Dr. Benoît Pelopidas, CNS postdoctoral fellow, has received the « Best Graduate Paper 2010 » award from the International Security Studies Section of the International Studies Association (ISA). The Prize will officially be awarded at the International Security Studies Section reception during the annual ISA conference in Montreal in March.

In 2010, he won the outstanding student essay prize from the Doreen and Jim McElvany Nonproliferation Essay Competition and his 2009 essay was distinguished by the Swiss Political Science Review.

His current work focuses on the role of experts in defense and security policy with an emphasis on nuclear weapons and the role of history in the framing of policy choices.