Awards and Reviews

Awards

2026

International Security Studies Section (ISSS) Best Security Article Award, International Studies Association (ISA)

Matthew Evangelista, "A “Nuclear Umbrella” for Ukraine? Precedents and Possibilities for Postwar European Security," International Security, Vol. 48, No. 3 (Winter 2024), pp. 7–50, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00476

2025

Outstanding Article Award in International History and Politics, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Şener Aktürk, "Not So Innocent: Clerics, Monarchs, and the Ethnoreligious Cleansing of Western Europe," International Security, Vol. 48, No. 4 (Spring 2024), pp. 87–136, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00484

Diplomatic Studies Section (DPLST) Article Award Honorable Mention, International Studies Association (ISA)

Simon Miles, "We All Fall Down: The Dismantling of the Warsaw Pact and the End of the Cold War in Eastern Europe," International Security, Vol. 48, No. 3 (Winter 2024), pp. 51–85, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00477

Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration Studies (ENMISA) Best Article & Chapter Award, International Studies Association (ISA)

Daniel Arnon, Richard J. McAlexander, and Michael A. Rubin, "Social Cohesion and Community Displacement in Armed Conflict," International Security, Vol. 47, No. 3 (Winter 2022/23), pp. 52–94, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00452

2024

Best Article on Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Politics, American Political Science Association (APSA)

2023

International Security Studies Section (ISSS) Best Security Article Award, International Studies Association (ISA)

Elizabeth M. F. Grasmeder, "Leaning on Legionnaires: Why Modern States Recruit Foreign Soldiers," International Security, Vol. 46, No. 1 (Summer 2021), pp. 147–195, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00411

2022

Catherine McArdle Kelleher Award for Best International Security Article, American Political Science Association (APSA)

2021

Outstanding Article Award in International History and Politics, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Yasuhiro Izumikawa, "Network Connections and the Emergence of the Hub-and-Spokes Alliance System in East Asia," International Security, Vol. 45, No. 2 (Fall 2020), pp. 7–50, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00389

International Security Studies Section (ISSS) Best Security Article Award, International Studies Association (ISA)

Henry Farrell and Abraham L. Newman, "Weaponized Interdependence: How Global Economic Networks Shape State Coercion," International Security, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Summer 2019), pp. 42–79, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00351

2020

Best Research Article on U.S. Foreign Policy and Grand Strategy Award, America in the World Consortium

Andrea Gilli and Mauro Gilli, "Why China Has Not Caught Up Yet: Military-Technological Superiority, Systems Integration, and the Challenges of Imitation, Reverse Engineering, and Cyber-Espionage," International Security, Vol. 43, No. 3 (Winter 2018/19), pp. 141–189, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00337

International Security Studies Section (ISSS) Best Security Article Award, International Studies Association (ISA)

Lise Morjé Howard and Alexandra Stark, "How Civil Wars End: The International System, Norms, and the Role of External Actors," International Security, Vol. 42, No. 3 (Winter 2017/18), pp. 127–171, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00305

2019

Catherine McArdle Kelleher Award for Best International Security Article, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Michael Beckley, "The Power of Nations: Measuring What Matters," International Security, Vol. 43, No. 2 (Fall 2018), pp. 7–44, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00328

Outstanding Article Award in International History and Politics, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Christopher Darnton, "Archives and Inference: Documentary Evidence in Case Study Research and the Debate over U.S. Entry into World War II," International Security, Vol. 42, No. 3 (Winter 2017/18), pp. 84–126, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00306

2018

Catherine McArdle Kelleher Award for Best International Security Article, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Keir A. Lieber and Daryl G. Press, "The New Era of Counterforce: Technological Change and the Future of Nuclear Deterrence," International Security, Vol. 41, No. 4 (Spring 2017), pp. 9–49, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00273

2017

Diplomatic Studies Section (DPLST) Article Award, International Studies Association (ISA)

Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson, "Deal or No Deal? The End of the Cold War and the U.S. Offer to Limit NATO Expansion," International Security, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Spring 2016), pp. 7–44, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00236

International Security Studies Section (ISSS) Best Security Article Award, International Studies Association (ISA)

Aisha Ahmad, "The Security Bazaar: Business Interests and Islamist Power in Civil War Somalia," International Security, Vol. 39, No. 3 (Winter 2014/15), pp. 89–117, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00187

2016

Outstanding Article Award in International History and Politics Honorable Mention, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Michael Beckley, "The Myth of Entangling Alliances: Reassessing the Security Risks of U.S. Defense Pacts," International Security, Vol. 39, No. 4 (Spring 2015), pp. 7–48, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00197

Patricia Weitsman Award for Outstanding ISSS Graduate Student Paper, International Studies Association (ISA)

Mark S. Bell, "Beyond Emboldenment: How Acquiring Nuclear Weapons Can Change Foreign Policy," International Security, Vol. 40, No. 1 (Summer 2015), pp. 87–119, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00204

2014

Outstanding Article Award in International History and Politics, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Keren Yarhi-Milo, "In the Eye of the Beholder: How Leaders and Intelligence Communities Assess the Intentions of Adversaries," International Security, Vol. 38, No. 1 (Summer 2013), pp. 7–51, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00128

Article Reviews

John F. Mearsheimer, "War and International Politics," International Security, Vol. 49, No. 4 (Spring 2025), pp. 7–36, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00507
Reviewers: Caroline Kennedy-Pipe and Thomas Waldman, Loughborough University

Don Casler and Tyler Jost, "Lost in Transmission: Bureaucracy, Noise, and Communication in International Politics," International Security, Vol. 49, No. 4 (Spring 2025), pp. 160–201, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00511
Reviewer: Brandon K. Yoder, Australian National University
Reid B. C. Pauly and Rose McDermott, "The Psychology of Nuclear Brinkmanship," International Security, Vol. 47, No. 3 (Winter 2022/23), pp. 9–51, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00451
Roundtable Participants: Jacques E. C. Hymans, University of Southern California; Reid B. C. Pauly and Rose McDermott, Brown University; Marika Landau-Wells, University of California, Berkeley; Joshua Rovner, American University; Janice Gross Stein, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto

Rachel Tecott Metz, "The Cult of the Persuasive: Why US Security Assistance Fails," International Security, Vol. 47, No. 3 (Winter 2022/23), pp. 95–135, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00453
Reviewer: Eric Rittinger, Salisbury University

Nicholas D. Anderson, "Push and Pull on the Periphery: Inadvertent Expansion in World Politics," International Security, Vol. 47, No. 3 (Winter 2022/23), pp. 136–173, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00454
Reviewer: Andrew Payne, City St. George’s, University of London
Daniel Byman, "White Supremacy, Terrorism, and the Failure of Reconstruction in the United States," International Security, Vol. 46, No. 1 (Summer 2021), pp. 53–103, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00410
Reviewer: Jason M. Blazakis, Middlebury Institute of International Studies

Elizabeth M. F. Grasmeder, "Leaning on Legionnaires: Why Modern States Recruit Foreign Soldiers," International Security, Vol. 46, No. 1 (Summer 2021), pp. 147–195, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00411
Reviewer: Matteo C.M. Casiraghi, University of Warwick and University of Denver
Melinda Haas and Keren Yarhi-Milo, "To Disclose or Deceive? Sharing Secret Information between Aligned States," International Security, Vol. 45, No. 3 (Winter 2020/21), pp. 122–161, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00402
Reviewer: James Igoe Walsh, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Marc Trachtenberg, "The United States and the NATO Non-extension Assurances of 1990: New Light on an Old Problem?" International Security, Vol. 45, No. 3 (Winter 2020/21), pp. 162–203, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00395
Reviewer: Julie Garey, Northeastern University
M.E. Sarotte, "How to Enlarge NATO: The Debate inside the Clinton Administration, 1993–95," International Security, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Summer 2019), pp. 7–41, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00353
Reviewer: Joe Burton, University of Waikato

Ketian Zhang, "Cautious Bully: Reputation, Resolve, and Beijing’s Use of Coercion in the South China Sea," International Security, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Summer 2019), pp. 117–159, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00354
Reviewer: Audrye Wong, Harvard Kennedy School

Fiona S. Cunningham and M. Taylor Fravel, "Dangerous Confidence? Chinese Views on Nuclear Escalation," International Security, Vol. 44, No. 2 (Fall 2019), pp. 61–109, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00359
Reviewer: Andrew W. Reddie, University of California, Berkeley

Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Myunghee Lee, and Emir Yazici, "Counterterrorism and Preventive Repression: China’s Changing Strategy in Xinjiang," International Security, Vol. 44, No. 3 (Winter 2019/20), pp. 9–47, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00368
Reviewer: Jérôme Doyon, University of Oxford

Brendan Rittenhouse Green and Austin Long, "Conceal or Reveal? Managing Clandestine Military Capabilities in Peacetime Competition," International Security, Vol. 44, No. 3 (Winter 2019/20), pp. 48–83, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00367
Reviewer: James Holmes, Naval War College

Andrew Payne, "Presidents, Politics, and Military Strategy: Electoral Constraints during the Iraq War," International Security, Vol. 44, No. 3 (Winter 2019/20), pp. 163–203, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00371
Reviewer: Benjamin O. Fordham, Binghamton University (SUNY)

Iain D. Henry, "What Allies Want: Reconsidering Loyalty, Reliability, and Alliance Interdependence," International Security, Vol. 44, No. 4 (Spring 2020), pp. 45–83, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00375
Reviewer: Luis Simón, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Arman Grigoryan, "Selective Wilsonianism: Material Interests and the West’s Support for Democracy," International Security, Vol. 44, No. 4 (Spring 2020), pp. 158–200, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00378
Reviewer: Benjamin Denison, Notre Dame International Security Center
James M. Acton, "Escalation through Entanglement: How the Vulnerability of Command-and-Control Systems Raises the Risks of Inadvertent Nuclear War," International Security, Vol. 43, No. 1 (Summer 2018), pp. 56–99, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00320
Reviewer: Vincent A. Manzo, CNA, Arlington, Virginia

Michael Beckley, "The Power of Nations: Measuring What Matters," International Security, Vol. 43, No. 2 (Fall 2018), pp. 7–44, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00328
Reviewer: Robert J. Reardon, North Carolina State University

Oriana Skylar Mastro, "Conflict and Chaos on the Korean Peninsula: Can China’s Military Help Secure North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons?" International Security, Vol. 43, No. 2 (Fall 2018), pp. 84–116, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00330
Reviewer: Terence Roehrig, U.S. Naval War College

Matthew Adam Kocher, Adria K. Lawrence, and Nuno P. Monteiro, "Nationalism, Collaboration, and Resistance: France under Nazi Occupation," International Security, Vol. 43, No. 2 (Fall 2018), pp. 117–150, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00329
Reviewer: Peter Liberman, Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York

Reid B.C. Pauly, "Would U.S. Leaders Push the Button? Wargames and the Sources of Nuclear Restraint," International Security, Vol. 43, No. 2 (Fall 2018), pp. 151–192, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00333
Reviewer: Jan Ludvik, Charles University, Prague

Christopher Clary and Vipin Narang, "India’s Counterforce Temptations: Strategic Dilemmas, Doctrine, and Capabilities," International Security, Vol. 43, No. 3 (Winter 2018/19), pp. 7–52, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00340
Reviewer: Mahesh Shankar, Skidmore College

Deborah Jordan Brooks, Stephen G. Brooks, Brian D. Greenhill, and Mark L. Haas, "The Demographic Transition Theory of War: Why Young Societies Are Conflict Prone and Old Societies Are the Most Peaceful," International Security, Vol. 43, No. 3 (Winter 2018/19), pp. 53–95, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00335
Reviewer: Richard Cincotta, The Stimson Center and The Woodrow Wilson Center

Eliza Gheorghe, "Proliferation and the Logic of the Nuclear Market," International Security, Vol. 43, No. 4 (Spring 2019), pp. 88–127, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00344
Reviewer: Bryan R. Early, University at Albany, SUNY
Valerie Hudson and Hilary Matfess, "In Plain Sight: The Neglected Linkage between Brideprice and Violent Conflict," International Security, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Summer 2017), pp. 7–40, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00289
Reviewer: Laura Sjoberg, University of Florida
Authors’ Response

Jacqueline L. Hazelton, "The 'Hearts and Minds' Fallacy: Violence, Coercion, and Success in Counterinsurgency Warfare," International Security, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Summer 2017), pp. 80–113, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00283
Reviewers: David H. Ucko, College of International Security Affairs, National Defense University; Jason E. Fritz, American University
Author’s Response
Response by Huw Bennett, Cardiff University

Geoffrey Swenson, "Why U.S. Efforts to Promote the Rule of Law in Afghanistan Failed," International Security, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Summer 2017), pp. 114–151, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00285
Reviewer: Noah Coburn, Bennington College

Barbara F. Walter, "The Extremist’s Advantage in Civil Wars," International Security, Vol. 42, No. 2 (Fall 2017), pp. 7–39, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00292
Reviewer: Daniel Krcmaric, Northwestern University

Michael Beckley, "The Emerging Military Balance in East Asia: How China’s Neighbors Can Check Chinese Naval Expansion," International Security, Vol. 42, No. 2 (Fall 2017), pp. 78–119, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00294
Reviewer: Li Chen, Renmin University of China

Amanda J. Rothschild, "Rousing a Response: When the United States Changes Policy toward Mass Killing," International Security, Vol. 42, No. 2 (Fall 2017), pp. 120–154, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00295
Reviewer: Debbie Sharnak, Harvard University

Lise Morjé Howard and Alexandra Stark, "How Civil Wars End: The International System, Norms, and the Role of External Actors," International Security, Vol. 42, No. 3 (Winter 2017/18), pp. 127–171, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00305
Reviewer: Roy Licklider, Rutgers University and Columbia University

Aqil Shah, "Do U.S. Drone Strikes Cause Blowback? Evidence from Pakistan and Beyond," International Security, Vol. 42, No. 4 (Spring 2018), pp. 47–84, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00312
Reviewer: Ahsan I. Butt, George Mason University

David Shambaugh, "U.S.-China Rivalry in Southeast Asia: Power Shift or Competitive Coexistence?" International Security, Vol. 42, No. 4 (Spring 2018), pp. 85–127, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00314;
Eric Heginbotham and Richard J. Samuels, "Active Denial: Redesigning Japan’s Response to China’s Military Challenge," International Security, Vol. 42, No. 4 (Spring 2018), pp.128–169, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00313;
Jennifer Lind and Daryl G. Press, "Markets or Mercantilism? How China Secures Its Energy Supplies," International Security, Vol. 42, No. 4 (Spring 2018), pp. 170–204, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00310
Reviewer: Priscilla Roberts, City University of Macau
Stephen Biddle and Ivan Oelrich, "Future Warfare in the Western Pacific: Chinese Antiaccess/Area Denial, U.S. AirSea Battle, and Command of the Commons in East Asia," International Security, Vol. 41, No. 1 (Summer 2016), pp. 7–48, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00249;
Charles L. Glaser and Steve Fetter, "Should the United States Reject MAD? Damage Limitation and U.S. Nuclear Strategy toward China," International Security, Vol. 41, No. 1 (Summer 2016), pp. 49–98, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00248
Reviewer: James J. Wirtz, Naval Postgraduate School

Walter C. Ladwig III, "Influencing Clients in Counterinsurgency: U.S. Involvement in El Salvador’s Civil War, 1979–1992," International Security, Vol. 41, No. 1 (Summer 2016), pp. 99–146, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00251
Reviewer: David H. Ucko, National Defense University

Alexander B. Downes and Lindsey A. O’Rourke, "You Can’t Always Get What You Want: Why Foreign Imposed Regime Change Seldom Improves Interstate Relations," International Security, Vol. 41, No. 2 (Fall 2016), pp. 43–89, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00256
Reviewer: Barry Hashimoto, American University of Sharjah

Keren Yarhi-Milo, Alexander Lanoszka, and Zack Cooper, "To Arm or to Ally? The Patron’s Dilemma and the Strategic Logic of Arms Transfers and Alliances," International Security, Vol. 41, No. 2 (Fall 2016), pp. 90–139, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00250
Reviewer: Michael McKoy, Wheaton College

Rebecca Slayton, "What Is the Cyber Offense-Defense Balance? Conceptions, Causes, and Assessment," International Security, Vol. 41, No. 3 (Winter 2016/17), pp. 72–109, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00267;
Joseph S. Nye Jr., "Deterrence and Dissuasion in Cyberspace," International Security, Vol. 41, No. 3 (Winter 2016/17), pp. 44–71, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00271
Reviewer: Brandon Valeriano, Marine Corps University
Author’s Response

Daniel Sobelman, "Learning to Deter: Deterrence Failure and Success in the Israel-Hezbollah Conflict, 2006-16," International Security, Vol. 41, No. 3 (Winter 2016/17), pp. 151–196, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00259
Reviewer: Jean-Loup Samaan, UAE National Defense College

Keir A. Lieber and Daryl G. Press, "The New Era of Counterforce: Technological Change and the Future of Nuclear Deterrence," International Security, Vol. 41, No. 4 (Spring 2017), pp. 9–49, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00273
Reviewers: Jan Ludvik, Charles University, Prague

Caitlin Talmadge, "Would China Go Nuclear? Assessing the Risk of Chinese Nuclear Escalation in a Conventional War with the United States," International Security, Vol. 41, No. 4 (Spring 2017), pp. 50–92, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00274
Reviewer: Nicola Leveringhaus, King’s College London
Francis Gavin, "Strategies of Inhibition: U.S. Grand Strategy, the Nuclear Revolution, and Nonproliferation," International Security, Vol. 40, No. 1 (Summer 2015), pp. 9–46, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00205;
Or Rabinowitz and Nicholas L. Miller, "Keeping the Bombs in the Basement: U.S. Nonproliferation Policy toward Israel, South Africa, and Pakistan," International Security, Vol. 40, No. 1 (Summer 2015), pp. 47–86, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00207;
Mark S. Bell, "Beyond Emboldenment: How Acquiring Nuclear Weapons Can Change Foreign Policy," International Security, Vol. 40, No. 1 (Summer 2015), pp. 87–119, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00204
Forum Reviewers: Thomas Maddux, Emeritus California State University Northridge; Hal Brands, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies; Julia M. Macdonald, University of Pennsylvania/University of Denver; Leopoldo Nuti, Roma Tre University; Elisabeth Roehrlich, University of Vienna and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Max Paul Friedman and Tom Long, "Soft Balancing in the Americas: Latin American Opposition to U.S. Intervention, 1898-1936," International Security, Vol. 40, No. 1 (Summer 2015), pp. 120–156, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00212
Reviewer: Christopher Darnton, Naval Postgraduate School
Authors’ Response

Daniel Bessner and Nicolas Guilhot, "How Realism Waltzed Off: Liberalism and Decisionmaking in Kenneth Waltz's Neorealism," International Security, Vol. 40, No. 2 (Fall 2015), pp. 87–118, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00217
Forum Reviewers: Stephen M. Walt, Harvard Kennedy School; Campbell Craig, Cardiff University; William Inboden, University of Texas-Austin; Robert Jervis, Columbia University; Robert Vitalis, University of Pennsylvania

Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson, "Deal or No Deal? The End of the Cold War and the U.S. Offer to Limit NATO Expansion," International Security, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Spring 2016), pp. 7–44, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00236
Reviewer: Timothy Andrews Sayle, University of Toronto
Jon R. Lindsay, "The Impact of China on Cybersecurity: Fiction and Friction," International Security, Vol. 39, No. 3 (Winter 2014/15), pp. 7–47, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00189
Reviewer: Xiaoyu Pu, University of Nevada, Reno

Sebastian Rosato, "The Inscrutable Intentions of Great Powers," International Security, Vol. 39, No. 3 (Winter 2014/15), pp. 48-88, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00190
Reviewers: Brandon Yoder, Old Dominion University and the National University of Singapore; Kyle Haynes, Webster University

Jaganath Sankaran, "Pakistan’s Battlefield Nuclear Policy: A Risky Solution to an Exaggerated Threat," International Security, Vol. 39, No. 3 (Winter 2014/15), pp. 118-151, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00191
Reviewer: Christopher Clary, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Llewelyn Hughes and Austin Long, "Is There an Oil Weapon? Security Implications of Changes in the Structure of the International Oil Market," International Security, Vol. 39, No. 3 (Winter 2014/15), pp. 152-189, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00188
Reviewer: Jeff D. Colgan, Brown University

Michael Beckley, "The Myth of Entangling Alliances," International Security, Vol. 39, No. 4 (Spring 2015), pp. 7-48, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00197
Reviewer: Jennifer Lind, Dartmouth College

Gene Gerzhoy, "Alliance Coercion and Nuclear Restraint: How the United States Thwarted West Germany’s Nuclear Ambitions," International Security, Vol. 39, No. 4 (Spring 2015), pp. 91-129, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00198
Reviewer: Nicholas L. Miller, Brown University
Keir A. Lieber and Daryl G. Press, "Why States Won’t Give Nuclear Weapons to Terrorists," International Security, Vol. 38, No. 1 (Summer 2013), pp. 80–104, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00127
Reviewer: Christine M. Leah, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Peter Krause, "The Structure of Success: How the Internal Distribution of Power Drives Armed Group Behavior and National Movement Success," International Security, Vol. 38, No. 3 (Winter 2014), pp. 90–131, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00148
Reviewer: Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl, University of Virginia

Gaurav Kampani, "New Delhi's Long Nuclear Journey: How Secrecy and Institutional Roadblocks Delayed India's Weaponization," International Security, Vol. 38, No. 4 (Spring 2014), pp. 79–114, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00158
Reviewer: Jayita Sarkar, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Author’s Response
Stephen Biddle, Jeffrey Friedman, and Jacob Shapiro, "Testing the Surge: Why Did Violence Decline in Iraq in 2007?" International Security, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Summer 2012), pp. 7–40, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00087;
John Hagan, Joshua Kaiser, and Anna Hanson, "Correspondence: Assessing the Synergy Thesis in Iraq," International Security, Vol. 37, No. 4 (Spring 2013), pp. 173–198, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00118
Reviewer: Austin Long, Columbia University
Authors’ Response

Robert Pape, "When Duty Calls: A Pragmatic Standard of Humanitarian Intervention," International Security, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Summer 2012), pp. 41–80, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00088
Reviewer: Jon Western, Mount Holyoke College

Brendan Rittenhouse Green, "Two Concepts of Liberty: U.S. Cold War Grand Strategies and the Liberal Tradition," International Security, Vol. 37, No. 2 (Fall 2012), pp. 9–43, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00097
Reviewer: Paul C. Avey, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University
Author’s Response

Benjamin S. Lambeth, "Israel’s War in Gaza: A Paradigm of Effective Military Learning and Adaptation," International Security, Vol. 37 No. 2 (Fall 2012), pp. 81-118, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00099;
Jerome Slater, "Just War Moral Philosophy and the 2008-09 Israeli Campaign in Gaza," International Security, Vol. 37 No. 2 (Fall 2012), pp. 44-80, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00098
Reviewer: Jeremy Pressman, University of Connecticut

M.E. Sarotte, "China’s Fear of Contagion: Tiananmen Square and the Power of the European Example," International Security, Vol. 37, No. 2 (Fall 2012), pp. 156–182, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00101
Reviewer: Alexei Shevchenko, California State University Fullerton

Stephen Brooks, John Ikenberry and William Wohlforth, "Don’t Come Home, America: The Case against Retrenchment," International Security, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Winter 2012/13), pp. 7–51, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00107
Reviewer: Colin Dueck, George Mason University
Response by Michael D. Cohen, University of Southern Denmark

Alexander B. Downes and Jonathan Monten, "Forced to be Free? Why Foreign-Imposed Regime Change Rarely Leads to Democratization," International Security, Vol. 37, No. 4 (Spring 2013), pp. 90–131, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00117
Reviewer: Mark Peceny, University of New Mexico
Bruce W. Bennett and Jennifer Lind, "The Collapse of North Korea: Military Missions and Requirements," International Security, Vol. 36, No. 2 (Fall 2011), pp. 84–119, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00057
Reviewer: Brendan M. Howe, Ewha Womans University, Seoul
Authors’ Response

Nuno Monteiro, "Unrest Assured: Why Unipolarity is Not Peaceful," International Security, Vol. 36, No. 3 (Winter 2011/12), pp. 9–40, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00064
Reviewer: William C. Wohlforth, Dartmouth College

David Ekbladh, "Present at the Creation: Edward Mead Earle and the Depression-Era Origins of Security Studies," International Security, Vol. 36, No. 3 (Winter 2011/12), pp. 107–141, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00067
Reviewer: Robert Vitalis, University of Pennsylvania

Patrick B. Johnston, "Does Decapitation Work? Assessing the Effectiveness of Leadership Targeting in Counterinsurgency Campaigns," International Security, Vol. 36, No. 4 (Spring 2012), pp. 47–79, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00076;
Bryan C. Price, "Targeting Top Terrorists: How Leadership Decapitation Contributes to Counterterrorism," International Security, Vol. 36, No. 4 (Spring 2012), pp. 9–46, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00075
Reviewer: Jenna Jordan, Georgia Institute of Technology

Paul C. Avey, "Confronting Soviet Power: U.S. Policy during the Early Cold War," International Security, Vol. 36, No. 4 (Spring 2012), pp. 151–188, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00079
Reviewer: Joseph M. Siracusa, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
Michael S. Gerson, "No First Use: The Next Step for U.S. Nuclear Policy," International Security, Vol. 35, No. 2 (Fall 2010), pp. 7–47, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00018
Reviewer: Joshua Rovner, U.S. Naval War College

Paul K. MacDonald and Joseph M. Parent, "Graceful Decline? The Surprising Success of Great Power Retrenchment," International Security, Vol. 35, No. 4 (Spring 2011), pp. 7–44, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00034
Reviewer: Stephen R. Rock, Vassar College
Francis J. Gavin, "Same As It Ever Was: Nuclear Alarmism, Proliferation, and the Cold War," International Security, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Winter 2009/10), pp. 7–37, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec.2010.34.3.7
Reviewer: John Mueller, Ohio State University

John M. Schuessler, "The Deception Dividend: FDR’s Undeclared War," International Security, Vol. 34, No. 4 (Spring 2010), pp. 133–165, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec.2010.34.4.133
Reviewer: Marc Trachtenberg, University of California, Los Angeles

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