The Bernard Brodie Prize
Contemporary Security Policy is honored to announce the winner of the first Bernard Brodie Prize, given for the journal's outstanding article of the year in the 2009.
Announced at the International Studies Association conference in New Orleans on 19 February 2010, this year's Brodie Prize goes to Diane Davis, Professor of Political Sociology at MIT. Her article, Non-State Armed Actors, New Imagined Communities, and Shifting Patterns of Sovereignty and Insecurity, highlights the enduring spirit of Brodie's own work, bringing powerful insights from academic perspectives to vital issues of security policy-making. Congratulations Professor Davis!
Acknowledgement also goes to Keith Krause, a member of the journal's editorial board and professor at the University of Geneva, who was guest editor of the August 2009 issue, in which Davis' work appeared. The journal also thanks the editorial board members who served on the prize jury. According to the jury chairman, Terry Terriff of the University of Calgary, the scoring was close and all nominees deserve recognition for their significant contributions to the advancement of security studies. The other nominees were:
- In the National Interest? Authoritarian Decision-Making and Creation of U.S. Africa Command, Stephen F. Burgess, April 2009.
- Strategic Theory and Practice: Critical Analysis of Planning for the Long War on Terror, Ionut C. Popescu, April 2009.
- Strategic Culture and Tailored Deterrence: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice, Jeffrey S. Lantis, December 2009.
- Failed States and International Order: Constructing a Post-Westphalian World, Edward Newman, December 2009.
The winner and nominees will be recognized in the August 2010 issue. The winner receives a ceremonial plaque and an award of $1000, made possible by the Old Dominion University College of Arts and Letters.