Awards and Reviews

American Political Science Association (APSA) Awards

Best Article on Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Politics 

2024: 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 

Catherine McArdle Kelleher Award for Best International Security Article  

2022: 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  

2019: 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  

2018: 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 

Outstanding Article Award in International History and Politics  

2025: 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  

2021: 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 

2019: 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  

2016 Honorable Mention: 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  

2014: 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  

International Studies Association (ISA) Awards

Diplomatic Studies Section (DPLST) Article Award  

2025 Honorable Mention: 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  

2017: 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  

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

2025: 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 

International Security Studies Section (ISSS) Best Security Article Award 

2026: 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  

2023: 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 

2021: 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: 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  

2017: 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 

Patricia Weitsman Award for Outstanding ISSS Graduate Student Paper 

2016: 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

Article Reviews