The RT Journal
Founded in 1910, The Round Table, Britain's oldest international affairs journal, provides analysis and commentary on all aspects of international affairs. The journal is the major source for coverage of the policy issues concerning the contemporary Commonwealth and its role in international affairs, with occasional articles on themes of historical interest.
Peter Lyon Memorial Prize
This is a new annual prize by Routledge, the publishers of The Round Table, who are offering an annual prize of £1000 for the best policy-oriented article on a theme of significance for the contemporary Commonwealth published in the journal each calendar year.
The prize will be awarded early in the year to the author of the best policy-relevant article published in the previous year. It will be awarded at the discretion of the editor, with advice both from the publishers and from the journal's editorial and international advisory boards. The editor's decision will be final.
The first prize will be awarded in 2012, for the best policy-relevant article published in 2011.
The prize has been instituted in memory of Peter Lyon (1934-2010), who was Reader in International Relations at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, and Editor of The Round Table from 1983 to 2004. Widely acknowledged as one of the leading experts on the Commonwealth, he was keen to bridge the divide between academia and policy-making, and over the period of his editorship he wrote almost 100 editorials and other articles for the journal, commenting on more or less every issue of relevance to the contemporary Commonwealth.
All articles published in the journal which contain a significant policy-oriented element will automatically be considered as entrants for the prize.
To submit an article or a proposal for an article for publication in the journal, please contact the Editor, Dr Venkat Iyer, at the School of Law, University of Ulster, Jordanstown campus, Shore Road, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, BT37 0QB, or e-mail him at theroundtable@hotmail.co.uk.