International Studies Association


The International Studies Association is a professional association for scholars, practitioners and graduate students in the field of international studies. Founded in 1959, ISA now has over 7,000 members in 110 countries and is the most respected and widely known scholarly association in this field. Endeavoring to create communities of scholars dedicated to international studies, ISA is divided into 6 geographic subdivisions, 29 thematic groups and 4 Caucuses which provide opportunities to exchange ideas and research with local colleagues and within specific subject areas. ISA publishes leading journals in the field of international studies and the annual convention routinely draws over 6,500 attendees.
ISA publishes six academic journals, publishes a comprehensive compendium of international studies and maintains a variety of online resources for the international academic community.
It is a US association with headquarters at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut.

List of presidents

  1. Minos Generales
  2. Wesley Posvar
  3. Fred Sondermann
  4. Ross Berkes
  5. John Grange
  6. Vernon Van Dyke
  7. F. Field Haviland, Jr.
  8. William Olson
  9. Robert North
  10. Norman Palmer
  11. Richard C. Snyder
  12. William T.R. Fox
  13. Alexander George
  14. Kenneth Boulding
  15. Richard Rosecrance
  16. Vincent Davis
  17. Herbert Kelman
  18. Chadwick F. Alger
  19. Ole Holsti
  20. Dina Zinnes
  21. Henry Teune
  22. Harold K. Jacobson
  23. Bruce Russett
  24. James N. Rosenau
  25. J. David Singer
  26. Kal J. Hosti
  27. Harold Guetzkow
  28. Robert Keohane
  29. Charles F. Hermann
  30. Helga Haftendorn
  31. Maurice East
  32. Hayward R. Alker, Jr.
  33. Charles Kegley, Jr.
  34. Ted R. Gurr
  35. Susan Strange
  36. Davis Bobrow
  37. James A. Caporaso
  38. Margaret G. Hermann
  39. Michael Brecher
  40. Craig Murphy
  41. Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
  42. John A. Vasquez
  43. Steve Smith
  44. Jacek Kugler
  45. William Thompson
  46. J. Ann Tickner
  47. Jack Levy
  48. Nils Petter Gleditsch
  49. Thomas G. Weiss
  50. David A. Lake
  51. Beth Simmons
  52. Etel Solingen
  53. Harvey Starr
  54. Amitav Acharya
  55. Paul Diehl
  56. T.V. Paul
  57. Brett Ashley Leeds
  58. Patrick James
  59. Cameron G. Thies
  60. Helen V. Milner