The Section on Foreign Policy is the organization for those interested in multilevel approaches to the study of international relations. The Section emphasizes individual, role, organizational, bureaucratic, societal, and/or state as well as situational and system level variables in foreign policy analyses. Members of the Section employ a wide range of approaches, including historical, normative, rational, behavioral, liberal, institutional, psychological, and constructivist. Section members emphasize comparative as well as American studies of foreign policy. And the Section recognizes the contributions of practitioners as well as academics in a broad range of professions and disciplines, e.g., communications, economics, diplomacy, government, history, political science, public opinion polling, philosophy, psychology, and sociology.
Founded: 1993
Yearly membership dues: $10.00 for students and $10 for all other members
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Board Members
Term: 09/2018-08/2019
Susanna Campbell, American University
Rebecca Gibbons, Belfer Center
Section awards are presented during the APSA annual meeting awards ceremony. To learn more about any award listed, contact the award committee chair for the award.
All section 31. Foreign Policy awards to-date »
Best Graduate Student Paper Award
Panel chairs from any division are invited to nominate outstanding graduate student papers presented at the APSA annual meeting that are relevant to the study of foreign policy. Nominations should be sent to the Foreign Policy Section Chair.
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Deadline for nominations: October 1st
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Best Paper Award
The Best Paper on foreign policy presented at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting.
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Deadline for nominations: October 1st
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Best Book Award
This Award Recognizes the best book on Foreign Policy published by an academic press between 2016-2018.
Deadline for nominations: January 1, 2019
Award Committee:
Jennifer Dresden
Georgetown University
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Rebecca Gibbons
Belfer Center
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Distinguished Scholar Award
Recognizes a history of distinguished scholarship in the field of foreign policy. This award will be given biennially, alternating with the section's best book award.
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Deadline for nominations: TBA
Award Committee: TBA