This conference is the premiere venue (bar none) for presentation of intelligence studies research. If you have ideas for paper or panel submissions, the deadline is 1 June 2009. To submit your proposals, follow the instructions at the MyISA website at: http://isanet.ccit.arizona.edu/MyISA/NewOrleans2010.aspx Notification of acceptances will be sent in September 2009.

To get an idea of the range of topics and types of papers typically presented, last year's program is available for browsing. The 2009 ISA/ISS program can be found here: http://iss.loyola.edu/iss_panels2009.pdf and the 2008 ISA/ISS program is here: http://iss.loyola.edu/iss_panels2008.pdf Also, the entire 2009 ISA program can be found here: http://isanet.ccit.arizona.edu/newyork09/program.pdf

Ideas for Intelligence Studies panels at the 2010 conference include (but not limited to):
• Intelligence Studies: Connecting Scholars and Practitioners
• Intelligence Control and Oversight;
• International (ie. Non-US) Intelligence Systems;
• Intelligence Sharing (both within and between countries);
• Intelligence as an Instrument of Risk Management (to include non-state actors such as terrorist groups, gangs, narcotics traffickers, or businesses);
• Intelligence and Uncertainty;
• Intelligence Theory (or Theories); and
• The relationship between Intelligence Studies and IR Theory.

As background/context, the Intelligence Studies Section (ISS) is one of twenty-three organized sections within the International Studies Association (ISA), which was founded in 1959 to promote research and education in international affairs. ISA has over 4,000 members in North America and around the world, and is the most well respected and widely known scholarly association in this field. (See http://www.isanet.org )

ISA’s Intelligence Studies Section (which has been in existence since the mid-1980s) is the primary venue for the presentation of research in intelligence studies. Every year, at ISA's annual conventions, the Intelligence Studies Section is the place where new research, writing, and thinking on intelligence studies is presented. It attracts academicians as well as former practitioners, government officials (CIA, DIA, State, etc), military students and professors (National Defense Intelligence College, Naval Postgraduate School, Army and Naval War Colleges, the service academies, etc) and participants from think tanks and private contractors (RAND, CNA, SAIC). For more on the Intelligence Studies Section, see its website at: http://iss.loyola.edu

Also, note that the theme of the 2010 conference is "Theory vs. Policy? Connecting Scholars and Practitioners" which may be particularly appropriate for the Intelligence Studies Section. See full description of this theme at: http://www.isanet.org/neworleans2010/call-for-papers.html

Please let us know if you have any comments or questions….

Regards,
Stephen Marrin,
ISA/ISS Co-Program Chair
Mercyhurst College
smarrin@mercyhurst.edu

Larry Lamanna
ISA/ISS Co-Program Chair
University of Georgia
lamanna@uga.edu