One of the three big factors that count against war in the relationship between China and the U.S. are, first, nuclear weapons and even a condition o…

- Graham T. Allison

I think we should be organized in something called an Alliance Against Nuclear Terrorism. In the same way that NATO was the great alliance of the Col…

- Graham T. Allison

For interests that are vital to the U.S. - that is, essential for our survival and wellbeing - the U.S. should be prepared to use military force - in…

- Graham T. Allison

The absence of a focal enemy, which is what the Cold War had provided; the complexity of the developments that are occurring that mean that the world…

- Graham T. Allison

The best simpleminded test of expertise in a particular area is an ability to win money in a series of bets on future occurrences in that area.

- Graham T. Allison

I think the election of Trump was an expression of what happens in ruling powers as they become alarmed.

- Graham T. Allison

When a rapidly rising power rivals an established ruling power, trouble ensues. In 11 of 15 cases in which this has occurred in the past 500 years, t…

- Graham T. Allison

If the Britain and France had done what they were obliged to do under the treaty and sent troops to enforce the treaty when Hitler remilitarized the …

- Graham T. Allison

Putin needs to understand and feel in his gut that if the Chechens get a nuclear bomb, they're going to Moscow first, they're not coming to New York.

- Graham T. Allison