Publications – Institute for Security and Conflict Studies

New Book by Amy Austin-Holmes, ISCS Visiting Scholar

September 14, 2023September 14, 2023Front Slider, Publications

Book Summary:

In Statelet of Survivors, Amy Austin Holmes charts the history of one of the most radical experiments in self-governance of our time: a statelet created by Kurds, Arabs, and Assyrians.

The semi-autonomous region has its own military and police forces; schools with language instruction in Kurdish, Aramaic, and Arabic; local governance that empowers women and recognizes Yezidis; an economic eco-system that strives to undo decades of underdevelopment; and a new judicial system to hold perpetrators accountable for ISIS crimes.

Holmes traces the genealogy of the statelet to the Republic of Mount Ararat, a self-governing entity proclaimed in 1927 based on solidarity between Kurds and Armenian genocide survivors.

New Publications by Eun A Jo, ISCS Predoctoral Fellow

December 14, 2022September 14, 2023Publications

How does memory shape domestic and international politics? By answering this question, we can gain insight into how collective memory played a role in the failure of the South Korea–Japan reconciliation. Eun A Jo, a Predoctoral Fellow in the GW Institute for Security and Conflict Studies, explores this question in a recently published journal article. Read Memory, Institutions, and the Domestic Politics of South Korean–Japanese Relations.

Jo is also the author of the article “Japan and South Korea Are Still Haunted by the Past,” published on November 23, 2022, in Foreign Affairs Magazine.

ISCS Director Wins 2020 Harry Harding Teaching Prize

March 18, 2020Publications

Alexander Downes, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of the Institute for Security and Conflict Studies, is this year’s winner of the Elliott School’s Harry Harding Teaching Prize. This award is given to a member of the Elliott School faculty who has demonstrated sustained excellence in teaching and who has made extraordinary contributions to the education of Elliott School students.

Former Director of ISCS Named Winner of 2020 Michael E. Brown Research Prize

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020Publications

Charles Glaser, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and former Director of the Institute for Security and Conflict Studies, has been named the recipient of the 2020 Michael E. Brown Research Prize. Named after ESIA’s former dean, the annual prize recognizes a faculty member whose research contributes to scholarly and policy-relevant understanding of important global issues. Congratulations Charlie!