2013 ISSS Awards
Distinguished Scholar Award: Professor Scott Sagan, Stanford University
Best Book Award: Joshua Rovner, Fixing the Facts: National Security and the Politics of Intelligence, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2011.
Best Graduate Paper Award: Austin Carson, "Secrecy, Denial, and Escalation Management in the Korean War."
Thanks to the hardworking committee members:
Distinguished Scholar Selection Committee
Chair: Gale Mattox
Members: Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv; Jarrod Hayes; Chris Demchak
Best Graduate Student Paper Selection Committee
Chair: Suzanne Nielsen
Members: Helen Purkitt; Matt Crosston; Richard Lacquement
Best Book Selection Committee
Chair: Deborah Avant
Members: Michael Horowitz; Tim Hoyt; Maria Rublee
2012 ISSS Awards
Distinguished Scholar Award: Prof. Jack Snyder (Columbia University.
Best Book Award: Michael C. Horowitz (University of Pennsylvania), The Diffusion of Military Power: Causes and Consequences for International Politics. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010.
Honorable Mention, Charles L. Glaser (George Washington University), Rational Theory of International Politics. The Logic of Competition and Cooperation. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010
Best Graduate Paper Award: Andrew Boutton (Pennsylvania State University),"U.S. Military Aid & the Geese that Lay Golden Eggs: Terrorist Groups & Interstate Rivalry."
The section wishes to thank those who served on the three ISSS award committees for this past award cycle:
Distinguished Scholar Selection Committee
Chair: Tim Hoyt
Members: Stacie Goddard; Deborah Avant; Hendrik Spruyt
Best Graduate Student Paper Selection Committee
Chair: Gunhild Hoogensen
Members: Gale Mattox, Andrew Dorman
Best Book Selection Committee
Chair: James Lebovic
Members: Audrey Kurth Cronin; Suzanne Nielsen
ISSS AWARD DESCRIPTIONS
Distinguished Scholar in International Security Studies Award
Distinguished Scholar in International Security Studies
The Distinguished Scholar Award is given for life achievement in International Security Studies. Typically, nominees will have made major contributions to scholarship in the field both via their own research and writing and their mentorship of others. The nomination may come from any member of the International Security Studies Section. Nominations should be accompanied by a short letter of justification (not more than 1 page) and the nominee’s CV. Candidates nominated in previous years are considered still to be in contention, and do not need to be re-nominated. Prior recipients include Robert Art, Richard Betts, Lawrence Freedman, Samuel Huntington, Robert Jervis, John Mearsheimer, Richard Rosecrance, Thomas Schelling, Jack Snyder, and Kenneth Waltz.
The award recipient will be honored at a special panel at the ISA conference in Toronto in March 2014. The award includes a plaque and a $500 award which will be distributed at a reception following the panel. The nomination may be sent to the chair of the committee.
Co-Chair: Deborah Avant (Deborah.Avant@du.edu), Co-Chair: Jack Snyder (jls6@columbia.edu)
Members: Fiona Adamson (fa33@soas.ac.uk), Ted Hopf (polhtg@nus.edu.sg)
Deadline: April 22, 2013
Prior Recipients
• 2013: Scott Sagan
• 2012: Jack Snyder
• 2011: Thomas Schelling
• 2010: Kenneth Waltz
• 2009: Samuel Huntington
• 2008: Richard Rosecrance
• 2007: Lawrence Freedman
• 2006: Robert Art
• 2005: Richard Betts
• 2004: John Mearsheimer
• 1996: Robert Jervis
Best Book Award
The ISSS Annual Best Book Award recognizes the book on any aspect of security studies that excels in originality, significance, and rigor, published during the 2012 calendar year. Please send a copy of the nominated book to each of the three committee members along with a short (1 page maximum) justification for the nomination. The award comes with a plaque presented at the ISA annual meeting, and a $500 award.
Chair: Richard Lacquement (richard.lacquement@us.army.mil)S
Members: Stacie Goddard (sgoddard@wellesley.edu), Chris Demchak, (chris.demchak@usnwc.edu)
Deadline: June 1, 2013
Book Committee Postal Addresses:
Richard Lacquement, Ph.D.
Colonel, U.S. Army
Dean, School of Strategic Landpower
1101 Stratford Dr
Carlisle PA 17013
Professor Chris C. Demchak
Strategic Res. Dept
United States Naval War College,
Code 30 MLH 318
686 Cushing Rd
Newport, RI, USA 02841
Professor Stacie Goddard
Department of Political science
233 Pendleton Hall East
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA 02481
Best Graduate Student Paper Competition
Best Graduate Student Paper: Competition Nominations are being accepted for the ISSS best graduate student paper. Papers presented at the April 2013 ISA conference and the annual ISSS/ISAC conference are eligible for submission. Nominations (with an electronic copy of the paper) normally come from faculty supervisors and mentors as well as panel chairs or discussants at the above mentioned conferences and should include a one paragraph justification. The award includes a plaque and a $500 award, which will be distributed at a reception at the ISA conference in Toronto in March 2014. Please send your submissions to the selection committee chair.
Chair: Gale Mattox (mattox@usna.edu)
Members: Tanisha Fazal (tmf2001@columbia.edu),Tim Hoyt (hoytt@usnwc.edu).
Deadline: TBA when ISSS-ISAC 2013 dates are set
