Arthur Ross Book Award

The annual Arthur Ross Book Award recognizes books that make an outstanding contribution to the understanding of foreign policy or international relations. The prize, endowed by the late Arthur Ross in 2001, is for nonfiction works from the past year, in English or translation, that merit special attention for:

  • bringing forth new information that changes the understanding of events or problems;
  • developing analytical approaches that offer insights into critical issues; or
  • introducing ideas that help resolve foreign policy problems.

2025 Medalists

Gold Medal
The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq by Steve Coll

Silver Medal
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and The Making of a Crisis by Jonathan Blitzer

Bronze Medal
To Run the World: The Kremlin's Cold War Bid for Global Power by Sergey Radchenko

Arthur Ross Book Award Events

You can view past Arthur Ross Book Award events and read the transcripts here.

Past Winners

Here is the list of past winners of the Arthur Ross Book Award, 2005 through 2025.

Procedures

We are no longer accepting nominations for the 2025 award cycle. If you would like to nominate a book published in 2025 for the 2026 award, please email [email protected] with the following in the text of the email:

  • Book title
  • Book author
  • Publication date, including year
  • Publisher name


For any other inquiries, please email [email protected].

Jury

Gideon Rose 
CFR (chairman)

Lisa Anderson
Columbia University

Kwame Anthony Appiah
 New York University

Jose Fernandez
Former Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment

Sumit Ganguly
Hoover Institution

Michelle D. Gavin
CFR

Paul D. Golob
Deadline Management, LLC

Calvin G. Sims
CNN

Andrew Ross Sorkin
New York Times

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