Allison, Graham T. Jr. - from United States |
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ID: 273157
Organization: TTC
Country of meeting: in the year 1973
Profession:
Political scientist and professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard from 1977 to 1989. He was Director for the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs from 1995 until 2017, when he was succeeded by former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter. Allison has been heavily involved in U.S. defense policy since working as an advisor and consultant to the Pentagon in the 1960s. He has been a member of the Secretary of Defense's Defense Policy Board from 1985. He was a special advisor to the Secretary of Defense (1985–87) and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Policy and Plans (1993–1994), where he coordinated strategy and policy towards the states of the former Soviet Union. President Bill Clinton awarded Allison the Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, for "reshaping relations with Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan to reduce the former Soviet nuclear arsenal". He was also an informal advisor to Michael Dukakis's 1988 presidential campaign. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_T._Allison Activities in the Orangization:
Member, North America Group |
