Center for a New American Security

Lindsey Ford is a research associate at CNAS, where she specializes in Asian security issues and recently co-authored a study on the U.S.-South Korea alliance. Lindsey completed a Master of Public Affairs and a Master of Arts in Asian Studies at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas in August 2008. Previously, she worked as a consultant for the United Nations in Bangkok, Thailand where she assessed governance and rule of law in China and Southeast Asia. Prior to her work with the United Nations, she consulted with the Congressional Research Service, for whom she co-authored a 2006 study, Port and Supply-Chain Security Initiatives in the U.S. and Abroad, and served as the project lead for Hong Kong and China. While completing her studies, Lindsey served as an assistant to Dean James B. Steinberg, as a research assistant to the Director of Studies at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, and as a Legislative Intern with the Texas State Legislature. Lindsey speaks French and Mandarin Chinese and has also studied at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.