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)
October 4, 2004
Overhauling Counterproliferation Intelligence
Testimony
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
Dr. Ashton B. Carter testifies before the Robb-Silberman Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction.
September/October 2004
How to Counter WMD
Journal Article, Foreign Affairs, issue 5, volume 83
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
Dr. Ashton B. Carter explains the counterproliferation policies needed to successfully wage a war on Weapons of Mass Destruction.
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.
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.
