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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
Winter 2001/02
"The Architecture of Government in the Face of Terrorism"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 3, volume 26
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
Peacekeeping and peacemaking in these places, although engaging important humanitarian concerns, never addressed the vital security interests of the United States, and none of these conflicts could begin to threaten its survival.
January/February 2001
Keeping America's Military Edge
Journal Article, Foreign Affairs, issue 1, volume 80
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
Dr. Ashton B. Carter in Foreign Affairs.
Winter 1999-2000
Adapting US Defence to Future Needs
Journal Article, Survival, issue 4, volume 41
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
Article by Dr. Ashton B. Carter in Survival
1999
Beyond the Counterproliferation Initiative to a 'Revolution in Counterproliferation Affairs'
Journal Article, National Security Studies Quarterly, issue 3, volume V
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
Article by Dr. Ashton B. Carter and L. Celeste Johnson in National Security Studies Quarterly
November / December 1998
Catastrophic Terrorism: Tackling the New Danger
Journal Article, Foreign Affairs, issue 6, volume 77
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities, John M. Deutch, International Council Member, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Philip D. Zelikow, Former Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Former Faculty Affiliate, International Security Program
Carter, Deutch, and Zelikow addresses the threat of Catastrophic Terrorism in Foreign Affairs.
March 29, 1992
The Soviet Arsenal and the Mistaken Calculus of Caution
Journal Article, Washington Post
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School and Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
Op-ed by Dr. Ashton B. Carter and Dr. Graham T. Allison in The Washington Post
