Amanda J. Rothschild's paper, "Tipping Theory: Origins of Great Britain's Suppression of the Slave Trade and Implications for Today's Collective Action Problems," is one of two co-winners of the 2016 Patricia Weitsman Award for Outstanding International Security Studies Section Graduate Paper. The paper skillfully employs new archival and documentary evidence to offer a novel relative gains-focused explanation for why Britain worked to abolish the international slave trade during the 19th century.

"The term whistle-blower has assumed a negative connotation in recent years, associated of late with those who put others' lives at risk by exposing secrets. The Treasury men and their allies at State did just the opposite. They risked their jobs to save others' lives. And yet, their names remain largely absent from public consciousness."