Awards
2012 FPA Distinguished Scholar Award Presented to Yaacov Vertzberger
(From left to right) Stephen G. Walker, Margaret G. Hermann, Sumit Ganguly, Yaacov Vertzberger, Arie M. Kacowicz and Edward Kolodziej celebrate Vertzberger’s Distinguished Scholar 2012 Award at the annual ISA convention in San Diego.
Past Distinguished Honorees
• Alexander George 1990
• James Rosenau 1991
• Ole Holsti 1992
• Margaret Hermann 1994
• Michael Brecher 1995
• Bruce Russett 1996
• Harold Guetzkow 1997
• Robert C. North 1998
• Charles Kegley 1999
• Jack Levy 2000
• Charles Hermann 2001
• Eugene Wittkopf 2002
• Stephen G. Walker 2003
• Jonathan Wilkenfeld 2004
• Alex Mintz 2005
• Charles Doran 2006
• Patrick James 2007
• Bruce Bueno de Mesquita 2008
• Steve Chan 2009
• Joseph S. Nye, Jr. 2010
• Stanley Hoffmann 2011
Distinguished Scholar Award Nominations for 2013
The Foreign Policy Analysis Section is soliciting nominations for its Distinguished Scholar Award to be given at the annual convention in San Francisco in April 2013. Self-nominations are welcome. Nominations should include a letter of support and the nominee's C.V. As a general guideline, nominees should have a substantial record of publishing in the field and service to the section. Please send nominations via email to Cameron Thies (cameron-thies@uiowa.edu) by no later than May 4, 2012. The recipient will be selected by the section's six-member Executive Council. A panel highlighting the distinguished scholar's contributions to the field of foreign policy analysis and the broader profession will be organized for the meeting in San Francisco. In addition, the distinguished scholar will be honored at a reception where he or she will be presented with a plaque.
Alexander George Graduate Student Paper Competition 2012
The winner of the Alexander George Graduate Student Paper Competition is:
Rachelle Cloutier for her paper, “The Ties that Bind? Liberal Democracies, Global Human Rights Norms & Foreign Policy Dilemmas.”
Honorable mention:
Olivier Schmitt for “Strategic Users of Culture: German Decision-making on the Use of Military Force in ESDP Operations.”
Alexander George Graduate Student Paper Competition 2013
Graduate students are invited to participate in the 2013 Alexander George Graduate Student Paper Competition sponsored by the Foreign Policy Analysis Section of the ISA. The award was established in 1990 to recognize an outstanding graduate student paper presented on a Foreign Policy Analysis Section panel at the ISA Annual Convention, regional meetings or ISA-sponsored international meetings. Papers that are eligible for the 2013 award must have been presented at or after the San Diego meeting. Papers that are co-authored by a faculty member are not typically eligible for consideration.
To enter the competition, please e-mail a copy of your paper (in MS Word or PDF format) by no later than September 1, 2012 to the Chair of the Alexander George Award Committee, Jarrod Hayes (jarrod.hayes@gatech.edu). Please ensure “Alexander George Award” appears in the subject line of the email. The other Committee members are Klaus Brummer and James Scott. There is the potential for multiple awards based on the quality and number of papers received. Please feel free to contact the chair of the award committee with questions.
