Graeme Thompson

Graeme Thompson is an Associate with the Applied History Project at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. His research focuses on imperial history, the history of liberalism, and the connection between geopolitics, globalization, and international order. He is also a senior analyst with Eurasia Group, where he advises on geopolitical risk and emerging global trends.

Graeme was previously an Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy at the Belfer Center (2020–2022), and prior to moving to Harvard served as a policy advisor and speechwriter in the foreign policy planning division at Global Affairs Canada. He has held visiting fellowships at Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs as well as the University of Toronto’s Massey College and the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History. Graeme holds a D.Phil. in History from the University of Oxford, a master’s in the Theory and History of International Relations from the London School of Economics, and a B.A. (hons) in Political Science from the University of Western Ontario.