Dr Christopher Watterson
Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Science & Security Studies
Research interests
- Conflict
- Security
- International relations
- International development
- Politics
Biography
Dr Christopher J. Watterson is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Science & Security Studies (CSSS) within the Department of War Studies. He is currently based at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, where he is a Research Fellow with the Centre’s Foreign Policy and Defence Program.
Chris was previously a Research Fellow at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, where his research focused on North Korean nuclear and ballistic missile development, the implementation and evasion of economic sanctions in East Asia, and the regulation of strategic trade.
Chris has secured and delivered more than £800,000 in research funding from various international sources and has presented his research to multiple national government agencies in Europe, the Indo-Pacific, and the Americas, as well as to specialist agencies in the United Nations.
Chris holds a PhD from the University of Sydney, a Master of International Security from the University of Sydney, and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from the University of Newcastle, Australia.
Research Interest
- Nuclear non-proliferation
- Strategic trade
- Sanctions implementation
Publications
- Nuclear Decisions: Changing the Course of Nuclear Weapons Programs Nuclear Decisions: Changing the Course of Nuclear Weapons Programs , by Lisa Langdon Koch, New York, USA, Oxford University Press, 2023, 278 pp., $83.00 (hardback), ISBN: 9780197679531,' Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 6(2), pp. 310–311. https://doi.org/10.1080/25751654.2023.2276850.
- China’s state-led international port development: Challenges for port states; Marine Policy, 155, p. 105697. 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105697.
- Nuclear weapons and limited war: A return to the nuclear battlefield? Comparative Strategy, Watterson, C.J. 2020, 39(1), pp. 18–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/01495933.2020.1702341.
- What next for sanctions against North Korea? ; Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 2019, 75(5), pp. 247–251. https://doi.org/10.1080/00963402.2019.1654270.
- What the Hanoi Summit Tells Us About North Korea’s Nuclear Intentions. 2019, https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/what-the-hanoi-summit-tells-us-about-north-koreas-nuclear-intenti.
Pure Profile
For a full list of publications, please see https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/christopher.watterson
News
New handbook on best practices in strategic trade control at seaports
Helping ensure the integrity of export controls at publicly and privately-owned seaports.
The trouble with Washington's North Korea sanctions
North Korea, United States, sanctions
What next for sanctions against North Korea?
Sanctions, North Korea, denuclearization, illicit trade
What the Hanoi summit tells us about the nuclear intentions of DPRK
What the Hanoi Summit Tells Us About North Korea’s Nuclear Intentions
Features
Lights, Camera, Deterrence: What Oppenheimer tells us about nuclear security
The premiere of Oppenheimer has created a buzz and not just because of its double billing with Barbie. The highest grossing WW2 film to date, the story of the...
News
New handbook on best practices in strategic trade control at seaports
Helping ensure the integrity of export controls at publicly and privately-owned seaports.
The trouble with Washington's North Korea sanctions
North Korea, United States, sanctions
What next for sanctions against North Korea?
Sanctions, North Korea, denuclearization, illicit trade
What the Hanoi summit tells us about the nuclear intentions of DPRK
What the Hanoi Summit Tells Us About North Korea’s Nuclear Intentions
Features
Lights, Camera, Deterrence: What Oppenheimer tells us about nuclear security
The premiere of Oppenheimer has created a buzz and not just because of its double billing with Barbie. The highest grossing WW2 film to date, the story of the...