Graham Allison

Graham Allison is director of Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Centre for Science and International Affairs and the best-selling author of Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States, and the World; Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe; and Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis. Founder of the Harvard Kennedy School, Dr. Allison has served as assistant secretary of defense under every president from Reagan to Obama. He lives in Belmont, Massachusetts.