PIO elected president of International Studies Association

Indian-origin professor T V Paul has been elected 56th president of the International Studies Association (ISA), a respected and widely known scholarly association in the field of international studies.
Author of the recent acclaimed book 'The Warrior State: Pakistan in the Contemporary World', Paul is the James McGill Professor of International Relations.
He is a leading scholar of international security, nuclear proliferation and South Asia.
The election was held between November 5 and December 5, 2014 through ISA's online voting system, a media release said.
A faculty member in McGill's Political Science Department since 1991, Paul has authored 15 books and nearly 60 scholarly articles spanning several areas of international relations and global security.

The ISA is an important organisation for connecting scholars and practitioners in the field of international studies since 1959.

Representing 100 countries, the association has more than 6,500 members worldwide, co-operating with 57 international studies organizations. It is currently headquartered at the University of Arizona, in Tucson.
Paul will deliver his presidential Address at the annual ISA convention March 16-19, 2016, in Atlanta.
He will be responsible for organizing the program for the 2017 ISA convention in Baltimore, February 22-25, 2017, on the theme of "peaceful change in world politics.