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Ashton B. Carter

Ashton B. Carter

Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities

Former Chair of International & Global Affairs faculty, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy (1993–1996), U.S. Department of Defense

Member of the Board (on leave), Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs

Former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (April 2009–October 2011)

 

 

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2004 (continued)

July 15, 2004

Implementing a Denuclearization Agreement with North Korea

Testimony

By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities

Dr. Ashton B. Carter testifies before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

 

 

March 17, 2004

Seven Steps to Overhaul Counterproliferation

Testimony

By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities

Dr. Ashton B. Carter testifies before the House Armed Services Committee.

 

 

March 10, 2004

Overhauling Counterproliferation

Testimony

By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities

Dr. Ashton B. Carter testifies before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

 

2003

December 22, 2003

Good Nukes, Bad Nukes

Op-Ed, New York Times

By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities, Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Dr. Arnold Kanter and General Brent Scowcroft, Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security

Ashton B. Carter, Arnold Kanter, and William J. Perry write about the viability of the Nonproliferation Treaty in this New York Times op-ed.

 

 

September/October 2003

The Korean Nuclear Crisis: Preventing the Truly Dangerous Spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction

Magazine or Newspaper Article, Harvard Magazine

By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities

How could the North Korea's nuclear program have advanced so far, and what should be done now about the world's most serious nuclear crisis?

 

 

July 2003

An American Security Policy: Challenge, Opportunity, Commitment

Paper

By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities, Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Secretary Madeleine K. Albright, Samuel R. Berger, Louis Caldera, General Wesley K. Clark, Former Senior Advisor, 2001-2009, Preventive Defense Project, General (ret.) John M. Shalikashvili, Former Founding Senior Advisor, Preventive Defense Project, Dr. Elizabeth D. Sherwood-Randall, Former Founding Senior Advisor, Preventive Defense Project, Alfonso E. Lenhardt and John D. Podesta

A paper by the National Security Advisory Group

 

 

March 6, 2003

Alternatives to Letting North Korea Go Nuclear

Testimony

By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities

Dr. Ashton B. Carter testifies before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

 

 

February 6, 2003

A Scary Thought: Loose Nukes in North Korea

Op-Ed, Wall Street Journal

By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities, Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project and General (ret.) John M. Shalikashvili, Former Founding Senior Advisor, Preventive Defense Project

Ashton B. Carter, William J. Perry, and John M. Shalikashvili address the danger of loose nukes in North Korea in this Wall Street Journal op-ed.

 

 

February 4, 2003

Three Crises with North Korea

Testimony

By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities

Dr. Ashton B. Carter testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

 

 

January 24, 2003

Crisis on Korean Peninsula Focus of Kennedy School Forum

Press Release

By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities

 

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