Policy Publications

* Indicates new or updated entries as of June 2007

Publications are listed in reverse chronological order;
the most recent articles are at the top.

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*85.	Priority Energy Security Issues. In Energy Security and Climate Change. A Report to the Trilateral Commission, Brussels Belgium (March 2007).	PDF [1018 KB]
*84.	The Future of Coal (with Ernest Moniz, et al). An Interdisciplinary MIT Study (March 2007). Available from http://web.mit.edu/coal/	Select from available PDF files
*83.	Oil Addiction Weakens the U.S. (with James R. Schlesinger). Newsweek (December 20, 2006).	PDF
*82.	Aye, Spy. New York Times (November 15, 2006).	PDF [212 KB]
*81.	National Security Consequences of U.S. Oil Dependence (co-chair with James R. Schlesinger) Report of an Independent Task Force of the Council on Foreign Relations (October 2006).	PDF [288 KB]
*80.	The Nuclear Option (with Ernest J. Moniz). Scientific American, 295, 76 (September 2006).	PDF [108 KB]
*79.	China’s Energy Challenge (with Peter Ogden and John Podesta). In China's March for the 21st Century: A Report of the Aspen Strategy Group (January 2007).	PDF [3.9MB] (Download file directly from publisher)
*78.	Biomass Movement. Wall Street Journal (May 10, 2006).	PDF [580 KB]
*77.	A Plan for Nuclear Waste (with Ernest J. Moniz). Washington Post, A17 (January 30, 2006). Available from The Washington Post Online at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/29/AR2006012900719_pf.html [View article online]	PDF
76.	Energy Security. MIT Center for Energy and Environment Policy Research Annual Meeting (November 17, 2005).	PDF [100 KB]
75.	Exiting Iraq. The 2005 Harvard Phi Beta Kappa Oration. Harvard Magazine, 32 (September–October 2005).
74.	Time to Pull Out. And Not Just from Iraq. New York Times, Op Ed, A19 (July 15, 2005). Available from International Herald Tribune at http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/15/opinion/eddeutch.php [View article online]	PDF
73.	What Should the Government Do to Encourage Technical Change in the Energy Sector? MIT Joint Program on Science and Policy of Global Change, Report #120 (May 2005). Available from http://mit.edu/globalchange/www/reports.html#r120 [View source \| View abstract online]	PDF [224 KB] (Download file directly from publisher)
* 72.	Meeting the Bioterrorism Challenge Testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Subcommittee on Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness (May 11, 2005).	PDF
71.	Research Worth Fighting For (with William J. Perry). New York Times, Op Ed, A29 (April 13, 2005).	PDF
70.	A Nuclear Posture for Today. Foreign Affairs, 84, 49 (January/February 2005).	PDF [155 KB]
69.	Nuclear Material Loopholes. (with Ernest Moniz). Letter to Science magazine. Science, 306, 1890 (December 2004).	PDF [109KB]
68.	Making the World Safe for Nuclear Energy (with Arnold Kanter, Ernest Moniz, and Daniel Poneman). Survival, 46, 65 (Winter 2004-2005).	PDF [91 KB]
67.	Future United States Energy Security Concerns. MIT Joint Program on Science and Policy of Global Change, Report #115 (September 2004). Available from http://mit.edu/globalchange/www/reports.html#r115 [View source \| View abstract online]	PDF [261 KB] (Download file directly from publisher)
66.	Hybrid Cars Now, Fuel Cell Car Later (with Nurettin Demirdover). Science, 305, 974 (August 2004).	PDF [226 KB]
65.	Improving Weapons of Mass Destruction Intelligence (with Arnold Kanter). Paper for the Aspen Strategy Group (August 2004).	PDF [167 KB]
64.	Building Capability from the Technical Revolution That Has Happened (with John P. White). Report of the Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs 2003 Defense Transformation Conference. Strategic Study Institute of the Army War College (June 2004). Available from http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ssi/pubs/display.cfm/hurl/PubID=407 [View source online]	PDF [144 KB] (Download file directly from publisher)
63.	Strengthening U.S. Intelligence. Statement Before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S. (October 14, 2003). Available from http://www.9-11commission.gov/hearings/hearing4/witness_deutch.htm [View article online]	PDF [141 KB]
62.	Nuclear Power Can Work (with Ernest Moniz). New York Times, A25 (August 14, 2003).	PDF [203 KB]
61.	U.S. Intelligence Collection in Iraq. Statement before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (July, 24 2003).	PDF [67 KB]
60.	The Future of Nuclear Power (with Ernest Moniz, et al). An Interdisciplinary MIT Study (July 2003). ISBN 0-615-12420-8. Available from http://web.mit.edu/nuclearpower/	Select from available PDF files
59.	Security and Energy: Short-Term Implications of a Long-Term View. In Thinking the Unthinkable. Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani, Editor. The XIII Repsol-YPF Harvard Seminar Series, J.F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge MA (May, 2003).
58.	Security Transformation. Report of the Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs 2001 Defense Transformation Conference. Strategic Study Institute of the Army War College (March 2003). Available from http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ssi/pubs/pubResult.cfm/hurl/PubID=213 [View online source]	PDF [76 KB] (Download file directly from publisher)
57.	The Smart Approach to Intelligence, Washington Post, A17, September 9, 2002.	PDF [28 KB]
56.	Consolidation of the U.S. Defense Industrial Base. Acquisition Review Quarterly, 137 (Fall 2001). Available from http://www.dau.mil/pubs/arq/arq2001.asp#Fall [View online source]	PDF [102 KB] (Download file directly from publisher)
55.	Smarter Intelligence (with J. H. Smith). Foreign Policy, 128, 4714 (2002).	PDF [45 KB]
* 54.	Strengthening the National Security Interagency Process (with Arnold Kanter and Brent Scowcroft and with the assistance of Chris Hornbarger). Chapter 10 in Keeping the Edge: Managing Defense for the Future. Ashton B. Carter and John P. White, Eds. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press (2001). All chapters available from http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/publication.cfm?ctype=book&item_id=143 [View online source]	PDF [120 KB] (Download file directly from publisher)
53.	An Agenda for Mr. Rumsfeld. The Washington Post, A23 (January 1, 2001).
52.	National Missile Defense: Is There Another Way? (with Harold Brown & J.P. White). Foreign Policy, 119, 91-100 (2000).
51.	Saving NATO's Foundation (with Arnold Kanter & Brent Scowcroft). Foreign Affairs, 54 (Nov/Dec 1999).
50.	Test Ban Treaty: Let's Wait a While (with Henry Kissinger & Brent Scowcroft). The Washington Post, A33 (October 6, 1999).
49.	Catastrophic Terrorism (with Ash Carter & Philip Zelikow). Foreign Affairs, 77, 80-94 (Nov/Dec 1998).
48.	Combating Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Report of the Commission to Assess the Organization of the Federal Government to Combat the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. J.M. Deutch, Chairman. Washington D.C. (July 14, 1998).	PDF [1.6 MB]
47.	Missile Defenses: Looking Beyond the Political Litmus Test (with B. Scowcroft and A. Kanter). The Forum for International Policy, Issue Brief, Number 18-24 (October 27, 1998).
46.	When to Strike Back. The New York Times, A15 (August 22, 1998).	PDF [87 KB]
45.	Move Close to China, Not Far, for Security (with William Perry & Ash Carter). USA Today, 17A (June 11, 1998).
44.	How Best to Oust Hussein? The New York Times, Section 4, A17 (February 22, 1998).
43.	Coming to Terms on Global Warming. The Washington Post, A27 (October 13, 1997).
42.	Terrorism. Foreign Policy Magazine, 108, Think Again section, 10 (Fall 1997).
41.	Secrecy: Report of the Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Chairman; John M. Deutch, Member. Washington, DC: S. Doc 105-2 ISBN 0-16-0542119-0 (1997).
40.	The C.I.A. at 50. The Boston Globe, A23 (September 18, 1997).
39.	The C.I.A. Turns 50 (with former C.I.A. Directors). The Wall Street Journal (September 17, 1997).
38.	A Time to Open Up the C.I.A. The New York Times, Section 4, 17 (May 18, 1997).
37.	No Nukes? Not Yet (with Ashton B. Carter). The Wall Street Journal, Op Ed (March 4, 1997).
36.	End the Chemical Weapons Business (with Brent Scowcroft). The Washington Post, A21 (February 11, 1997).
35.	Moving Beyond Ames. The Washington Post, C7 (November 5, 1995).
34.	The CIA and Bosnia. Reply to Charles Lane and Thomas Shanke. The New York Review of Books, 43, 64 (1996).
33.	When Bullets Meet the Bytes. Los Angeles Times, Metro B7 (March 30, 1995).
32.	Military Readiness; Don't Measure Defense Only By the Money Spent. The Phoenix Gazette, B9 (December 29, 1994).
31.	Reforming the Pentagon: an Inside Job. Technology Review, 97, 31 (April 1994).
30.	In Military Readiness, Money Isn't Everything. The Washington Post, A19 (December 22, 1994).
29.	A Problem the Pentagon Will Solve. The Washington Post, A17 (June 21, 1994).
28.	Conversion at the NSF. Technology Review, 96, 62 (1993).
27.	Toward Improved U.S.-Japanese Relations (with K. Dam, J. S. Nye, et al). The Washington Quarterly, 16, 29 (1993).
26.	A Supercollision of Interests. Technology Review, 95, 66 (1992).
25.	The New Nuclear Threat. Foreign Affairs, 71, 120-134 (1992).
24.	Cool Thoughts on Global Warming. Technology Review, 95, 66 (May-Jun 1992).
23.	Priming the High Technology Pump (with Harold Brown & Paul MacAvoy). The Washington Post, A27 (April 9, 1992).
22.	Nuclear Weapons in the New World Order. Technology Review, 95, 68 (Feb-Mar 1992).
21.	The United States Edge Over Japan. Technology Review, 94, 73 (Nov-Dec 1991).
20.	A Scientific Method for Money; We Need Smarter, Not Bigger, Spending for Tomorrow's Research. The Washington Post, C3 (October 6, 1991).
19.	Containing Weapons Proliferation. Technology Review, 94, 73 (Aug-Sept 1991).
18.	Getting University-Industry Relations Right. Technology Review, 94, 65 (May-Jun 1991).
17.	Mismanaging Science. Technology Review, 94, 73 (Feb-Mar 1991).
16.	Scientists as Leaders. Issues in Sci. & Tech., 7, 30-31 (1991).
15.	The Foreign Policy of U.S. Universities. Science, 253, 492 (1991).
14.	Lessons of the Baltimore Case. Issues of Sci. & Tech., 6, 20-21 (1989).
13.	The Decision to Modernize U.S. Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. Science, 244, 1445-1450 (1989). A reply: 246, 195 (1989).
12.	Verify But Survive (with Brent Scowcroft & R. James Woolsey). The Washington Post, A23 (June 14, 1988).
11.	The Survivability Problem (with Brent Scowcroft & R. James Woolsey). The Washington Post, A32 (December 3, 1987).
10.	The Danger of the Zero Option, Instead Reduce INF Forces to 100 Warheads on Each Side (with Brent Scowcroft & R. James Woolsey). The Washington Post, A21 (March 31, 1987).
9.	Reagan's Latest Nuclear Strategy: Come and Get Us (with B. Scowcroft and R.J. Woolsey). The New Republic, 16-19 (April 19, 1988).
8.	A Way Out of Reykjavik (with B. Scowcroft and R.J. Woolsey). The New York Times Magazine, 40 (Sunday, January 25, 1987).
7.	A Small, Survivable, Mobile ICBM (with B. Scowcroft and R.J. Woolsey). The Washington Post, A23 (December 26, 1986).
6.	Nukes: Continue the Tests (with B. Scowcroft and R.J. Woolsey). The Washington Post, A23 (June 29, 1986).
5.	Midgetman: Keep It On Track (with B. Scowcroft and R.J. Woolsey). The Washington Post, A10 (April 1, 1986).
4.	The MX Report: A Break With the Past. The Washington Post, Op Ed (April 12, 1983).
3.	Report of the President's Commission on Strategic Forces. Brent Scowcroft, Chairman; J.M. Deutch, Member. Washington, DC: The White House (1983).
2.	Myth and Reality in Chemical Warfare. Book Review of Yellow Rain by S. Seagrave. Chemical and Engineering News, 24-25 (February 1, 1982).
1.	Assessment of Research Needs for Oil Recovery from Heavy Oil Sources and Tar Sands (with S.S. Penner, et al). Energy, 7, 567 (1982).