Institute for Security and Conflict Studies – at the Elliott School of International Affairs

ABOUT ISCS

The Institute for Security and Conflict Studies is an energetic academic community dedicated to furthering the study of international security.

Our mission is to advance scholarly research on international conflict and strengthen the field of security studies through graduate education; improve public understanding of key international security issues; and inform policy debates related to U.S. national security.

Co-Director Alex Downes

Co-Director Charles Glaser

UPCOMING EVENTS

Herbert Lin, Stanford University

February 14, 2022 | 4:00 pm ET | Online via Zoom

Marika Landau-Wells, University of California, Berkeley

March 7, 2022 | Time & Location TBD

Kate Cronin-Furman, University College London

March 28, 2022 | Time & Location TBD

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NEWS & UPDATES

SPOTLIGHT

Catastrophic Success: Why Foreign-Imposed Regime Change Goes Wrong

Catastrophic Success: Why Foreign-Imposed Regime Change Goes Wrong (Cornell University Press, 2021) by Alexander B. Downes, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Co-Director of the Institute for Security and Conflict Studies, is now...

Dr. Charles Glaser receives the 2021 William and Katherine Estes Award

“Charles L. Glaser, George Washington University, will receive the 2021 William and Katherine Estes Award. Glaser has made important contributions to understanding feasible and desirable forms of nuclear arms control and ballistic missile defense in light of a...

ISCS Fellow Accepts Position at Air Force Academy

Current ISCS Fellow and GW Ph.D. student in Political Science Danielle Gilbert has accepted a job as Assistant Professor of Military and Strategic Studies at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Dani plans to defend her dissertation this spring before taking up her new...

Institute for Security and Conflict Studies

1957 E St. NW

Washington, DC 20052

Email: iscs@gwu.edu

Tel: (202) 994-7158