Ashton B. Carter

November 30, 2007

Rolling Back Proliferation

Media Feature

By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School, Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities and Senator Sam Nunn

This is the fifth in a series of videos on nuclear terrorism based on Graham Allison's book Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe. In this episode former Senator Sam Nunn, former Assistant Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter, and U.S. Undersecretary of State R. Nicholas Burns discuss nuclear proliferation and the bold action it will take to make sure that these weapons never end up in the hands of terrorists, criminals or rogue states.

1997

Defending the United States Against Weapons of Mass Destruction

Memorandum

By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School, Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom, 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, Richard A. Falkenrath, Former Assistant Professor of Public Policy; Former Principal Investigator, Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness; Former Executive Director for Research, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program, Robert Newman, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1995-1996 and Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor

Unpublished memorandum to the United States Senate

April 23, 2013

Ashton Carter at JFK Jr. Forum: Turning a Strategic Corner

News

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

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter joined moderator Graham Allison, Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, on April 23, 2013, at a John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum for a discussion on the strategic and budgetary transitions currently underway in the Department of Defense.  Topics addressed included the importance of protecting investments in the future of U.S. national security and the current rebalance to the Pacific. Questions from the audience addressed subjects ranging from potential furloughs due to budget cuts to the thirtieth anniversary of President Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative.

View the entire JFK Jr. event here on the Institute of Politics website.

Attached is the transcript of Carter's remarks, as prepared for delivery.

January 1, 1999

"Fulfilling the Promise: Building an Enduring Security Relationship Between Ukraine and NATO"

Occasional Paper, volume 1

By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities, Steven E. Miller, Director, International Security Program; Editor-in-Chief, International Security; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom and Dr. Elizabeth D. Sherwood-Randall, Former Founding Senior Advisor, Preventive Defense Project

Report on April 1998 PDP-sponsored workshop to discuss the future of the relationship between Ukraine and NATO

October 1998

"Catastrophic Terrorism: Elements of a National Policy"

Occasional Paper, volume 1

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

While the danger of Catastrophic Terrorism is new and grave, there is much that the United States can do to prevent it and to mitigate its consequences if it occurs. The objective of the Catastrophic Terrorism Study Group is to suggest program and policy changes that can be taken by the United States government in the near term, including the reallocation of agency responsibilities, to prepare the nation better for the emerging threat of Catastrophic Terrorism.

July 1998

"Content of U.S. Engagement with China"

Occasional Paper, volume 1

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

This workshop report describes the policies and programs that will give content to the security dimension of engagement and increase the probability that China will emerge as a security partner, rather than an adversary, of the United States in the 21st century.

July 1998

"NATO After Madrid: Looking to the Future"

Occasional Paper, volume 1

By Coit Blacker, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1975-1977, Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities, Warren Christopher, Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project and David Hamburg, International Council Member, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

This conference report offers recommendations for U.S. policy and action in the next phase of NATO's evolution, assuming that the Senate and other allied legislatures do in fact consent to the decisions reached at Madrid to admit Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic to NATO.

1987

"Does Strategic Defense Breed Offense?"

Occasional Paper

By Herbert York, Albert Carnesale, Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities, George Rathjens and Stephen P. Rosen

Occasional Paper from the Center for Science and International Affairs

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September 21, 2010

"The Pentagon Is Serious About Saving Money"

Op-Ed, Wall Street Journal

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

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has tasked me with improving the Pentagon's buying power. We have set out to save you at least $100 billion over five years in our purchasing of goods and services, which accounts for $400 billion of the $700 billion in annual defense spending. (The rest is spent primarily on salaries and facilities.) The Pentagon can meet its goal only if we fundamentally change the way we do business.

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June 17, 2010

"The Way Forward on Missile Defense"

Op-Ed, Wall Street Journal

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

"Iran's continued pursuit of an illicit nuclear program and North Korea's rash intimidation after sinking a South Korean navy ship are but the most recent reminders of the real need for effective U.S. missile defenses," write Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Ashton Carter.