Graham Allison

Graham Allison is the Douglas Dillon Professor of Government at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Recent articles by Graham Allison

Escaping Thucydides's trap: A discussion between Graham Allison and Henry Huiyao Wang

Escaping Thucydides's trap: A discussion between Graham Allison and Henry Huiyao Wang

During the recently concluded Munich Security Conference, Professor Graham Allison from Harvard University met Dr Huiyao Wang, founder and president of the Centre for China and Globalisation based in Beijing, to discuss Dr Wang’s new book (“Escaping Thucydides’s Trap: Dialogue with Graham Allison on China-US Relations”) which is grounded on and develops arguments made in Professor Allison’s highly influential 2017 book, “Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap.”

Averting the grandest collision of all time

Averting the grandest collision of all time

If Thucydides were asked about what’s happening in relations between the US and China today, what would he say? That was the question posed to me at the Davos World Economic Forum in January. I responded that he would say that this is a classic Thucydidean rivalry in which the two parties are right on script, each competing to show which can best exemplify the typical rising and ruling power—leaving him on the edge of his seat anticipating the grandest collision of all time.