Christopher R. O’Dea

A former international investment management executive, Christopher R. O’Dea is an authority on capital markets, political economy, and the security implications of infrastructure finance. Mr. O’Dea’s work appears regularly in Investments & Pensions Europe and IPE Real Assets, and he is a contributor to National Review. Through his work on infrastructure finance, Mr. O’Dea concluded that China is building a commercial maritime network in which ports, digital logistics capabilities, and shipping alliances comprise a new approach to acquiring and projecting political power; his research was published in the Naval War College Review as “Asia Rising: Ships of State?” Mr. O’Dea holds an A.B. in History from Brown University. He is a Life Member of the Naval War College Foundation and a member of Business Executives for National Security.