Ashton B. Carter

AP Photo

June 2008

Military Elements in a Strategy to Deal with Iran's Nuclear Program

Paper

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

PDP Co-Director Ashton B. Carter explores military elements in the U.S. strategy for addressing Iran's nuclear program.

AP Photo

April 15, 2008

Actions Now for the Day After: Findings of the Preventive Defense Day After Project

Testimony

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

PDP Co-Director Ashton B. Carter testifies before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

March 2008

Review Panel on Future Directions for Defense Threat Reduction Agency Missions and Capabilities to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction

Report

By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities and The Honorable Robert G. Joseph

PDP Co-Director Ashton B. Carter and the Honorable Robert G. Joseph co-chaired a Review Panel on Future Directions for DTRA Missions and Capabilities to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD).

Department of Defense

January 2008

Defense Management Challenges in the Post-Bush Era

Book Chapter

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

Dr. Ashton Carter discusses the resource management challenges facing American defense leaders in the coming decade.

December 5, 2007

The Shifting Balance of Power

Media Feature

By Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, Middle East Initiative, Vali Nasr and Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities

"The Middle East: Between Progress and Conflict," an inaugural conference jointly hosted by The Dubai Initiative and the Dubai School of Government, was held on November 8, 2007 at the Kennedy School of Government.

Panel I: The Shifting Balance of Power was chaired by Joseph Nye and featured the following presentions, followed by a Q&A:

1. America and the Arab World - Rami Khouri
2. Contending with Iran's Regional Role - Vali Nasr
3. Challenges of Nuclear Proliferation - Ashton Carter

November 30, 2007

Rolling Back Proliferation

Media Feature

By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School, Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities and Senator Sam Nunn

This is the fifth in a series of videos on nuclear terrorism based on Graham Allison's book Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe. In this episode former Senator Sam Nunn, former Assistant Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter, and U.S. Undersecretary of State R. Nicholas Burns discuss nuclear proliferation and the bold action it will take to make sure that these weapons never end up in the hands of terrorists, criminals or rogue states.

October 2007

Reducing Nuclear Threats and Preventing Nuclear Terrorism

Report

By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities, Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School, Joseph Cirincione, Thomas E. Donilon, Robert Einhorn, Leon Fuerth, Amb. Robert Gallucci, Ernest Moniz, George Perkovich and Amb. Wendy R. Sherman

This National Security Advisory Group report provides a new comprehensive strategy for reducing nuclear threats and preventing nuclear terrorism.

October 19, 2007

Report on Discouraging a Cascade of Nuclear Weapons States

Report

By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities, Dr. Gordon Oehler, Dr. Michael R. Anastasio, VADM Robert Monroe (USN Ret), Dr. Keith B. Payne, Dr. Robert Pfaltzgraff, Dr. William Schneider and Dr. William Van Cleave

This report of the International Security Advisory Board (ISAB) offers nineteen recommendations for discouraging a cascade of nuclear weapons states.

Autumn 2007

The Day After: Action Following a Nuclear Blast in a U.S. City

Journal Article, Washington Quarterly, issue 4, volume 30

By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities, Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project and Dr. Michael M. May, Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security

Failure to develop a comprehensive contingency plan, such as the one proposed here, and inform the American public, where appropriate, about its particulars will only serve to amplify the devastating impact of any nuclear attack on a U.S. city

June 12, 2007

After the Bomb

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 and Dr. Michael M. May, Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security

Ashton B. Carter, William J. Perry, and Michael May call on the United States government to formulate contingency plans that may save thousands of lives and billions of dollars, prevent panic and promote recovery should a nuclear weapon go off in an American city.