Graham Allison

Graham Allison
Allison in 2017
Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
In office
June 1, 1995 – July 1, 2017
Succeeded byAsh Carter
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Policy and Plans
In office
August 6, 1993 – March 15, 1994
PresidentBill Clinton
Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government
In office
June 1, 1977 – May 30, 1989
Preceded byDon K. Price
Succeeded byRobert D. Putnam
Personal details
Born
Graham Tillett Allison Jr.

(1940-03-23) March 23, 1940 (age 84)
Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Children
See list
    • Rebecca Allison
    • Madison Allison
    • Dashiell Allison
    • Jacob Allison
    • Henry C. Allison
EducationHarvard University (BA, PhD)
Hertford College, Oxford (BA, MA)

Graham Tillett Allison Jr. (born March 23, 1940) is an American political scientist and the Douglas Dillon Professor of Government at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.[1] He is known for his contributions in the late 1960s and early 1970s to the bureaucratic analysis of decision making, especially during times of crisis. His book Remaking Foreign Policy: The Organizational Connection, co-written with Peter L. Szanton, was published in 1976 and influenced the foreign policy of the Carter administration. Since the 1970s, Allison has also been a leading analyst of U.S. national security and defense policy, with a special interest in nuclear weapons and terrorism.[2]

  1. ^ "Graham Allison". www.hks.harvard.edu. 10 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Graham Allison". www.hks.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-23.