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 Arthur Ross in 2001, is for nonfiction works (including biography) from the past two years, in English or translation, that merit special attention for:
See the list of past winners, 2002 through 2011.
Gold Medal
John Lewis Gaddis
George F. Kennan: An American Life (The Penguin Press)
Silver Medal
Jason Stearns
Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of Congo and the Great War of Africa (PublicAffairs)
Honorable Mention
Daniel Yergin
The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World (The Penguin Press)
Stanley Hoffmann
Paul & Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor, Harvard University
Robert W. Kagan
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution
Gideon Rose (Chairman)
Peter G. Peterson Chair and Editor, Foreign Affairs
Mary Elise Sarotte
Professor of International Relations, University of Southern California
Stephen M. Walt
Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
For information on submissions, please send inquiries to:
Meaghan Mills Fulco
Deputy Director
New York Meetings
Council on Foreign Relations
58 East 68th Street
New York, New York 10065
Fax: +1 212-434-9804
Email: mfulco@cfr.org
If you are interested in having a book be considered by the nominating committee for the 2013 Arthur Ross Book Award, please send a one page description to my attention by e-mail no later than January 15, 2013.
Learn more about the application process and view a printable brochure.
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