2006 Impact Factor: 0.127
Ranking 48/50 (International Relations); 78/85 (Political Science)
© Thomson Scientific, Journal Citation Reports, 2007

The 2007 Annual Amos Perlmutter Prize was awarded to Avi Kober, for his article 'The IDF in the Second Lebanon War: Why the Poor Performance?'

Over the last twenty years, the reshaping of the world politics and the development of innovative military technologies has placed a huge question mark beside the efficacy of force in contemporary statecraft. Consequently, the field of strategic studies has never been of greater significance than it is today. Since the appearance of the first issue in 1978, The Journal of Strategic Studies has taken a lead in promoting fresh thinking in the field among practitioners and academics alike.

The defining feature of The Journal of Strategic Studies is its commitment to multi-disciplinary approach. The editors welcome articles that challenge our historical understanding of man's efforts to achieve political ends through the application of military and diplomatic means; articles on contemporary security and theoretical controversies of enduring value; and of course articles that explicitly combine the historical and theoretical approaches to the study of modern warfare, defence policy and modern strategy.

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All articles in The Journal of Strategic Studies have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and review by one or more anonymous referees. The journal publishes a list of its referees in the last issue of each volume.