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The Amos Perlmutter Prize

Created 01 Jan 2008| Updated 15 Mar 2024 | 15 articles

The Editors of the Journal of Strategic Studies are pleased to announce the annual Amos Perlmutter Prize.

The prize, named in memory of the founding editor of the journal, recognizes the best essay submitted for publication to the Journal of Strategic Studies by a junior faculty member.

You can read the full list of prize winning articles below.

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Information security in the space age: Britain’s Skynet satellite communications program and the evolution of modern command and control networks

Aaron Bateman

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Information security in the space age: Britain’s Skynet satellite communications program and the evolution of modern command and control networks
Aaron Bateman

Originally published in Journal of Strategic Studies, Volume: 47, Number: 1 (02 Jan 2024)

Published online: 10 Oct 2023
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Technology is awesome, but so what?! Exploring the relevance of technologically inspired awe to the construction of military theories
Samuel Zilincik

Originally published in Journal of Strategic Studies, Volume: 45, Number: 1 (02 Jan 2022)

Published online: 07 Jun 2021
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Russian nuclear strategy and conventional inferiority
Kristin Ven Bruusgaard

Originally published in Journal of Strategic Studies, Volume: 44, Number: 1 (02 Jan 2021)

Published online: 14 Oct 2020
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Nuclear opportunism: A theory of how states use nuclear weapons in international politics
Mark S. Bell

Originally published in Journal of Strategic Studies, Volume: 42, Number: 1 (02 Jan 2019)

Published online: 28 Nov 2017
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A matter of time: On the transitory nature of cyberweapons
Max Smeets

Originally published in Journal of Strategic Studies, Volume: 41, Number: 1-2 (23 Feb 2018)

Published online: 16 Feb 2017
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Fighting Separately: Jointness and Civil-Military Relations in India
Anit Mukherjee

Originally published in Journal of Strategic Studies, Volume: 40, Number: 1-2 (02 Jan 2017)

Published online: 05 Jul 2016
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Norms, Military Utility, and the Use/Non-use of Weapons: The Case of Anti-plant and Irritant Agents in the Vietnam War
Susan B. Martin

Originally published in Journal of Strategic Studies, Volume: 39, Number: 3 (15 Apr 2016)

Published online: 18 May 2016
AbstractforNorms, Military Utility, and the Use/Non-use of Weapons: The Case of Anti-plant and Irritant Agents in the Vietnam War | Full Text | References | PDF (2.7 MB)
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Stalking the Secure Second Strike: Intelligence, Counterforce, and Nuclear Strategy
Austin Long & Brendan Rittenhouse Green

Originally published in Journal of Strategic Studies, Volume: 38, Number: 1-2 (02 Jan 2015)

Published online: 24 Dec 2014
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Regional Support for Afghan Insurgents: Challenges for Counterinsurgency Theory and Doctrine
Kersti Larsdotter

Originally published in Journal of Strategic Studies, Volume: 37, Number: 1 (02 Jan 2014)

Published online: 26 Feb 2014
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The 1983 Nuclear Crisis – Lessons for Deterrence Theory and Practice
Dmitry Dima Adamsky

Originally published in Journal of Strategic Studies, Volume: 36, Number: 1 (01 Feb 2013)

Published online: 08 Feb 2013
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Managing Global Counterinsurgency: The Special Group (CI) 1962–1966
Jeffrey H. Michaels

Originally published in Journal of Strategic Studies, Volume: 35, Number: 1 (01 Feb 2012)

Published online: 24 Feb 2012
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Deterring the Undeterrable: Coercion, Denial, and Delegitimization in Counterterrorism
Alex S. Wilner

Originally published in Journal of Strategic Studies, Volume: 34, Number: 1 (01 Feb 2011)

Published online: 24 Feb 2011
AbstractforDeterring the Undeterrable: Coercion, Denial, and Delegitimization in Counterterrorism | Full Text | References | PDF (190.1 KB)
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Economic Development and Military Effectiveness
Michael Beckley

Originally published in Journal of Strategic Studies, Volume: 33, Number: 1 (01 Feb 2010)

Published online: 19 Feb 2010
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Surprise and Terrorism: A Conceptual Framework
Daniel R. Morris

Originally published in Journal of Strategic Studies, Volume: 32, Number: 1 (01 Feb 2009)

Published online: 25 Feb 2009
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The Israel defense forces in the Second Lebanon War: Why the poor performance?
Avi Kober

Originally published in Journal of Strategic Studies, Volume: 31, Number: 1 (01 Feb 2008)

Published online: 05 Jun 2008
AbstractforThe Israel defense forces in the Second Lebanon War: Why the poor performance? | Full Text | References | PDF (217.2 KB)
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