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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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Nuclear Issues (continued)

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

 

 

January 19, 2003

The Crisis Last Time

Op-Ed, New York Times

By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities and Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project

Ashton B. Carter and William J. Perry remember the 1994 North Korean nuclear crisis in this New York Times op-ed.

 

 

January 7, 2003

One Expert's Opinion: North Korea is a More Serious Nuclear Threat Than Iraq

Press Release

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

 

 

October 20, 2002

Nuclear over North Korea: Back to the Brink

Op-Ed, Washington Post

By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities and Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project

Carter & Perry call for determination and patience in responding to the North Koreans' recent revelation of their nuclear program.

 

 

August 1, 2002

Arms Control and Nuclear Terrorism: A Global Coalition Against Catastrophic Terrorism

Testimony

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

Dr. Ashton B. Carter testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Strategic Offensive Reductions (SORT).

 

 

June 26, 2002

Roles for the White House and the New Department

Testimony

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

Dr. Ashton B. Carter testifies before Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on what intelligence needs of the new Department of Homeland Security will be.

 

 

June 12, 2002

Throw the Net Worldwide

Op-Ed, Washington Post

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

Dr. Ashton B. Carter's op-ed in the Washington Post.

 

 

June 8, 2002

Counterterror's Management Style

Op-Ed, New York Times

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

Dr. Ashton B. Carter's op-ed in the New York Times.

 

 

May 27, 2002

Trip Report: Nunn-Lugar Sites in Russia

Event Report

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

Dr. Ashton B. Carter reports on his trip to Nunn-Lugar sites in Russia.

 

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