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Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · 23h

📊 How does the gender of suicide terrorists influence the number of fatalities?

Seung-Whan Choi and Benjamin Acosta find that, contrary to prevailing belief, female suicide bombers inflict fewer fatalities than their male counterparts.

🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...

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International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · 6d

How do we tackle #Research & #Partnership in uncertain times? Join @ecpr.bsky.social, BISA, & ISA for a discussion on shifting power structures, changes in #Technology, & market-driven #Academia in #IR, & how #Professional associations can help members build positive practices: buff.ly/QYArYMC

Reimagining Internationalisation in International Studies: From Global Structures to Academic Responsibility. Nov 10, 2025. 12-1 pm (ET). ECPR, BISA, and ISA logos. Background: Close-up of a world globe.

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International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · 11d

The ISA Global South Caucus (GSCIS) is pleased to announce their 2026 Conference, taking place at the Puerto Rican Endowment for the Humanities (Humanidades Puerto Rico) from January 22-24, 2026. Deadline for submission of proposals is November 17, 2025. For more details visit: buff.ly/vsGXuIE

Text: GSCIS Workshop 2026
January 22-24, 2026
Puerto Rican Endowment for the Humanities
San Juan, Puerto Rico

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Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · 11d

🧐 How do nonviolent protesters’ reactions to violent groups affect mobilization in unarmed movements?

Hansol Kwak finds it depends on the gap between how united a movement appears from the outside and how cohesive it really is on the inside.

📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 15d

#BISAISA2025 conference video🚨

Transforming the International: Scholarship and Solidarity in a World of Inequalities 🌟https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WPi1H_Ilps&t=2s

MJ Bosia ExDir Dr Skyler Hawkins Audie Klotz @julietdryden.bsky.social @chrisfeathers.bsky.social International Studies Association

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International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · 19d

⏳ One day left! ⏳ Register & confirm your participation today to remain on the #ISA2026 program. Visit buff.ly/x8FfSZ2 and complete yours today!

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Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · Oct 9

Watch the interview with #JOGSS editors @jamespattison.bsky.social & Ulrich Petersohn!

JOGSS welcomes novel research on global security

📝 No fixed reference style at submission
📚 Bibliography excluded from word count
⚡ Quick turnaround
🤝 Pre-submission exchange

🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6oe...

Interview with James Pattison and Ulrich Petersohn | Journal of Global Security Studies

YouTube video by Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press)

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Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · Oct 9

Watch the interview with #JOGSS editors @jamespattison.bsky.social & Ulrich Petersohn!

JOGSS welcomes novel research on global security

📝 No fixed reference style at submission
📚 Bibliography excluded from word count
⚡ Quick turnaround
🤝 Pre-submission exchange

🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6oe...

Interview with James Pattison and Ulrich Petersohn | Journal of Global Security Studies

YouTube video by Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press)

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Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · Oct 8

📰 New research from our editorial team!

How does peacekeepers’ use of force affect their local legitimacy?

@birtegippert.bsky.social finds that both the ends and the means of using force shape how local communities perceive peacekeepers.

📘 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...

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International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · Oct 6

The preliminary program for #ISA2026 has been released. Visit buff.ly/JaoFN9h to check it out! Register by 10/24 to remain in the program.

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International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · Oct 6

⏰ #ISAVirtual2025 session recordings expire this Friday. Register today to access conference content before it's too late! buff.ly/KYo8qMp

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Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · Oct 6

🔍 Curious about the latest research from our editorial team?

Dive into Belgin San-Akca’s work exploring how the triadic unit of analysis uncover complex dynamics between Nonstate Armed Groups, their target states, and foreign supporters.

📘 Read more: methods.sagepub.com/case/triadic...

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Jess Gifkins @jessgifkins.bsky.social · Oct 1

New article out by Stephen McLoughlin, @profbode.bsky.social and me 🎉
On the practice of early warning of mass atrocities by practitioners in the UN Secretariat and has important findings on the limitations of current early warning practices. This project was funded by the The British Academy.

Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · Sep 25

🤔 Why does the UN Secretariat struggle to act on early warnings?

A new #JOGSS article shows how diverging standards of ‘competent’ practices across different communities of practice (CoPs) create tensions and performance gaps

🔗 Available open access: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...

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Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · Oct 3

7/7 The Liminal Figure of the Civilian and the Necropolitics of Protection, by @mgdoucet.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...

Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · Oct 3

6/7 Failure through Consensus Building: Rethinking the Normative Status of the Responsibility to Protect in a Pluralist Global Order, by Samuel Jarvis
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...

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Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · Oct 3

5/7 When Do States Repatriate Refugees? Evidence from the Middle East, by Zeynep Şahin-Mencütek and @tsourapas.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...

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Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · Oct 3

4/7 What Happens to Peace When the Process is Stalled: Competing International Approaches to the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict, 1996–2021, by Lior Lehrs, Dror K. Markus, @miodownik.bsky.social, Tamir Sheafer and Shaul R. Shenhav
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...

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Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · Oct 3

3/7 Mediated Audience Costs: Jordan–Israeli Diplomacy before the 1967 Arab–Israeli War, by @matthewcebul.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...

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Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · Oct 3

2/7 Tying the Hands of Militants: Civilian Targeting and Societal Pressures in the Provisional IRA and Palestinian Hamas, by @risabrooks12.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...

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Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · Oct 3

1/7 Annexation Attempts as a Two-Level Game: Israel and the West Bank in 1967 and 2020, by Rob Geist Pinfold and Ehud Eiran
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...

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Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · Oct 3

Here is a selected list of articles published in #JOGSS that may help you better understand the situation in #Gaza analytically:

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Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · Sep 30

🔍 Interest in vernacular security is on the rise, yet it remains under-theorised.

📚 @leejarvis.bsky.social addresses this gap with a new typology of critiques found in below-the-line commentary on extremism politics.

👉 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...

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International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · Sep 25

Interested in being notified about ISA webinars for early career #Scholars? Join the Early Career Scholar #Network (ECSN) and be the first to hear about all upcoming opportunities, such as "Public Speaking Skills for Teaching, Presenting, and Job Talks!" Learn more & sign up here: buff.ly/dhn7MEB

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Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · Sep 25

Featuring @jessgifkins.bsky.social, Stephen McLoughlin and @profbode.bsky.social

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