그레이엄 앨리슨은 미국의 대표적인 국가안보·국방정책 전문가로 레이건, 클린턴 행정부 당시 국방부 장관특보와 국방부 차관보를 지냈다. 하버드대 케네디스쿨 초대학장을 맡아 케네디스쿨을 수많은 석학과 정계인물들을 배출하는 세계 최고의 정치행정대학원으로 키웠고(1977-1989), 그 후 하버드대 벨퍼센터 소장을 역임했다(1995-2017). ‘투키디데스 함정’ 개념으로 출간 전부터 화제를 모았던 근저 <예정된 전쟁> (2017) 외에도 <리콴유가 말하다> (2013), <핵테러리즘> (2004) 등의 저서가 있다.

Graham T. Allison was Director of Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs from 1995 until July 2017. He also served as Dean of the Harvard Kennedy School from 1977 to 1989. Allison is a leading analyst of U.S. national security and defense policy with a special interest in nuclear weapons, terrorism, and decision-making. He has served as Special Advisor to the Secretary of Defense under President Reagan and as Assistant Secretary of Defense in the first Clinton Administration. His latest book, Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? (2017) quickly became a national bestseller. Dr. Allison was educated at Davidson College; Harvard College (B.A., magna cum laude, in History); Oxford University (B.A. and M.A., First Class Honors in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics); and Harvard University (Ph.D. in Political Science).