David Cunningham, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch and Idean Salehyan have been awarded the Outstanding Article of the year award for 2009 by the . The ceremony took place at the IACM annual meeting in Istanbul.

At its annual conference, the International Association for Conflict Management awards an article or book chapter that has made a significant and lasting contribution to the field over the previous two years. The article or book chapter is chosen by a committee chaired by a Board Member-at-Large.

The award is for the article:

Cunningham, David E.; Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, & Idean Salehyan. 2009.

鈥淚t Takes Two: A Dyadic Analysis of Civil War Duration and Outcome鈥, Journal of Conflict Resolution 53 (4): 570-597.