For the past fourteen years, in partnership with H-Diplo, ISSF has published hundreds of open-access reviews, essays, policy forums, and commentaries, offering a connecting point for academics and policy experts across the globe to discuss the most important new publications as well as world events. Our pages have been read by over 600,000 scholars across…
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Tribute to the Life, Scholarship, and Legacy of Robert Jervis: Part II
This is the second part of the H-Diplo/ISSF Tribute to the Life, Scholarship, and Legacy of Robert Jervis, who passed away last December. The first part, which we published in February,[1] included over forty contributions, plus some other material: Bob’s essay in our “Learning the Scholar’s Craft” series, references to other articles in which he…
Tribute to the Life, Scholarship, and Legacy of Robert Jervis: Part I
This is a very special issue of the H-Diplo/International Security Studies Forum (ISSF). Robert Jervis, the founder of ISSF and, in the judgment of the forum’s organizers, the most distinguished international relations scholar of his generation, succumbed to cancer this past December. As a way of honoring his memory, we wanted to give people in…
Obituary for Robert Jervis (30 April 1940-9 December 2021)
The H-Diplo and ISSF editors are deeply saddened by the passing of Bob Jervis, a distinguished and award-winning scholar who was also well known for his limitless kindness and generosity (and sense of humor). Bob was a longstanding contributor to and supporter of H-Diplo. In 2009, in partnership with the H-Diplo editors, he founded the…
Welcome Frank Gavin
The H-Diplo/ISSF Editors are delighted to welcome Francis J. Gavin, Frank Stanton Chair in Nuclear Security Policy Studies at MIT, as managing editor of International Security Studies Forum (ISSF). Members of the larger H-Diplo community will, of course, be familiar with Frank and his distinguished work, as well as his ability to bridge the disciplines…
Welcome to ISSF
Welcome to the website for the International Security Studies Forum, a production of H-Diplo, the International Studies Association’s Security Studies Section, and the journals International Security, Security Studies, and the Journal of Strategic Studies. ISSF is currently funded by a grant from the MacArthur Foundation. Learn more about us and our personnel on our About…