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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

 2011 - 2012 Officers

President:
Gale A. Mattox
U.S. Naval Academy
Political Science
589 McNair Road
Annapolis MD 21402-5030
mattox@usna.edu

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

2012 Program Chair:
David H. Sacko
U.S. Air Force Academy
Political Science
2354 Fairchild Dr
Suite 6L116
U S A F Academy CO 80840-6258
David.Sacko@usafa.edu

Board Members:
Joseph Cerami, Texas A&M University
Chris Demchak, University of Arizona
Gale Mattox, U.S. Naval Academy
James Russell, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
Amy Zegart, University of California, Los Angeles
Paula Broadwell, Kings College London
Peter Feaver, Duke University
Wade Huntley, Independent Consultant
Timothy Crawford, Boston College
Thomas Mahnken, Johns Hopkins University
Daniel Lindley, Notre Dame University

 Awards

• Previous Award Recipients

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 the committee chair, Peter Feaver, at pfeaver@duke.edu by February 1, 2012. 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 Chair:
Peter Feaver, Duke University

Award Committee Members:
Catherine Kelleher, Brown University
Steven Grenier, U.S. Army
Jeffrey Larsen, SAIC and University of Denver

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 2011.  The committee welcomes 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 comprise an electronic copy of the thesis, 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 supervisor, all submitted to the chair by March 31, 2012.  Please email the thesis along with the summary statement and supporting letter to joshua.rovner@usnwc.edu.  The Committee reserves the right not to make the award in any given year.

Award Committee Chair:
Joshua Rovner, US Naval War College                          

Award Committe Members:
Katherine Brown, King's College London           
Chris C. Demchak, US Naval War College
Amy Zegart, Hoover Institute, Stanford University
Michael Horowitz, University of Pennsylvania