Lepgold Book Prize
The Georgetown University Book Prize honors Joseph S. Lepgold, a Georgetown University Government and School of Foreign Service professor who died in a tragic hotel fire in Paris in December 2001. The prize honors exceptional contributions to the study of international relations. Past winners of the prize include John Mearsheimer (The Tragedy of Great Power Politics), Samantha Power (A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide), James Goldgeier and Michael McFaul (Power and Purpose: US Policy Towards Russia After the Cold War), Jack Snyder and Edward Mansfield (Electing to Fight), and Robert Kagan (Dangerous Nation).
This year's winner is Nina Tannenwald for her work The Nuclear Taboo: The United States and the Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons Since 1945 . Prof. Tannenwald's research focuses on the role of international institutions, norms and ideas in global security issues, and efforts to control weapons of mass destruction. She served as director of Brown's International Relations Program between 2003-06. She has been a visiting professor at Stanford and Cornell and a commentator on radio, television and op-ed pages on nuclear weapons issues. Currently, she is an Associate Research Professor at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University.
