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This is the official account of the European Journal of International Relations (EJIR), the journal co-owned by the ECPR Standing Group on International Relations (SGIR) & the European International Studies Association (EISA)
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We thank Sophia for the four years as Associate Editor of the EJIR.

Her thoughtful contributions and deep commitment have shaped the journal’s work profoundly.

We wish her all the best for the development of her new projects.
December 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Regan Burles' article about the 'return of geopolitics' and the geopolitical foundations of historical knowledge was published in EJIR and is available online.

Read it here: t1p.de/kd336

@rmburles.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Stories derive much of their meaning from how they end. Joseph MacKay and Christoph LaRoche‘s article in EJIR asks how endings shape the historical narratives at the heart of IR theories. Read the full paper here: t1p.de/voqhz

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December 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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We are pleased to announce our new issue is a special issue on History and Theory in International Relations!

📚Read the full issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/ejta/31/4

🧵Find an overview of all the featured articles in this post:
December 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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uu-polisci.bsky.social
How do we avoid theoretically eclectic and redundant approaches to constructivism in #IR? In this @ejir.bsky.social piece, Stefano Guzzini proposes a coherent reconstruction of #constructivism, understood as a reflexive meta-theory.

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A Reconstruction of Constructivism in International Relations - STEFANO GUZZINI, 2000
In order to avoid both theoretically eclectic and redundant approaches to constructivism, this article proposes one possible and coherent reconstruction of cons...
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December 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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uu-polisci.bsky.social
In their @ejir.bsky.social article, Anna Michalski and Ludvig Norman offer a conceptual framework to make sense of European security cooperation, illustrated by examples from European states’ response to the 2011 crisis in #Libya.

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Conceptualizing European security cooperation: Competing international political orders and domestic factors - Anna Michalski, Ludvig Norman, 2016
It is commonly argued that political elites in Europe are increasingly acting in accordance with shared norms, identities and practices, thus shaping the charac...
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December 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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ecpr.bsky.social
📣 Call for #ecprgc26 Papers
💻 Regulatory Governance: What, Where, How and Why?
🪑 Rik Joosen & Martin Weinrich
⌛ Deadline: 5 Jan buff.ly/H6aCyIc

#Polisky #CallforPapers
Regulatory Governance: What, Where, How and Why?
General Conference 2026, 8 – 11 September, Jagiellonian University
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December 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Grateful to be part of this new special issue on history and theory in IR in @ejir.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social : journals.sagepub.com/toc/EJT/curr...
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December 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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📣 Call for #ecprgc26 Papers
🍃 Climate Governance in Turbulent Times: Ambition, Implementation and Contestation
🪑 @laimaeicke.bsky.social & @tomasmaltby.bsky.social
⌛ Deadline: 5 Jan buff.ly/fOU2fws

#Polisky #CallforPapers #ClimateChange #EuropeanUnion #EU
Climate Governance in Turbulent Times: Ambition, Implementation and Contestation
European Consortium for Political Research
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December 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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"Critical junctures in International Relations: antecedents, contingency, and change in world politics" by Tom Long and Carsten-Andreas Schulz is out now in EJIR!

You can read it here: t1p.de/ni39u and it is also part of our new issue!
December 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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"Gatekeeping the Greenland ice sheet: climate change data and the 'upstream' production of global governance objects" by @LinMortensgaard is out in EJIR!

You can read it here: t1p.de/vid4a
November 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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"The Ukrainian meme machine: digital diplomacy and ‘quantum humour’" by @cbjola.bsky.social and Michaela Coplen is out now in EJIR!

You can read the full article here: t1p.de/2h93o
#digitaldiplomacy #ukraine #quantumtheory #memediplomacy
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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⏰ The deadline for workshop submissions for #EISAPEC26 is coming up!

🔗 Submit a proposal here by 24 November: buff.ly/SpxSboT
1-3 July 2026. 13th European Workshops in International Studies. Izmir University of Economics, Turkey.
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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ecpr.bsky.social
💫 Beginner-friendly #qualitative courses this Feb ⤵️

🔹Applications of Focus Groups @karenlumsden.bsky.social
🔹Case Study Research: Method & Practice @ingorohlfing.bsky.social
🔹Intro to Qualitative Comparative Analysis

📆 16–27 Feb 2026, Online

🐦 Early Bird until 5 Jan buff.ly/qoXc0pJ
#ecprms
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
ejir.bsky.social
Mariah Thornton's new EJIR article is about #disinformation, whole-of- society resistance, sociotechnical resistance and open source governance in Taiwan.

You can find the full article here: shorturl.at/0DCPz

@mariahtthornton.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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"History, ethics, and war: on the moral equality of combatants" by Luke Glanville, Cian O‘Driscoll and Emily Tannock is out now in EJIR and available online.

You can read it here: t1p.de/dzw0p
November 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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mariahtthornton.bsky.social
My article about state resistance to transnational #disinformation is out now in
@ejir.bsky.social.

doi.org/10.1177/1354...

Taking #Taiwan's resistance to #China's disinformation as its empirical focus, the article offers 4 contributions to #InternationalRelations:
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November 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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ecpr.bsky.social
🌍 #SGEU26 @ecprsgeu.bsky.social Section seeking Panels and Papers
🗳️ EU Elections and Legislative Politics
🪑 Lukas Obholzer & William Daniel (@uniofnottingham.bsky.social)
⌛⬇️ Deadline:10 Dec buff.ly/CIF6V3N

#Elections #ElectoralBehaviour #PublicOpinion #EuropeanUnion
EU Elections and Legislative Politics
13th Biennial Conference of the Standing Group on the European Union | 1 – 3 July 2026, Università di Catania
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October 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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🌸 #ECPG26 @ecprgender.bsky.social Section seeking Panels and Papers ⤵️
🌟 Open Section
💡 Welcomes proposals that do not fit readily into the other accepted Sections
🪑 @ivanadobrotic.bsky.social, Anna Elomäki
⌛👇 Deadline: 7 Nov buff.ly/O1INkqY
Open Section
European Conference on Politics and Gender (ECPG), 15 – 17 June 2026, Newcastle University
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October 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
ejir.bsky.social
In their new EJIR article, @maiapal.bsky.social
and Claire Vergerio introduce the idea of “woven and warring cosmologies” through the cases of Louis XIV and revolutionary Corsica.

You can read the full publication here: t1p.de/aeh1h
October 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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luissimonn.bsky.social
In this new piece for @ejir.bsky.social Stephan Klose and I discuss how US allies balance security and autonomy, focusing on 🇯🇵 and 🇵🇱 . 🙏 to @erc.europa.eu for the support 👇👇

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cc: @michitotsuruoka.bsky.social @lanoszka.bsky.social @danielfiott.bsky.social
With or without you: how junior allies balance security and autonomy - Luis Simón, Stephan Klose, 2025
Secondary states that engage in external balancing are willing to trade some autonomy for the increased security that comes with the protection offered by a gre...
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October 23, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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October 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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"‘Baleful influence’: a conceptual analysis of militarism" by Bryan Mabee and Srdjan Vucetic is out now in EJIR and available online.

You can read it here: t1p.de/4s6sq
October 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Where are Indigenous Peoples in a house that is meant for "We the Peoples"?

Learn more about the diplomacy of Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations and how IR can render them visible in Tomohiro Harada’s new EJIR article: t1p.de/rrccq
October 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Why have globally oriented firms been unable to prevent the rapid proliferation of national security-oriented restrictions on their investment and trade activities?

Sarahbauerle.bsky.social's article on securitized political economy was recently published in EJIR.

Read it here: t1p.de/gp520
October 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM