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Preventive Defense Project
The absence of an imminent, major, traditional military threat to American security presents today's leaders with an unaccustomed challenge and opportunity to prevent future Cold War-scale threats to international security from emerging. The Preventive Defense Project, committed to this post-Cold War defense st ...
February 1st, 2010
William Perry named co-chair of panel to assess Quadrennial Defense Review
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has named William Perry joint chair of an independent panel selected to assess the Department of Defense's (DOD) Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR). The bipartisan panel is required by law to submit by July 2010 a report to Congress that assesses challenges the nation faces and rebalances DoD strategies, capabilities and forces to address today's conflicts and tomorrow's threats. 
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October 15th, 2009
Joseph C. Martz from Los Alamos National Lab named inaugural Perry Fellow
CISAC, FSI Stanford Press ReleaseJoseph. C. Martz, a nuclear materials scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), has been named the inaugural William J. Perry Fellow in International Security at Stanford University. Read more »
March 25th, 2009
Russia Upbeat on Prospects for Better U.S. Ties
in the news: Global Security Newswire on March 23, 2009This article from the Global Security Newswire discusses Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's meeting with a group of former U.S. officials, including William Perry, co-director of CISAC's Preventive Defense Project. 
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March 16th, 2009
William Perry on North Korea
in the newsFormer U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry, co-director of CISAC's Preventive Defense Project, was quoted in two articles about North Korea's nuclear program.
- » KBS WORLD - Ex-US Defense Head Says Time to 'Reset' Nuke Talks
- » Associated Press - S. Korea: NKorea deploys new ballistic missile
"Getting to Zero"
in the newsFormer U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry, co-director of CISAC's Preventive Defense Project, and the "Getting to Zero" effort were referenced in several articles.
- » Nuclear weapons no longer serve a military purpose
- » Ban the bomb? Ask the generals
- » Nominating America To Be The World's Designated Driver
- » Revitalizing high-level nonproliferation and disarmament talks
- » Gates and Chu--Wil They Sink Obama's Nuclear Policy?
Ex-Defense chief met with Tehran aide
in the news: The Washington Times on January 30, 2009This is one of two recent articles about the track-two work of William Perry, former Secretary of Defense and co-director of CISAC's Preventive Defense Project. Read more »
Tehran says U.S. must accept nuclear programme
in the news: Financial Times on February 5, 2009The track-two work of William Perry, former defense secretary and co-director of CISAC's Preventive Defense Project, is mentioned in this article. Read more »