Graham Allison
Dr. Graham Allison is the Douglas Dillon Professor of Government at Harvard University. He is one of the United States' leading analysts on national security and defense policy. Dr. Allison has particular interests in nuclear weapons, terrorisms, decision-making, Russia, and China. He has advised the secretaries of defense under every administration, from Reagan to Obama. Dr. Allison has the sole distinction of having twice been granted the Distinguished Public Service Medal, Department of Defense's highest civilian award. He was awarded first by Secretary Cap Weinberger and second by Secretary Bill Perry.
Graham Allison Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Director
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Founding Dean
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Douglas Dillon Professor of Government
Academic History
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BA, History, magna cum laude
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PhD, Political Science
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BA and MA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, First Class Honors
- Dr. Allison was born and raised in Charlotte, NC.
- He received the Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service for "reshaping relations with Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan to reduce the former Soviet nuclear arsenal."
- He has taught for five decades at Harvard University.
- He was the “Founding Dean” of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, a small program that grew twenty-fold to become a major professional school of public policy and Government.
- He served as Assistant Secretary of Defense under President Clinton and Special Advisor to the secretary of Defense under President Reagan.
- He has been a member of the Secretary of Defense’s Advisory Board for every Secretary, from Weinberger to Mattis.
- He has also served on the Advisory Boards of the Secretary of State and the Director of the CIA.
- He was the organizer of the Commission on America's National Interests, a founding member of the Trilateral Commission, a Director of the Council on Foreign Relations.
- He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.