What can an enterprising young technologist working in the United States today do for his country? Ash Carter lays down three reasons why he thinks Googlers should work with the Department of Defense.

The twenty-fifth Secretary of Defense takes readers behind the scenes to reveal the inner workings of the Pentagon, its vital mission, and what it takes to lead it.

Ash Carter joins GZERO World with Ian Bremmer to talk about America's competitive relationship with China and the role of technology in national security.

The Government of Japan has announced that its prestigious Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun will be awarded to Ashton B. Carter, Belfer Center Director and former Secretary of Defense.  The award recognizes his contributions towards strengthening the relationship between Japan and the United States in the areas of security and defense.

In this live conversation recorded at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, Recode's Kara Swisher talks with Ash Carter, the former Secretary of Defense under President Obama who now runs the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
 

Harvard Kennedy School Dean Douglas Elemendorf announced this week that Juliette Kayyem has been promoted to Senior Lecturer.

Richard Lugar, U.S. Senator from Indiana 1997-2013, died on April 28 at age 87.

Belfer Center Director and former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter issued a statement praising "one of America's very greatest public servants," his mentor and friend.

In a JFK Jr. Forum conversation with Belfer Center Director Ash Carter on tech issues, Recode Editor-at-Large Kara Swisher underscored the need to consider possible negative as well as positive impacts when technologies are first being developed. Using social media as an example, Swisher said at Tuesday’s forum it is deeply problematic that we have allowed private tech companies to become society’s public square, and now rely on these platforms for everything from general discourse to news. 

Hosted by the Belfer Center, Swisher participated in a number of events at Harvard Kennedy School on Tuesday, April 23.

Technology has reached a critical juncture in American society. The unfettered optimism of recent decades is now tempered through rising concerns over privacy and security, the impact of disinformation campaigns, and increasing calls for digital accountability. It is clear that the 116^th Congress will face pressure to shape technological innovation through policies that protect and serve the best interests of their constituents.