Graham Allison
“If the US said they were going to recognize Taiwan as an independent country, it's quite likely that Beijing would act violently…that’s the fastest path to getting us to nuclear war.”
Graham Allison
“If the US said they were going to recognize Taiwan as an independent country, it's quite likely that Beijing would act violently…that’s the fastest path to getting us to nuclear war.”
Graham Allison is the Douglas Dillon Professor of Government at Harvard University and a leading analyst of national security with special interests in nuclear weapons, Russia, China, and decision-making. He was the Founding Dean of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and served as Director of its Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs which is ranked the “#1 University Affiliated Think Tank” in the world. 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. His first book, Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis (1971), ranks among the all-time bestsellers with more than 500,000 copies in print. Dr. Allison’s latest book, Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? (2017), is a national and international bestseller.