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- Belfer Center Newsletter

Can the United States Save the Nonproliferation Regime?

    Author:
  • Robin Olsen
| Spring 2008

The future of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and its relevance to the security of the United States was the subject of a November debate in the JFK Jr. Forum between Ashton B. Carter, co-director of the Preventive Defense Project and Richard G. Joseph, former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.

PDP Hosts Workshop on Defense Management Challenges in the Post-Bush Era

Department of Defense

Press Release

PDP Hosts Workshop on Defense Management Challenges in the Post-Bush Era

| February 7, 2008

On February 7, 2008, PDP Co-Directors Ashton B. Carter and William J. Perry hosted one in a series of workshops entitled “Defense Management Challenges in the Post-Bush Era.” The off-the-record workshop, held in Washington, DC, focused on what management challenges the next administration will face in the next two to five years. The management issues include balancing strategy and resources in a tightening budget climate, leveraging America’s technology and industrial bases to sustain a competitive edge, resetting civil-military relations, and extending the concept of national security management to include non-military capabilities.

Dr. Ashton B. Carter

Photo by Mike Casey

Press Release

PDP Co-Director Ashton B. Carter Participates in Forum Event at Kennedy School with Ambassador Robert G. Joseph: “Can the U.S. Save the Non-Proliferation Regime?”

    Author:
  • Robin Olsen
| November 13, 2007

On Tuesday, November 13, 2007, Dr. Ashton B. Carter, Co-Director of the Preventive Defense Project, participated in a moderated question and answer with Ambassador Robert G. Joseph titled "Can the U.S. Save the Non-Proliferation Regime?"

Press Release

PDP Hosts WMD Workshop on Heading Off a Nuclear Proliferation Cascade

    Author:
  • Robin Olsen
| June 20, 2007

On June 20, 2007, PDP Co-Directors Ashton B. Carter and William J. Perry hosted a WMD-related workshop entitled "Heading Off a Nuclear Proliferation Cascade." The off-the-record workshop, held in Washington, DC, explored the likelihood of a nuclear cascade in the next decade and the consequences of this possibility. Participants discussed potential cascades in East Asia and the Middle East, and recommended country, regional and global strategies to address this proliferation challenge.

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Press Release

Preventive Defense Project Co-hosts DPRK Energy Experts Working Group Meeting

    Author:
  • Robin Olsen
| June 27, 2006

San Francisco, CA – The Preventive Defense Project, in collaboration with the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and Korea Energy Economics Institute, hosted a Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea (DPRK) Energy Experts Working Group Meeting in San Francisco, CA, on June 26-27, 2006.

Preventive Defense Project’s Co-Director Dr. William Perry Gives Speech on Iran, North Korea, and the Challenges of Proliferation at the Center for National Policy

The Center for National Policy - www.cnponline.org

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Preventive Defense Project’s Co-Director Dr. William Perry Gives Speech on Iran, North Korea, and the Challenges of Proliferation at the Center for National Policy

    Author:
  • Robin Olsen
| May 24, 2006

PDP Co-Director William J. Perry delivered a speech to the Center for National Policy on May 24, 2006, in Washington, DC at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill. Dr. Perry’s speech focused on Iran, North Korea, and the challenges of proliferation. Dr. Perry discussed the options available to the United States in order to reduce the threat of nuclear terrorism stemming from the nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea.