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2015-08-11

Call for Student Essays for Fall 2015 Issue: The Geopolitics of Energy / GPPN Essay Contest - The Journal of International Affairs, SIPA, Columbia University

The Journal of International Affairs is seeking student submissions for its semiannual GPPN Essay Contest. The author of the winning article will receive *USD500* and publication alongside noted scholars in the Journal’s forthcoming issue on the Geopolitics of Energy. Published by Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, the Journal of International Affairs is one of the oldest and most respected foreign affairs periodicals.

Fall 2015: *"The Geopolitics of Energy"*

The upcoming issue will explore the problems and solutions that energy strategies add to the geopolitical and environmental problems we face today.

The committee welcomes papers on any Energy-related topic. Possible topics may include:

*· The link between oil prices and regime change· ISIS and oil theft· Shale gas revolution’s effect on US and major exporters to US· Latin America’s leap to renewable energy· Energy and climate treaties· Exploring the Arctic*

*[Submission Guidelines]*
· Essays cannot have been previously published, but need not be written specifically for the contest. Papers submitted for academic credit are welcome, provided they are relevant to the upcoming issue’s theme

· Papers should not exceed *4,000 words*

· Citations should be in the form of footnotes formatted according to the Chicago Manual of Style 16th Ed

· The GPPN Essay Contest is open to all students currently enrolled at GPPN schools, including:
- Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
- Science Po Paris: Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris
- London School of Economics and Political Scienc
- Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
- University of Tokyo Graduate School of Public Policy
- Hertie School of Governance
- Fundação Getúlio Vargas Escola de Admistração de Empreses de São Paolo (FGV-EAESP)

*Submission Deadline:* *September 25, 2015 at 11:59pm EST.*
Interested authors may submit their papers via the online submission form (*URL:http://www.jotform.us/JIACordierGPPN/Fall_2015*).

Any further questions may be directed to Sophia Barney-Farrar (CordierEditor) at *s.barneyfarrar@columbia.edu*.

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