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)
January 10, 2007
How Washington Learned to Stop Worrying and Love India's Bomb
Journal Article, Foreign Affairs
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
Carter's update to his July/August 2006 Foreign Affairs essay "America's New Strategic Partner?"
Winter 2007
America's Strategic Response to China's Military Modernization
Journal Article, Harvard Asia-Pacific Review, issue 1, volume 9
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities and Jennifer C. Bulkeley, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2008-2009; Former Research Assistant, Preventive Defense Project, 2007-2009
Dr. Ashton B. Carter and Jennifer C. Bulkeley offer recommendations for America's strategic response to China's military modernization.
September 10, 2006
Plan B for Iran: What if Nuclear Diplomacy Fails?
Report
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities and Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project
The Preventive Defense Project conducted a Washington WMD Workshop entitled "Iran Plan B Design" to collect the best thinking on the design of a plan for dealing with Iran's nuclear program should diplomacy fail and the Iranians continue on the path to nuclear capability.
July/August 2006
America's New Strategic Partner?
Journal Article, Foreign Affairs, issue 4, volume 85
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
In 2006, the U.S. and Indian governments struck a deal that recognizes India as a nuclear weapons power. Critics say Washington gave up too much too soon and at a great cost to nonproliferation efforts. Perhaps. But India could in time become a valuable security partner. So despite the deal’s flaws and the uncertainties surrounding its implementation, Washington should move forward with it.
July 8, 2006
The Case for a Preemptive Strike on North Korea's Missiles
Magazine or Newspaper Article, TIME / time.com
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities and Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project
Former Clinton administration officials Ashton Carter and William Perry argue that the most effective way to curb the threat from Pyongyang is to destroy its missiles at their test sites
June 22, 2006
If Necessary, Strike and Destroy: North Korea Cannot Be Allowed to Test This Missile
Op-Ed, Washington Post
By Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project and Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
Should the United States allow a country openly hostile to it and armed with nuclear weapons to perfect an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of delivering nuclear weapons to U.S. soil? We believe not. If North Korea persists in its launch preparations, the United States should immediately make clear its intention to strike and destroy the North Korean Taepodong missile before it can be launched.
April 26, 2006
Assessing the India Deal
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.
Spring 2006
Toolbox: Containing the Nuclear Red Zone Threat
Journal Article, The American Interest, issue 3, volume 1
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities and Stephen A. LaMontagne
A multinational solution for keeping states out of the nuclear weapons business.
March 17, 2006
Panel: Preventing Acquisition and/or Use of WMD by Hostile State or Non-State Actors
Presentation
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
Carter discusses the Bush Administration's failure to propose an adequate strategy for combating WMD in the 2006 QDR.
January / February 2006
A Fuel-Cycle Fix
Magazine or Newspaper Article, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities and Stephen A. LaMontagne
A new international regime could stop nations before they enter the proliferation “red zone.”
