On 6:00 PM on October 3, 2013, George Perkovich, Vice President for Studies
and Director of the Nuclear Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, gave the 2013 Robert McNamara Lecture on War and Peace, titled "Preventing Nuclear War in South Asia: Unprecedented Challenges, Unprecedented Solutions."
Robert McNamara (1916–2009) was the Secretary of Defense under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He later served as President of The World Bank. McNamara Lecture speakers address the prevention of conflict, weapons of mass destruction, and nuclear terrorism.
Perkovich, George. "Preventing Nuclear War in South Asia: Unprecedented Challenges, Unprecedented Solutions." 2013 Robert McNamara Lecture on War and Peace, John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Presented October 3, 2013.