Organized Section 19: Kenneth N. Waltz Dissertation Award

International Security and Arms Control Section Award Recipients

Kenneth N. Waltz Dissertation Award
Kenneth N. Waltz Dissertation Award is awarded to a successfully defended doctoral dissertation on any aspect of security studies, which has been submitted in final, library copy in previous calendar year. The committee welcomes nominations for dissertations employing any approach (historical, quantitative, theoretical, policy analysis, etc.) to any topic in the field of security studies. Manuscripts are judged according to (1) originality in substance and approach; (2) significance for scholarly or policy debate; (3) rigor in approach and analysis; and (4) power of expression.

2014	Joshua Kertzer “Resolve in International Politics,” The Ohio State University, August 2013
2013	Kyle Lascurettes, University of Virginia “Orders of Exclusion: The Strategic Sources of Order in International Relations,”
2012	Kathryn Cochran, Duke University “Strong Horse or Paper Tiger? Assessing the Reputational Effects of War Fighting,”
2011	Paul Staniland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Explaining Cohesion, Fragmentation and Control in Insurgent Groups
2009	Vaidya Gundlupet, University of Chicago Big Sticks and Contested Carrots: A Power-Centric Theory of International Security