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)
1999
Defining NATO's Purpose
Book Chapter
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities, Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project and Hilary D. Driscoll
Article examining NATO's past, present, and future for the Eisenhower Institute
1994
Global Engagement: Cooperation and Security in the 21st Century
Book Chapter
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities and Steven E. Miller, Director, International Security Program; Editor-in-Chief, International Security; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom
Chapter in Janne E. Nolan's book "Global Engagement: Cooperation and Security in the 21st Century"
1993
The Role of Intelligence
Book Chapter
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities and Robert D. Blackwill, International Council Member, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Chapter 9 in New Nuclear Nations: Consequences for U.S. Policy
September 1981
Air Mobile MX Basing
Book Chapter
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
This chapter discusses three concepts, distinguished by their approaches to the problems of dependence on warning for survivability and postattack endurance beyond the unrefueled flight time of the aircraft.
October 16, 2006
China's Rise in American Military Strategy
Conference Paper
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 and Perry call for a two-pronged strategy towards China: one prong of engagement to encourage China to be a "responsible stakeholder" and another prong of hedging against the prospect of a downturn in relations.
1989
"Analyzing the Dual Use Technologies Question"
Discussion Paper
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
Discussion Paper by Dr. Ashton B. Carter
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.
January 2009
Defense Management Challenges for the Next American President
Journal Article, Orbis, issue 1, volume 53
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
PDP Co-Director Dr. Ashton B. Carter explores the daunting list of national security challenges facing the next American president.
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
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?"
