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International Security and Arms Control

The purpose of this section is to encourage research and scholarship in international security and arms control, providing an opportunity for presentation of papers and discussion of theoretical and empirical work at APSA section meetings.

Website: http://www.intlsecurity.org


2008 - 2009 Officers

President:
Jeffrey A. Larsen
Science Applications International Corporation
360 Command View
Colorado Springs CO 80915
larsenj@saic.com

Treasurer:
Paul Viotti
University of Denver
P.O. Box 1589
Monument, CO 80132-1589
pviotti@du.edu 

2008 Program Chair:
Timothy  Crawford
Boston College
Department of Political Science
230 McGuinn Hall
Chestnut Hill MA 02467-3807
timothy.crawford@bc.edu

Board Members:
Joseph Cerami, Texas A & M University
Chris Demchak, University of Arizona
Pete Dombrowski, Naval War College
Andrew Dorman, Kings College London
Jeffrey Larsen, SAIC
Gale Mattox, US Naval Academy
T.V. Paul, McGill University
James Russell, US Naval Postgraduate School
Amy Zegart, University of California, Los Angeles


Awards

The Joseph Kruzel Memorial Award for Distinguished Public Service is awarded to a scholar with a distinguished career in national security affairs both as an academic and a public servant. Submit nominations to Gale A. Mattox at mattox@usna.edu by February 1, 2009.  Please include a one page bio of the nominees' qualifications and achievements in the areas of academia and public service in the field of national security, and contact information for the nominee.

Award Committee Members:
Gale Mattox, US Naval Academy
Jeffrey Larsen, SAIC and University of Denver
Paul Viotti, University of Denver
Carmel Davis, The Citadel

The Kenneth N. Waltz Dissertation Award is awarded to a successfully defended doctoral dissertation on any aspect of security studies, which has been submitted in final, library copy in calendar year 2008.  The committee welcomed nominations for dissertations employing any approach (historical, quantitative, theoretical, policy analysis, etc.) to any topic in the field of security studies. Manuscripts are judged according to (1) originality in substance and approach; (2) significance for scholarly or policy debate; (3) rigor in approach and analysis; and (4) power of expression.

Nominations comprised of an electronic copy of the dissertation, a summary statement of no more than 1,000 words from the student, and a brief supporting statement of no more than 500 words from the candidate's supervisor should be submitted by March 31, 2009 to the committee chair: Andrew Dorman at andrew.dorman@kcl.ac.uk.

Award Committee Members:
Andrew Dorman, Kings College London
Chris Demchak, University of Arizona
David Sacko, US Air Force Academy