Stephen M. Grenier

Send all materials to the Committee Chair, Marybeth Peterson Ulrich at marybeth.ulrich@usnwc.edu.

Deadline for Nominations: April 1, 2026

Nomination Process: Complete nomination packets will include an electronic copy of the dissertation defended in 2025, 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.

Nominated dissertations will be judged according to four criteria: 1) contribution to security studies scholarship, 2) international security policy significance, 3) rigor in approach and analysis, 4) power of expression and originality in substance and approach.

The committee welcomes nominations that explore any aspect of security studies and that use any methodological approach (historical, quantitative, theoretical, policy analysis, etc.).

Call for Nominations

The Kenneth Waltz Dissertation Award is given by the APSA International Security Section to the best defended dissertation in 2025 on the study of international security.

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For more information, visit the conference website:

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We invite paper, panel, and roundtable proposals related to International Security, broadly understood, and especially welcome submissions related to this year’s theme:

“Security in a time of polarized extremes: Reassessing theory, practice, and teaching.”

APSA–ISA Joint International Security Conference October 16-18, 2025 Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, in Washington, DC. Submission Deadline: June 15, 2025. www.isanet.org/Conferences/...

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For more information, visit the conference website:

www.isanet.org/Conferences/...

We invite paper, panel, and roundtable proposals related to International Security, broadly understood, and especially welcome submissions related to this year’s theme:

“Security in a time of polarized extremes: Reassessing theory, practice, and the classroom.”

APSA–ISA Joint International Security Conference

October 16-18, 2025

Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, in Washington, DC.

Submission Deadline: June 15, 2025.

www.isanet.org/Conferences/...

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Battle of Takur Ghar Controversy Continues  | Air & Space Forces Magazine New Medal of Honor Museum Plays Down 21st Century Air Force Hero.

If you're familiar with the Battle of Takur Ghar & the controversy surrounding the two Medals of Honor awarded for it, nothing in this article with surprise you (but you'll still be disappointed in the SEALs while reading it)

www.airandspaceforces.com/article/batt...

Big 6 Nations match in Rome. Wales vs. Italy

This one is a little too personal.

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The most powerful tool in the 1990s-era American Army.

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An Ethno-Nationalist International? - The Active Measures Newsletter Podcast On this week's Active Measures Newsletter Podcast, Jim Ludes and Mark Jacobson discuss the pattern that emerges when you look at the divisive issues being injected into diverse Western media environme...

On this week's Active Measures Newsletter Podcast, @jimludes.bsky.social and I discuss disinfo in Switzerland, Germany, and Canada as well as the Chinese AI phenom DeepSeek and its admiration for pro-Beijing disinfo! See link below or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Rwanda, the West’s ‘Donor Darling,’ Seizes an Opportunity in Congo A conflict that has raged for decades reached a flashpoint this week when rebels backed by Rwanda marched on a key Congolese city in a bid to occupy territory and exploit minerals.

Our PhD candidate Dino Mahtani @dinomahtani.bsky.social has been quoted in The New York Times @nytimes.com on the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

🔗 Read the article here: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/w...

Starter Pack with 150 international security organizations, forums, and outlets that are on Bluesky.

Please send additions and comments for the second starter pack to @warprof.bsky.social

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2025 International Security Awards for Best
- Journal Article
- Dissertation
- Book
- Distinguished Public Service

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Please direct questions to the APSA International Section Chair @warprof.bsky.social

This was obviously made by a historian. Well done my interdisciplinary friend.

A print copy of the book must also be sent to each member of the committee. Digital copies of the book will not be considered by the committee.

Deadline for Nominations: March 1, 2025

Direct questions to the International Security Section chair @warprof.bsky.social

Nomination Process: A letter of nomination (self-nominations acceptable) should be submitted to Dr. Sumit Ganguly, the award committee chair, at sumit2@stanford.edu.

Books will be judged according to four criteria: 1) contribution to security studies scholarship, 2) international security policy significance, 3) rigor in approach and analysis, 4) power of expression and originality in substance and approach.

The committee welcomes nominations that deploy any approach (historical, quantitative, theoretical, policy analysis, etc.), in the field of security studies.

The Robert Jervis Best International Security Book award is presented by the American Political Science Association's International Security Section to the best international security themed book published in 2024 by an early career scholar who completed their PhD in 2019 or later.

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Call for Papers!
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The Second World War Research Group is hosting its 2024 annual conference.

The Second World War: 80 Years On

Location: King's College London
Dates: 12-13 June 2025