General
John Rutherford Allen
Brookings Institution
Area
Leadership, Policy, and Communications
Specialty
Public Affairs and Public Policy
Elected
2022
John Rutherford Allen is a retired U.S. Marine Corps four-star general and former commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and U.S. Forces in Afghanistan.
Allen was president of the Brookings Institution from November 2017 to June 2022, having previously served as a distinguished fellow in the Foreign Policy Program at Brookings.
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