Dr. William J. Perry
Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project
19th Secretary of Defense for the United States
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)
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.
June 11, 1998
Move Closer to China, Not Far, for Security
Op-Ed, USA Today
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 Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project
Op-ed by Carter, Deutch, and Perry in USA Today
October 21, 1997
NATO's True Mission
Op-Ed, New York Times
By Warren Christopher and Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project
Warren Christopher and William J. Perry authored an Op-Ed in the New York TImes emphasizing NATO's responsibility to adapt as political and military conditions in Europe have changed.
January 1992
A New Concept of Cooperative Security
Book
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities, John D. Steinbruner, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1973-1977 and Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project
Innovative book by Carter, Steinbruner, and Perry
August 1990
New Thinking and American Defense Technology
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
Report of the Carnegie Comission on Science, Technology, and Government
March / April 2007
China on the March
Magazine or Newspaper Article, National Interest, issue 88
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities and Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project
China's announcement of a major increase in military spending has raised many questions about the future of Washington's relations with Beijing. In the March/April 2007 issue of The National Interest, Ashton B. Carter and William J. Perry provide answers.
2007
China's Rise in American Military Strategy
Book Chapter
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 U.S. has no choice but to adopt 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.
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.
