Graham Allison on the Global Realignment: Iran, China, Israel, Greenland
3/9/20261 hr 3 min
(0:00) The Besties welcome legendary Harvard professor Graham Allison
(1:14) Iran Conflict: Strategy, Netanyahu's influence, Trump's motivation, redefining Middle East security
(11:44) Iran endgame scenarios: Democracy, extremism, second-order effects
(21:07) Israel: Is Netanyahu destroying Israel's democracy?
(24:28) China: Taiwan invasion, trade, and Trump's April meeting
(39:50) Greenland: Importance, deal scenarios, EU socialism angle
(48:58) Nuclear proliferation: 80-80-9 framework explained
(56:20) Rising socialism in America: wealth inequality and political risk
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First 90 secondsDavid Friedberg· Host0:00
Welcome to another episode of The All In Interview. I'm really excited to be joined by, uh, back to All In, Harvard professor Graham Allison. Professor Allison, welcome back to All In.
Graham Allison· Guest0:10
Thanks for having me.
David Friedberg· Host0:10
We last had you at the, uh, summit in Los Angeles, so it's great to have a conversation. A lot's happened since we last got together. For the audience, Graham Allison's the founding dean of the Harvard Kennedy School. He's advised every Secretary of Defense since Kissinger. He's helped dismantle twelve thousand Soviet nuclear weapons, and his book, Destined for War, remains the definitive framework for understanding the US-China relationship. I think it's worth kind of bringing forward some of the things that have happened in the world since we last met. [singing] I'm going all in. [upbeat music] If you were building a global financial system from first principles today, you wouldn't build it on fifty-year-old legacy rails. You'd build Airwallets. It's the single platform for global accounts, cards, and payments that treats the entire world like a local market. Stop paying the legacy tax and start building the future at airwallex.com/allin. Airwallex, build the future. [singing] I'm going all in. Let's start with Iran. The US and Israel are in the middle of an attack on Iran, and the supreme leader is dead, but the regime is still holding on to power. Where do you think this conflict will take us, and are we sleepwalking into World War III?