Graham Allison

Writing for PS since 2013
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Graham Allison is Professor of Government and former Director of Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He is the author of Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?

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The Case for Secret Diplomacy
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The Case for Secret Diplomacy

Apr 26, 2018 Graham Allison thinks Secretary of State-Designate Mike Pompeo was right not to disclose his North Korea assignation.

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The Conscience of a Conservative?
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The Conscience of a Conservative?

Nov 3, 2017 Graham Allison laments that a Republican senator's response to threats against US democracy is simply to quit.

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Optimizing Decision-Making in a Dangerous World
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Optimizing Decision-Making in a Dangerous World

Sep 4, 2017 Graham Allison & Arianna Huffington argue that today's global problems require not just action, but deep and careful consideration.

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Lee Kuan Yew’s China
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Lee Kuan Yew’s China

Feb 25, 2013 Graham Allison, et al.

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The Economic Consequences of Automation

Robert Skidelsky

Economic theory does not provide a clear answer regarding the overall impact of technological progress on jobs. And even if automation has traditionally been beneficial in the long run, policymakers should never ignore its disruptive short-term effects on workers.

Jerome Powell’s Dilemma

Carmen M. Reinhart & Vincent Reinhart

There is a reason that the US Federal Reserve chair often has a haunted look. Probably to his deep and never-to-be-expressed frustration, the Fed is setting monetary policy in a way that increases the likelihood that President Donald Trump will be reelected next year.

Brexit House of Cards

Mark Malloch-Brown

Following British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's suspension of Parliament, and an appeals court ruling declaring that act unlawful, the United Kingdom finds itself in a state of political frenzy. With rational decision-making having become all but impossible, any new political agreement that emerges is likely to be both temporary and deeply flawed.

Graham Allison

The Case for Secret Diplomacy

The Conscience of a Conservative?

Optimizing Decision-Making in a Dangerous World

Lee Kuan Yew’s China

Asia’s Multilateral Balancing Act

The Economic Consequences of Automation

The Return of Fiscal Policy

Jerome Powell’s Dilemma

Can Direct Democracy Defeat Populism?

Strengthening Land Rights Will Curb Migration

Islands of Climate Ambition

Brexit House of Cards

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