Dr. Ashton B. Carter
Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project (on leave), Harvard & Stanford Universities
Chair of International & Global Affairs faculty (on leave), 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
April 26, 2006
Assessing the India Deal
Testimony
By Dr. Ashton B. Carter, Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project (on leave), 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 Dr. Ashton B. Carter, Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project (on leave), 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 Dr. Ashton B. Carter, Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project (on leave), Harvard & Stanford Universities
Carter discusses the Bush Administration's failure to propose an adequate strategy for combating WMD in the 2006 QDR.
January 25, 2006
The U.S. Military: Under Strain and at Risk
Report
By Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Dr. Ashton B. Carter, Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project (on leave), Harvard & Stanford Universities, Secretary Madeleine K. Albright, Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School, Samuel R. Berger, General Wesley K. Clark, Former Senior Advisor, 2001-2009, Preventive Defense Project, Thomas E. Donilon, Michele A. Flournoy, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1989-1993, John D. Podesta, Susan E. Rice, General (ret.) John M. Shalikashvili, Former Founding Senior Advisor, Preventive Defense Project, Amb. Wendy R. Sherman, Dr. Elizabeth D. Sherwood-Randall, Former Founding Senior Advisor, Preventive Defense Project and Dr. James B. Steinberg
The National Security Advisory Group sounds a warning, raising awareness about the state of our ground forces today and the very real risk that poses to our future security. The group also proposes an action plan for restoring the health and vitality of the U.S. military.
January / February 2006
A Fuel-Cycle Fix
Magazine or Newspaper Article, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
By Dr. Ashton B. Carter, Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project (on leave), Harvard & Stanford Universities and Stephen A. LaMontagne
A new international regime could stop nations before they enter the proliferation “red zone.”
December 14, 2005
Panel: Nuclear & Non-Nuclear Forces in Twenty-First Century Deterrence: Implementing the New Triad
Presentation
By Dr. Ashton B. Carter, Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project (on leave), Harvard & Stanford Universities
Remarks by Ashton B. Carter at the 36th IFPA-Fletcher Conference on National Security Strategy and Policy, Washington, DC.
November 11, 2005
Origins of the Nunn-Lugar Program
Presentation
By Dr. Ashton B. Carter, Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project (on leave), Harvard & Stanford Universities
Dr. Ashton B. Carter delivers remarks on the Origins of the Nunn-Lugar Program at the Presidential Conference on William Jefferson Clinton: The “New Democrat” from Hope, hosted by Hofstra University, November 10-12, 2005.
November 2, 2005
The India Deal: Looking at the Big Picture
Testimony
By Dr. Ashton B. Carter, Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project (on leave), Harvard & Stanford Universities
Dr. Ashton B. Carter testifies before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on the Implications for U.S. Nonproliferation Policy of the July 18, 2005 Joint Statement between President Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India
October 21, 2005
Panel: New Approaches for Addressing the Threat of WMD Proliferation
Presentation
By Dr. Ashton B. Carter, Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project (on leave), Harvard & Stanford Universities
Remarks by Ashton B. Carter at the Conference on "Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Current Challenges and New Approaches," at Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy.
July 20, 2005
Worst Weapons in Worst Hands: U.S. Inaction on the Nuclear Terror Threat Since 9/11, and a Path of Action
Report
By Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Dr. Ashton B. Carter, Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project (on leave), Harvard & Stanford Universities, Secretary Madeleine K. Albright, Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School, Samuel R. Berger, General Wesley K. Clark, Former Senior Advisor, 2001-2009, Preventive Defense Project, Thomas E. Donilon, Michele A. Flournoy, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1989-1993, John D. Podesta, Susan E. Rice, General (ret.) John M. Shalikashvili, Former Founding Senior Advisor, Preventive Defense Project, Amb. Wendy R. Sherman, Dr. Elizabeth D. Sherwood-Randall, Former Founding Senior Advisor, Preventive Defense Project and Dr. James B. Steinberg
The gravest threat facing Americans today is a terrorist detonating a nuclear bomb in one of our cities. The National Security Advisory Group (NSAG) judges that the Bush administration is taking insufficient actions to counter this threat.
