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Official BlueSky Account for International Studies Perspectives, a Journal of the International Studies Association. Official email: isp@colgate.edu
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ICYMI: Be sure to check out our latest issue, feat. works on classroom inclusion, pedagogy and activism, democratization after civil war, the future of the UN, coping with research failure, and female participation in zoom diplomacy!

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Volume 26 Issue 2 | International Studies Perspectives | Oxford Academic
An official journal of the International Studies Association. Publishes papers on policy research and commentary, pedagogical analyses, visions of the Discipline, and pieces of interest to the interna...
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July 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We will be on our summer hiatus until July 16th. Our submission portal will be open, but we won't be processing new manuscripts during that period. We look forward to seeing the exciting research being submitted this summer!
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June 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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📢 Forum written together with:
➡️ @marniehowlett.bsky.social
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📑Rethinking Ethics Review for International Relations Research
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Forum: Rethinking Ethics Review for International Relations Research
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May 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
#AdvancedArticleAlert Check out our forum on an under discussed issue in the discipline: the challenges and opportunities of being a scholar-teacher at a Small Liberal Arts College.

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Forum: Promise and Peril of Being a SLAC Professor
Abstract. The purpose of this forum is to illuminate the pros and cons of a career at a small liberal arts college (or SLAC). Using different perspectives,
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May 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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we all fail rather frequently in different aspects of academic work - but we rarely talk about it

check out this🔥@ispjournal.bsky.social forum on understanding, reflecting, and coping with failure

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Forum: Dead-Ends, Disasters, Delays? Reflecting on Research Failure in International Studies and Ways to Avoid It
Abstract. This forum urges international relations (IR) practitioners to rethink the nature of both failure and success, and their own responsibility in bu
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May 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Advanced Article Alert! @samzil.bsky.social & Dagmar Ludackova explain how emotional interest shapes the landscape of security studies scholarship.

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Interested in Threats: Exploring How Emotional Interest Shapes Security Studies Scholarship
Abstract. Security studies scholars are, by definition, interested in threats. But how does interest shape their knowledge production? We draw on contempor
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April 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It's February. And you know what that means? Our first issue of the year and our first issue headed by the new editorial team just dropped!

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Issues | International Studies Perspectives | Oxford Academic
An official journal of the International Studies Association. Publishes papers on policy research and commentary, pedagogical analyses, visions of the Discipline, and pieces of interest to the interna...
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February 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Spring conference season is almost upon us! Consider submitting your manuscripts to ISP if it relates to pedagogy, practice of the profession, or has policy relevance.

Learn more about what we publish here:

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Each journal in the ISA group of journals has a particular mission and scope.  ISP publishes three types of articles, all of which share th
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February 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Advanced Article Alert! Kai Wang, Chuyu Liu, & Xintong Chen analyze the development of Chinese IR theory and explain its position in the broader discussion of Global IR.

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Cooperation and Conflict Studies in Chinese IR
Abstract. Although Western security scholarship often focuses disproportionally on conflict, cooperation-oriented research dominates Chinese security studi
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January 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Advanced Article Alert! @emekatn.bsky.social atn.bsky.social @edrees4p.bsky.social & @akintayo.bsky.social explore what happens to knowledge production when African researchers study terrorism & conflict related sexual violence.

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Positionality and Knowledge Production on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence against Men and Boys in (Counter-) Terrorism
Abstract. What happens to knowledge production when African-based researchers studying intersections between terrorism and wartime sexual violence interrog
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January 8, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The new year also marks a new editorial team - helmed by @proflupton.bsky.social (@colgateuniversity.bsky.social) with co-editors Yasemin Akbaba (@gettysburgcollege.bsky.social), @gcorreacabrera.bsky.social, Jeff Lantis, Rosalie Arcala Hall, and Kristina Hinds.

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January 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Online First at ISP: "The Three AREs: How Authors, Reviewers, and Editors Can Better Address Alternative Explanations in Scholarly Research" from Andrew Owsiak and Paul Diehl academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
The Three AREs: How Authors, Reviewers, and Editors Can Better Address Alternative Explanations in Scholarly Research
Abstract. Authors of good scholarship must address alternative explanations to the one that they have proposed—to resolve debates, to entertain competing h
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December 30, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Online First at ISP: "Upholding Hierarchies of Knowledge Production: Mundane Obstacles to Global International Relations" from Birte Vogel and others academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
Upholding Hierarchies of Knowledge Production: Mundane Obstacles to Global International Relations
Abstract. Debates about global international relations (IR) have been ongoing for over a decade, yet academic practice in meaningfully cooperating with Glo
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December 30, 2024 at 2:02 PM
As 2024 comes to an end, we would like to extend our gratitude to our outgoing Lead Editor, Dr. Jim Scott of @illinoisstateu.bsky.social

It's been a fantastic five years with Jim at the helm!

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December 30, 2024 at 1:35 AM
Online First at ISP: "Cyber Diplomacy through Official Public Attribution: Paving the Way for Global Norms" from Gil Baram. academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
Cyber Diplomacy through Official Public Attribution: Paving the Way for Global Norms
Abstract. International discussions on establishing and implementing norms for behavior in cyberspace have spanned over two decades. However, differences i
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December 5, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Online first at ISP: "Embracing Universality: Toward the Future of United Nations Development Work" from Max-Otto Baumann and Sebastian Haug. academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
Embracing Universality: Toward the Future of United Nations Development Work
Abstract. United Nations (UN) development work has long followed the binary logic of “developed” countries providing funding so that UN entities support “d
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December 5, 2024 at 12:06 PM
ISP is now in transition from our current editorial team (James M. Scott, Lead Editor; Yasemin Akbaba; Guadalupe Correa Cabrera; Carrie Currier; Jeff Lantis; Danielle Lupton) to the new team, which takes over on January 1, 2025.
December 5, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Online First at ISP: "Studying Narratives in International Relations" from Katja Freistein, Frank Gadinger, and Stefan Groth academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
Studying Narratives in International Relations
Abstract. Many scholars in international relations (IR) share an interest in narratives. With few, notable exceptions, IR scholars seem to lack clear metho
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October 31, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Online First at ISP: "Methodology Matters: Emplotting Interpretivism in Contemporary Political Science and International Studies" from Christina Harris and Julie Radomski academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
Methodology Matters: Emplotting Interpretivism in Contemporary Political Science and International Studies
Abstract. The visibility and adoption of interpretive research approaches in the post-Perestroika period have increased in the United States, yet common kn
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October 31, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Online First at ISP: Democratization and Peace after Civil War—What Difference Can International Engagement Make? Insights from Liberia from Karina Mross academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
Democratization and Peace after Civil War—What Difference Can International Engagement Make? Insights from Liberia
Abstract. What role can international engagement play for the relationship between post-conflict democratization and conflict recurrence? Empirical evidenc
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October 22, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Online First at ISP: "Getting Inside the Mind of Leaders and Advisers: A Data Collection Strategy for Historical Case Studies in IR" from Wendy He and Pascal Vennesson academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
Getting Inside the Mind of Leaders and Advisers: A Data Collection Strategy for Historical Case Studies in IR
Abstract. In the last few decades, a new wave of behavioral research has become prominent in international relations (IR) and led to a welcome expansion of
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September 5, 2024 at 11:59 AM
Online First at ISP: "The Resurgence of Ideology under Xi Jinping and International Relations Scholarship in China" from Sabine Mokry (@drmokry.bsky.social) academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
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September 5, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Online First at ISP: "Forum: Youth as Boundary Actors in International Studies" from Amandine Orsini and others. academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
Forum: Youth as Boundary Actors in International Studies
Abstract. Youth represent a great part of humanity and have always been active and intriguing political actors, yet youth remain sidelined in international
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September 5, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Online First at ISP: "Implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals on Campus: An Exercise in Problem-Based Learning for a Sustainable University" from Pamela Chasek
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Implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals on Campus: An Exercise in Problem-Based Learning for a Sustainable University
Abstract. Colleges and universities have a key role to play in teaching students about and implementing the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Deve
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September 5, 2024 at 10:53 AM