ISS

For 36 years, International Security Studies (ISS) was the preeminent research institution for advancing the field of security studies. From 1988 to 2024, it trained a vast number of exceptional scholars and practitioners and organized significant interdisciplinary convenings, particularly at the nexus of history and political science. Founded by the indomitable Paul Kennedy, Yale's J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History and Global Affairs, ISS became legendary as an incubator and launching pad for careers, research agendas, and new university programs. For decades, ISS supported faculty and student research; awarded pre- and post-doctoral fellowships to visiting scholars; and organized a wide range of conferences, workshops, and other symposia, enriching the Yale community. ISS had a signal impact on the study of global and international affairs... In 2000, ISS created the Grand Strategy Project, under the leadership of Professors John Lewis Gaddis and Paul Kennedy and the late..

Also known as: Yale University

Primary location: New Haven United States