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)
September 2000
Countering Asymmetric Threats
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 David Aidekman
Chapter in Keeping the Edge: Managing Defense for the Future
September 2000
Keeping the Technological Edge
Book Chapter
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities, Marcel Lettre and Shane Smith, Former Coordinator, Preventive Defense Project/International Security Program, 2000-2001
Chapter in Keeping the Edge: Managing Defense for the Future
September 2000
Keeping the Edge: Managing Defense for the Future
Book
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities and John P. White, Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Defense experts explore how the United States can rectify organizational and managerial problems to maximize its military effectiveness.
May 8, 2000
Star Wars Redux? Ashton Carter on Missile Defense
Press Release
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
An interview with Dr. Ashton B. Carter; Carter discusses the prospects for an American National Missile Defense system.
March 30, 2000
Countering Proliferation
Testimony
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
Dr. Ashton B. Carter testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
March 21, 2000
The Perils of Complacency: Adapting U.S. Defense to Future Needs
Testimony
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities
Dr. Ashton B. Carter testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities.
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
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
March 1999
Preventive Defense: A New Security Strategy for America
Book
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 most important book by any ex-Clinton official."
-Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times (April 16, 1999)
