Together with many leading journals in the field of International Relations, we are committed to work for intellectual rigour, originality, & scholarly quality in what we publish. We value human intellectual labour over artificial intelligence in what we accept for publication.
Together with many leading journals in the field of International Relations, we are committed to work for intellectual rigour, originality, & scholarly quality in what we publish. We value human intellectual labour over artificial intelligence in what we accept for publication.
@ahmed_bulbul_ asks whether participation in UN peacekeeping enhances cooperative relations among the states that contribute personnel... and SPOILER ALERT -- the answer is YES https://t.co/yIn07PAjMI
Does U.S. pressure on allies push their publics toward the bomb? New survey experiments in Japan, Germany, Poland, and South Korea find that even blunt statements that America wouldn't defend them barely change public support for nuclear weapons. https://t.co/JBgeCaC1Mz
What explains radical land reforms in developing countries? Zeng and Wei link these policies to foreigh aid from the Soviet Union. https://t.co/ta2Wu2Fdzp
New article highlights the BLOCS database that combines bilateral trade, investment and agreement data. We find trade agreement provisions influence the effects of trade agreements & that some provisions matter more than others for the creation of trade. https://t.co/yGEEARA82Z
New article highlights the BLOCS database that combines bilateral trade, investment and agreement data. We find trade agreement provisions influence the effects of trade agreements & that some provisions matter more than others for the creation of trade. https://t.co/yGEEARA82Z
How does political inequality among ethnic groups motivate governments to engage in international conflicts? Ngo explores this question in a new paper -- finding that it might be a motivator for diversionary behavior https://t.co/xDubgpA5wI
New Open Access work by Nadine O'Shea explores when government violence against civilians is most likely to follow mediation and demonstrates how complementary conflict management tools can constrain civilian harm. https://t.co/YZgE1WDaTe
New piece by Isgandarov -- Trade agreements do not promote peace through economic integration, instead treaties w/ security cooperation & joint bodies reduce conflict by improving transparency, highlighting the importance of institutional design for peace. https://t.co/VFEmTLy3ld
Chen and Chang-Liao find that Beijing’s coercive diplomacy relies on sunk-cost rather than hand-tying signals, suggesting that China’s coercive diplomacy serves to moderate domestic audience, shaping public sentiment and retaining societal approval.
https://t.co/hSB6vwINSb
Lenz, Saleh, and Haftel explore how organizational overlap affects the delegation of authority to IOs. Using novel data on African IOs, they find greater overlap is associated with stagnating delegation https://t.co/hWa5zJoa7x
How do people perceive female executives around the world and how do those perceptions shape foreign policy preferences? Goldberg and Lai use experimental methods to find out! https://t.co/B7V88tgroy
Why do states intervene in some conflicts but not others? The trick is in the cases that almost happened. This new paper introduces a two-stage model and near-misses sampling to fix how we build samples in interventions research: https://t.co/93cPvFUQwh
Think editing an ISA journal sounds like fun? Calls for new teams for ISR and II are now up. Looking for enthusiastic individuals to start January 2028. Feel free to reach out if you are interested! https://t.co/pgpd2ByRZr
Kim, Lee, Whang, and Ryu examine how social desirability bias might after polls in South Korea that show majority support for independent nuclear acquisition, seemingly contradicting global nonproliferation norms and the nuclear taboo.
https://t.co/CGplbtYNt6