John R. Allen

John R. Allen is the president of the Brookings Institution, a retired U.S. Marine Corps four-star general, and a former commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces in Afghanistan.

Articles by John R. Allen

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses his supporters at a rally near the White House in Washington before the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Invoke the 25th Amendment—Now

Argument

January 7, 2021, 4:52 PM

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The World After the Coronavirus

Roundup

John R. Allen, Laurie Garrett, Richard N. Haass, G. John Ikenberry, Kishore Mahbubani, Shivshankar Menon, Robin Niblett, Joseph S. Nye Jr., Shannon K. O'Neil, Kori Schake, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Stephen M. Walt, Stefan Theil

January 2, 2021, 6:00 AM

A broken Statue of Liberty figure outside a looted souvenir shop after a night of protest in New York City on June 2.

The Stakes Are High, and We Must Be Better Than This

Analysis

John R. Allen, Loree K. Sutton, Dana Pittard, Richard K. Betts, Harold Hongju Koh, Peter D. Feaver

June 4, 2020, 2:56 PM

U.S. President Donald Trump leaves the White House to go to St. John's Church in Washington on June 1.

A Moment of National Shame and Peril—and Hope

Argument

June 3, 2020, 5:29 PM

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How the World Will Look After the Coronavirus Pandemic

Analysis

John R. Allen, Nicholas Burns, Laurie Garrett, Richard N. Haass, G. John Ikenberry, Kishore Mahbubani, Shivshankar Menon, Robin Niblett, Joseph S. Nye Jr., Shannon K. O'Neil, Kori Schake, Stephen M. Walt, Stefan Theil

March 20, 2020, 7:02 PM

The Chinese flag flies before a rising moon at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Dec. 13, 2013. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)

The Next Space Race Is Artificial Intelligence

Argument

John R. Allen, Amir Husain

November 3, 2017, 8:00 AM

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