Arthur Ross Book Award
The annual Arthur Ross Book Award recognizes books that make an outstanding contribution to the understanding of foreign policy or international relations. The prize, endowed by the late Arthur Ross in 2001, is for nonfiction works from the past year, in English or translation, that merit special attention for:
- bringing forth new information that changes the understanding of events or problems;
- developing analytical approaches that offer insights into critical issues; or
- introducing ideas that help resolve foreign policy problems.
2024 Medalists
Gold Medal
Gary J. Bass
Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia
Silver Medal
Kal Raustiala
The Absolutely Indispensable Man: Ralph Bunche, The United Nations, and the Fight to End Empire
Bronze Medal
Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman
Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy
Arthur Ross Book Award Events
You can view past Arthur Ross Book Award events and read the transcripts here.
Past Winners
Here is the list of past winners of the Arthur Ross Book Award, 2005 through 2021.
Procedures
We are no longer accepting nominations for the 2024 award cycle. If you would like to nominate a book published in 2024 for the 2025 award, please email [email protected] with the following in the text of the email:
- Book title
- Book author
- Publication date, including year
- Publisher name
For any other inquiries, please email [email protected].
Jury
Gideon Rose (Chair)
Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Lisa Anderson
President Emerita, American University in Cairo
Kwame Anthony Appiah
Professor, Philosophy and Law, New York University
Sumit Ganguly
Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations, Indiana University at Bloomington
Michelle D. Gavin
Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Former U.S. Ambassador to Botswana
Paul D. Golob
President and Executive Editor, Deadline Management LLC
Calvin G. Sims
Executive Vice President of Standards and Practices, CNN
Andrew Ross Sorkin
Columnist and Assistant Business Editor, New York Times
News Releases
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“Chip War,” an Analysis of the Geopolitics of Critical Technology, Wins 2023 Arthur Ross Book Award
- “The American War in Afghanistan: A History” Wins Prestigious Arthur Ross Book Award
- “The Price of Peace”: Biography of John Maynard Keynes Wins Prestigious Arthur Ross Book Award
- Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland Wins Arthur Ross Book Award
- Jill Lepore’s “These Truths: A History of the United States” Wins 2019 CFR Arthur Ross Book Award
- Stephen Kotkin’s “Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941” Wins 2018 CFR Arthur Ross Book Award
- John Pomfret’s “The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom” Wins 2017 CFR Arthur Ross Book Award
- Niall Ferguson’s “Kissinger: 1923-1968: The Idealist” Wins 2016 CFR Arthur Ross Book Award
- Piketty’s “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” Wins 2015 CFR Arthur Ross Book Award
- Gary Bass Wins CFR’s 2014 Arthur Ross Book Award for “The Blood Telegram”
- Fredrik Logevall Wins CFR’s 2013 Arthur Ross Book Award for “Embers of War”
- John Lewis Gaddis Wins CFR’s 2012 Arthur Ross Book Award for “George F. Kennan: An American Life”
- Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff Win CFR’s 2011 Arthur Ross Book Award for “This Time is Different”
- Liaquat Ahamed Wins CFR’s 2010 Arthur Ross Book Award for “Lords of Finance”
- Philip Pan Wins CFR’s 2009 Arthur Ross Book Award for “Out of Mao’s Shadow”
- Paul Collier Wins CFR’s 2008 Arthur Ross Book Award for “Bottom Billion”
- Kwame Anthony Appiah Wins CFR’s 2007 Arthur Ross Book Award for “Cosmopolitanism”
- Tony Judt Wins CFR’s 2006 Arthur Ross Book Award for “Postwar”
- CFR’s 2006 Arthur Ross Book Award Shortlist Announced
- Steve Coll Wins the Council’s 2005 Arthur Ross Book Award for “Ghost Wars”
- CFR’s 2005 Arthur Ross Book Award Shortlist Announced
- Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon Win CFR’s 2004 Arthur Ross Book Award for “The Age of Sacred Terror”
- Samantha Power Wins CFR’s Second Annual Arthur Ross Book Award for “A Problem from Hell”
- Robert Skidelsky Wins CFR’s First Arthur Ross Book Award
- 2002 Arthur Ross Book Award Short List Announced