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Italian journal of international affairs edited quarterly by Istituto Affari Internazionali and published by Taylor&Francis.
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⚠️New #article online!

🌐 A Demand-side Explanation of Offshore #Autocratic Assistance:

🔍 shorturl.at/WvxcN

✒️ Diego Telias (Universidad ORT Uruguay), Luciano Quispe (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú) & Stefano Palestini (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
January 5, 2026 at 12:49 PM
The International Spectator's team would like to wish you a joyful #newyear filled with our knowledge, insights and updates!
January 1, 2026 at 1:03 PM
⚠️New #openaccessarticle online!

🧭 #Iran and #CentralAsia: Eurasian #Geopolitics in a Changing World Order

🔍 loom.ly/Fx-mKrk

✒️ Aigerim Altynbek, Edward Wastnidge (@openuniversity.bsky.social) & Adilbek Yermekbayev (a al-Farabi Kazakh National University)
December 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
⚠️New #article online!

🛡️ The #SouthCaucasus Reconstructed: Polarity and Regional Security Order after the #NagornoKarabakh War in 2020

🔍 Read it here: shorturl.at/zzqQa

✒️ Narek Sukiasyan & Erik Davtyan (Yerevan State University)
December 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🎄The International Spectator team would like to wish you #happyfestivities and a joyful #newyear filled with our knowledge, insights and updates! 🎁
December 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
⚠️New #article online!

🤝Alliance Management and Binding Strategy: Why the #UnitedStates Has Failed to Prevent #Turkey from Strategic Rapprochement with #Russia

🔍 Find out more: shorturl.at/4hSfM

✒️ İsmail Akdoğan (Bursa Technical University)
December 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
⚠️New #article online!

🌱Greening the #BeltandRoad Initiative and the #2030Agenda: #China’s #EnvironmentalDiplomacy Discourse in Focus

🔍Is Green BRI driving real progress on climate goals? shorturl.at/w97EL

✒️Agnieszka Nitza-Makowska, Kerry Longhurst & Katarzyna Skiert-Andrzejuk, Civitas University
December 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🔍 Take a look inside our New #Issue!

👉 Focus on Gulf States' mediation as a foreign policy strategy, China’s pivot to South and Central Asia and Changing alignments from the Black to the Caspian Sea, and more!

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/toc/rspe20/6...
December 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
⚠️New #article online!

🌐 #China’s Economic Engagement as Strategic Deterrence in #Afghanistan

🔍 Find out more: loom.ly/t8zaty8

✒️ Nishtha Kaushiki, Victor Sathyadas, Sarita Yadav & Hans Raj (Central University of Punjab)
December 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
⚠️New #article online!

🛡️ Joseph Nye’s #SoftPowerTheory and the Dynamics of #China-India Soft Power Competition in #SouthAsia: A Comparative Analysis

🔍 Find out more here: shorturl.at/CKvRe

✒️ Mohammed Nuruzzaman & Noor Mohammad Sarker (North South University)
December 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
⚠️ New book review!

📗 Making Aid Work: Dueling with Dictators and Warlords in the Middle East and North Africa, G. Denoeux, R. Springborg & H. Alaoui (@lynneriennerpub.bsky.social)

🔗 shorturl.at/SwxGI

✒️ Antonia Ricciardiello
December 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
⚠️New #article online!

🥇Imane Khelif: Women’s Boxing, Geopolitical Power and Gendered Media Narratives

🔍 Find out more: shorturl.at/SDcQi

✒️ Amara Mahfoud & Kamal Hamidou (Qatar University), Nida Ahmad
December 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
📢 New podcast online!

🔍 What factors shape Gulf states' aid strategies in countries like Lebanon, Sudan, and Tunisia?

🎙️ Altea Pericoli unpacks her #article Understanding #GulfStates#ForeignAid: A Conceptual Framework

🔗 shorturl.at/wIaGL
December 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
⚠️New #article online!

🕊️ #Kuwait’s #Humanitarian and Mediation Efforts: A Model for #MiddlePower #NicheDiplomacy

🔍 Discover more: https://loom.ly/wFbXss4

✒️ Mordechai Chaziza & Carmela Lutmar (University of Haifa)
December 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
⚠️New #article online!

🗣️Small-State Niche Diplomacy at Work: The Mediation of the UAE and Qatar in the Russia-Ukraine War

🔍How have the #UAE and #Qatar used niche diplomacy to mediate in the #RussiaUkraineWar? shorturl.at/YbvyM

✒️Leonardo Jacopo Maria Mazzucco & Kristian P. Alexander
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Read Marina Calculli's contribution for Alta Scuola di Economia e Relazioni Internazionali dell’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, based on her article published on TIS

🔗 Find the article on TIS here: https://loom.ly/n6iva2g
and her contribution: https://loom.ly/IX1GK_s
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
📢 New #Issue Online!

👉 Focus on #GulfStates #foreignpolicy strategy, #China's role in South and Central Asia, and more!

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/toc/rspe20/6...
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
⚠️#openaccessarticle

🇪🇺EU Policy towards #Ukraine: Entering Geopolitical Competition over European Order

🔍https://loom.ly/pvQxlsA

✒️@[kristiraik.bsky.social](did:plc:7fhtp5ljvpwzhfjgopczjtc6), @stevenblockmans.bsky.social, Anna Osypchuk & Anton Suslov
November 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
⭐️ The International Spectator welcomes #SpecialIssue proposals for 2027-2028!

💡 If you like the idea, please have a look at our website for more info and the form for #submitting a proposal

🔎 www.tandfonline.com/action/autho...
November 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
⚠️ New book review!

📗 Unexpected revolutionaries: how central banks made and unmade economic orthodoxy, @manuelamoschella.bsky.social (@cornellupress.bsky.social)

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

✒️ Matteo Bursi
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
⚠️New #article online!

🕊️ #Kuwait’s #Humanitarian and Mediation Efforts: A Model for #MiddlePower #NicheDiplomacy

🔍 Discover more: https://loom.ly/wFbXss4

✒️ Mordechai Chaziza & Carmela Lutmar (University of Haifa)
November 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
⚠️New #openaccessarticle online!

🗑️ Beyond discards: Navigating #security and #space through waste in Postwar #Beirut

🔍 Discover more: loom.ly/pP9DXR8

✒️ Ana Kumarasamy @lancasteruni.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🔍 Do you think that an interesting article should be read by everyone?

⚠️The International Spectator is proud to announce the #GlobalVoicesAward 2025! One article published during the year will be granted full access free of charge!

🔗 More info: shorturl.at/xWz7f
November 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
⚠️New #openaccessarticle online!

🧭 #Iran and #CentralAsia: Eurasian #Geopolitics in a Changing World Order

🔍 Discover more here: https://loom.ly/Fx-mKrk

✒️ Aigerim Altynbek, Edward Wastnidge (@openuniversity.bsky.social) & Adilbek Yermekbayev (a al-Farabi Kazakh National University)
November 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
⚠️New #article online!

🛡️ Adhocracy in Action: Gulf #HumanitarianInterventions in #Lebanon

🔍 How have Gulf states’ foreign aid strategies in Lebanon evolved since 2021? Discover more here: shorturl.at/767GO

✒️ Clothilde Facon-Salelles (University of Antwerp)
November 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM