls and Hong Kong: A Case Study in the Unhappy Death of a Happy Teleology
From the Document: "This addition to the ACIS [Arms Control and International Security] Papers series looks at recent changes in United States national security export controls as they apply to Hong Kong, and as U.S. officials have readjusted these controls in response to changes in that territory and the degree of control over it exercised by the People's Republic of China."
United States. Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Ford, Christopher A., 1967-
2020-08-26
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Competitive Strategy in Divided Times
From the Document: "Dr. Ford participated in a workshop hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Perry World House and Brookings Institution entitled 'Roadmap for Reentry in 2021 and Beyond: Advancing Institutional Commitments in a New Geostrategic Environment.' He presented this latest ACIS [Arms Control and International Security] paper to workshop panelists and attendees."
United States. Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Ford, Christopher A., 1967-
2020-10-15
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Export Controls and National Security Strategy in the 21st Century
From the Document: "This ACIS [Arms Control and International Security] Paper reprints the full text that Assistant Secretary Ford prepared for his presentation to the Center for a New American Security [CNAS] on August 19, 2020, as part of CNAS' new Project on Export Controls and National Security."
United States. Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Ford, Christopher A., 1967-
2020-08-19
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U.S. Priorities for 'Next-Generation Arms Control'
From the Document: "This first of a new series of papers offers thoughts on U.S. priorities for 'next-generation arms control' involving both Moscow and Beijing, which we hope will be able to forestall the global nuclear arms race that may otherwise be sparked by the ongoing nuclear build-ups by both Russia and the PRC [People's Republic of China]."
United States. Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Ford, Christopher A., 1967-
2020-04-06
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Russian Arms Control Compliance: A Report Card, 1984-2020
From the Document: "Following the public release of the unclassified 'Executive Summary' of the State Department's 2020 report on 'Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments', Assistant Secretary Ford looks back at 35 years of U.S. compliance assessments to outline the history of U.S. concerns over Russian/Soviet behavior in this arena. In particular, he describes how the history of Moscow's noncompliance closely tracks the global security environment's evolution, from Cold War tensions to post-Cold War relaxation, and more recently back to competitive tension."
United States. Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Ford, Christopher A., 1967-
2020-06-18
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Arms Control in Outer Space: History and Prospects
From the Document: "In this 'ACIS [Arms Control and International Security] Paper', Assistant Secretary Ford discusses longstanding efforts to find effective forms of arms control in outer space and the reasons such efforts have failed in the modern era, before exploring what prospects there yet may be for international efforts to reduce risk, increase transparency and predictability, and head off the dangers of an outer space arms race-- even as both the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China (PRC) are rushing to weaponize the space domain."
United States. Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Ford, Christopher A., 1967-
2020-07-24
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New U.S. Policy on UAS Exports: Responsibly Implementing the MTCR's 'Presumption of Denial'
From the Document: "In this 'ACIS [Arms Control and International Security] Paper', Assistant Secretary Ford recounts the United States' effort to reform the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) controls to respect to a subcategory of Unmanned Aerial Systems, and explains the new U.S. national approach to implementing the MTCR's 'strong presumption of denial' for proliferation-responsible of 'Category I' items under the MTCR Guidelines."
United States. Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Ford, Christopher A., 1967-
2020-07-24
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Strengthening Deterrence and Reducing Nuclear Risks, Part II: The Sea-Launched Cruise Missile-Nuclear (SLCM-N)
From the Document: "This edition of the Arms Control and International Security Papers [...] explains the U.S. policy and strategy behind the Sea-Launched-Cruise Missile-Nuclear (SLCM-N)."
United States. Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
2020-07-23
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U.S. National Security Export Controls and Huawei: The Strategic Context in Three Framings
From the Document: "In this latest addition to the 'ACIS [Arms Control and International Security] Papers', Assistant Secretary Ford discusses recent U.S. moves to restrict transfers of cutting-edge U.S. technology to the Chinese technology company Huawei, explaining these steps and placing them in the strategic context of a great power competition with the People's Republic of China (PRC) brought on by Beijing's geopolitical revisionism, exploitation of such firms to steal and divert foreign technology to support the Chinese military, abuses of human rights in China itself, and employment of companies such as Huawei as tools of strategic influence."
United States. Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Ford, Christopher A., 1967-
2020-05-22
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Arms Control and Disarmament: Adjusting to a New Era
From the Document: "This latest 'ACIS [Arms Control and International Security] Paper' publishes Assistant Secretary Ford's remarks on May 20, 2020, as the keynote speaker at an event commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Sandia National Laboratory's Cooperative Monitoring Center. He offers thoughts on some of the most critical challenges the public policy community is facing regarding how diplomacy in arms control and disarmament can contribute to global security. How we adapt our approaches to a changing security environment is perhaps the most important and potentially consequential decision diplomats have faced since the height of the Cold War."
United States. Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Ford, Christopher A., 1967-
2020-05-20
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Technology Transfers to the PRC Military and U.S. Countermeasures: Responding to Security Threats with New Presidential Proclamation
From the Document: "In this addition to the 'ACIS [Arms Control and International Security] Papers', Assistant Secretary Ford outlines the changes in the United States recently announced rules pertaining to the entry of certain students and researchers from the People's Republic of China in response to the national security challenges presented by Beijing's Military-Civil Fusion strategy."
United States. Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Ford, Christopher A., 1967-
2020-06-05
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Security Assistance and U.S. Competitive Strategy: Improving Our Game
From the Document: "In this third issue of the T [T family is comprised of the Bureau of Arms Control Verification and Compliance, the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation and the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs] paper series, Assistant Secretary Ford outlines the ways in which the State Department applies U.S. arms transfers to enhance the capabilities of allies and partners in support of U.S. competitive strategy vis-à-vis state-level competitors."
United States. Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Ford, Christopher A., 1967-
2020-04-21
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Strengthening Deterrence and Reducing Nuclear Risks: The Supplemental Low-Yield U.S. Submarine-Launched Warhead
From the Document: "This latest monograph in the Arms Control and International Security Paper Series - produced by the State Department's Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, and with an introduction by Assistant Secretary Ford - explains U.S. thinking behind the supplemental low-yield W76-2 Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile."
United States. Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
2020-04-23
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Iranian Nuclear Safeguards Concerns and the Integrity of the IAEA Safeguards System
From the Document: "In this issue of the ACIS [Arms Control and International Security] papers, Assistant Secretary Ford discusses new evidence that has emerged suggesting the possible presence of undeclared nuclear material or activity in Iran, and what this information means, not just for Iran diplomacy but for the integrity of the global nuclear safeguards regime."
United States. Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Ford, Christopher A., 1967-
2020-05-05
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Competitive Strategy vis-à-vis China and Russia: A View from the 'T Suite'
From the Document: "In this latest part of the series, Assistant Secretary Ford outlines the approach being taken in the 'T' family of bureaus [T family is comprised of the Bureau of Arms Control Verification and Compliance, the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation and the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs] at the Department of State in support of U.S. competitive strategy vis-à-vis the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation, as inspired by the U.S. National Security Strategy."
United States. Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Ford, Christopher A., 1967-
2020-05-11
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Al, Human-Machine Interaction, and Autonomous Weapons: Thinking Carefully About Taking 'Killer Robots' Seriously
From the Document: "This second in the T [T family is comprised of the Bureau of Arms Control Verification and Compliance, the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation and the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs] series of papers offers thoughts on the public policy challenges presented by the prospect of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS). In this paper, Assistant Secretary Ford offers his perspective upon these issues, urging readers not to be seduced by sensationalized simplifications, and calling for careful, sustained attention to the complexities they raised - such as through the work already being done by the LAWS Group of Governmental Experts."
United States. Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Ford, Christopher A., 1967-
2020-04-20
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Strategic Stability and the Global Race for Technology Leadership
From the Document: "This edition of the ACIS [Arms Control and International Security] Papers series looks at the challenges involved in preserving strategic stability in a modern environment of technology-fueled great power competition, arguing the importance of meeting these challenge through a mix of traditional nuclear arms control, the enforcement of norms responsible behavior in new conflict domains such as cyberspace and outer space, and the development and implementation of effective, coordinated approaches to technology competition among the 'likeminded' states of the non-authoritarian world."
United States. Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Ford, Christopher A., 1967-
2020-11-05
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Technology-Transfer De-Risking: A New and Growing Need
From the Document: "In this ACIS [Arms Control and International Security] Paper, Assistant Secretary Ford explores the emerging issue of 'de risking' as applied to engagements with the technology sector of the People's Republic of China (PRC), stressing the need for commercial actors to ensure that technology-related engagements with China are not abused, and describing the emerging arena of 'technology transfer de-risking' (T2D), which is of increasing importance for commercial entities and financial institutions that wish to avoid reputational risk, to prevent potential future U.S. sanctions or penalties, and to keep their involvement with the PRC from inadvertently supporting human rights abuses and fueling destabilizing military developments."
United States. Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Ford, Christopher A., 1967-
2020-12-07
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Four Years of Innovation and Continuity in U.S. Policy: Arms Control and International Security Since January 2017
From the Document: "In this ACIS [Arms Control and International Security] Paper, Assistant Secretary Ford looks across the policy arenas covered by the State Department's 'T' family of bureaus [T family is comprised of the Bureau of Arms Control Verification and Compliance, the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation and the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs] to provide a survey and summary of policy development and innovation in key issue areas since the current U.S. administration took office in January 2017."
United States. Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Ford, Christopher A., 1967-
2021-01-08
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Issues to Watch in Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament
From the Document: "Assistant Secretary Ford surveys a number of current questions in the arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament arenas, identifying key 'issues to watch' in the years ahead."
United States. Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Ford, Christopher A., 1967-
2020-12-29
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Evolving Approaches to the 'Middle East WMD-Free Zone'
From the Document: "In this 'ACIS [Arms Control and International Security] Paper', Assistant Secretary Ford looks back at the history of efforts to implement the Middle East WMD-Free Zone called for in the Resolution on the Middle East adopted by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty's Review and Extension Conference in 1995, outlining how traditional ways of trying to achieve this goal have become irrelevant or counterproductive, and calling for a new approach based around trying to ameliorate challenges in the security environment and develop good-faith engagement between all regional states."
United States. Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Ford, Christopher A., 1967-
2020-08-04
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Deterrence and the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Infrastructure
From the Document: "This latest addition to the Arms Control and International Security Paper series [...] offers a perspective upon the United States' nuclear deterrent needs and what NNSA [National Nuclear Security Administration] is doing to meet them."
United States. Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Ford, Christopher A., 1967-; Gordon-Hagerty, Lisa E.
2020-09-09
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