ISSS Best Security Article Award

General Information

Purpose

To recognize an article by an ISA member on any aspect of security studies that excels in originality, significance, and rigor, published in the prior calendar year.

Selection Process

Papers must be nominated according to the application process described below.
The selection will be made by the ISSS Best Article and Paper Award Committee

Prize

The recipient of this award will receive a plaque and a $500 prize, which will be distributed at a reception of the ISA Annual Convention in Toronto in 2019.

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Eligibility Requirements

Any author or co-authors of a security studies article that appeared in print in 2017.
The author or co-authors of the article must be current members of ISA.

Application Process

Please send a full PDF copy of the nominated article, along with a short (1-page maximum) justification for the nomination, to the committee chair, Sarah Kreps (sarah.kreps@cornell.edu). Self-nominations are welcome.
The deadline for nominations is July 15, 2018.

Recipients

Congratulations to Austin Carson's article "Facing Off and Saving Face: Covert Intervention and Escalation Management in the Korean War" for receiving the 2018 ISSS Best Security Article Award!

Past Recipients

2017, Aisha Ahmad, "The Security Bazaar: Business Interests and Islamist Power in Civil War Somalia," published in International Security

2018, Austin Carson, "Facing Off and Saving Face: Covert Intervention and Escalation Management in the Korean War," published in International Organization

Award Committee

Sarah Kreps, Chair

Cornell University

sarah.kreps@cornell.edu

Tricia Sullivan, Member

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Jen Spindel, Member

University of Oklahoma