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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 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. 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. |