Cooperation and Conflict
@coco-journal.bsky.social
Cooperation and Conflict (CoCo) is a Nordic peer-reviewed IR journal publishing articles on a broad range of topics.
Editors in Chief: @bdecarvalho.bsky.social & @kristinhaugevik.bsky.social
Editors: @pauldavidbeaumont.bsky.social & @oyvinds.bsky.social
Editors in Chief: @bdecarvalho.bsky.social & @kristinhaugevik.bsky.social
Editors: @pauldavidbeaumont.bsky.social & @oyvinds.bsky.social
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Honoured to discuss “The Seductive Power of Grand Narratives” as part of this forum on Oliver Richmond’s ambitious and important @oxfordunipress.bsky.social book on The Evolution of the International Peace Architecture. Open-access in @coco-journal.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
September 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Honoured to discuss “The Seductive Power of Grand Narratives” as part of this forum on Oliver Richmond’s ambitious and important @oxfordunipress.bsky.social book on The Evolution of the International Peace Architecture. Open-access in @coco-journal.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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How do international organizations change as the consequence of autocratization? A new article in @coco-journal.bsky.social
with @debremaria.bsky.social explores how regime transformations affect IO membership composition.
Are non-democracies taking over?
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with @debremaria.bsky.social explores how regime transformations affect IO membership composition.
Are non-democracies taking over?
➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
September 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
How do international organizations change as the consequence of autocratization? A new article in @coco-journal.bsky.social
with @debremaria.bsky.social explores how regime transformations affect IO membership composition.
Are non-democracies taking over?
➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
with @debremaria.bsky.social explores how regime transformations affect IO membership composition.
Are non-democracies taking over?
➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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I am thrilled to share 'Foreign Aid for Peace and Civilian Victimisation,' recently published in @coco-journal.bsky.social. This study examines the impact of European Union aid on civilian victimisation in Colombia’s post-conflict context.
🔗 Read the full article: lnkd.in/dQUFTq_v
🔗 Read the full article: lnkd.in/dQUFTq_v
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I am thrilled to share 'Foreign Aid for Peace and Civilian Victimisation,' recently published in @coco-journal.bsky.social. This study examines the impact of European Union aid on civilian victimisation in Colombia’s post-conflict context.
🔗 Read the full article: lnkd.in/dQUFTq_v
🔗 Read the full article: lnkd.in/dQUFTq_v
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So pleased to have published my latest work in @coco-journal.bsky.social on #Greenland, desecuritization, and the role of experts. Reach out if you're interested in a copy!
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August 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
So pleased to have published my latest work in @coco-journal.bsky.social on #Greenland, desecuritization, and the role of experts. Reach out if you're interested in a copy!
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✍️ @zuzanakrulichova.bsky.social just published a new article in @coco-journal.bsky.social: She presents a systematic literature review on narrative approaches in IR, introducing agency-centric and structure-centric approaches.
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August 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
✍️ @zuzanakrulichova.bsky.social just published a new article in @coco-journal.bsky.social: She presents a systematic literature review on narrative approaches in IR, introducing agency-centric and structure-centric approaches.
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🚨new publication🚨
So happy that @luisebendfeldt.bsky.social and my article ‘What if war comes? Curating affective militarism in Sweden’ is out now with @coco-journal.bsky.social. We explore the curation of ideas of war, preparedness, ‘home’ + martial peace
Available OA here: doi.org/10.1177/0010...
So happy that @luisebendfeldt.bsky.social and my article ‘What if war comes? Curating affective militarism in Sweden’ is out now with @coco-journal.bsky.social. We explore the curation of ideas of war, preparedness, ‘home’ + martial peace
Available OA here: doi.org/10.1177/0010...
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August 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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So happy that @luisebendfeldt.bsky.social and my article ‘What if war comes? Curating affective militarism in Sweden’ is out now with @coco-journal.bsky.social. We explore the curation of ideas of war, preparedness, ‘home’ + martial peace
Available OA here: doi.org/10.1177/0010...
So happy that @luisebendfeldt.bsky.social and my article ‘What if war comes? Curating affective militarism in Sweden’ is out now with @coco-journal.bsky.social. We explore the curation of ideas of war, preparedness, ‘home’ + martial peace
Available OA here: doi.org/10.1177/0010...
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New article alert with Dr Thia Sagherian-Dickey @coco-journal.bsky.social! We examine how children are raised in protracted conflict, how it offers civilians agency in transmitting protective strategies, and pathways (and pitfalls) to conflict transformation.
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July 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
New article alert with Dr Thia Sagherian-Dickey @coco-journal.bsky.social! We examine how children are raised in protracted conflict, how it offers civilians agency in transmitting protective strategies, and pathways (and pitfalls) to conflict transformation.
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Special Issue: "Status Symbols in World Politics"- Explore the Cooperation and Conflict Special Issue now:
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Cooperation and Conflict - Volume 60, Number 1
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July 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Special Issue: "Status Symbols in World Politics"- Explore the Cooperation and Conflict Special Issue now:
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Karen E. Smith and I are pleased that ‘The Return of the Nordic Voice at the UN’ is available online as part of CoCo’s 60th anniversary special issue. Lots of empirical data and findings from interviews with diplomats.
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Karen E. Smith and I are pleased that ‘The Return of the Nordic Voice at the UN’ is available online as part of CoCo’s 60th anniversary special issue. Lots of empirical data and findings from interviews with diplomats.
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August 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Karen E. Smith and I are pleased that ‘The Return of the Nordic Voice at the UN’ is available online as part of CoCo’s 60th anniversary special issue. Lots of empirical data and findings from interviews with diplomats.
doi.org/10.1177/0010...
@lseir
@aupoliticalscience
Karen E. Smith and I are pleased that ‘The Return of the Nordic Voice at the UN’ is available online as part of CoCo’s 60th anniversary special issue. Lots of empirical data and findings from interviews with diplomats.
doi.org/10.1177/0010...
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My latest article is out now open access with @coco-journal.bsky.social.
'Gaza and the failure of atrocity prevention...' examines the need for closer integration between the cosmopolitan harm duty and atrocity prevention under the R2P.
Many thanks to all those who provided feedback along the way.
'Gaza and the failure of atrocity prevention...' examines the need for closer integration between the cosmopolitan harm duty and atrocity prevention under the R2P.
Many thanks to all those who provided feedback along the way.
March 31, 2025 at 2:25 PM
My latest article is out now open access with @coco-journal.bsky.social.
'Gaza and the failure of atrocity prevention...' examines the need for closer integration between the cosmopolitan harm duty and atrocity prevention under the R2P.
Many thanks to all those who provided feedback along the way.
'Gaza and the failure of atrocity prevention...' examines the need for closer integration between the cosmopolitan harm duty and atrocity prevention under the R2P.
Many thanks to all those who provided feedback along the way.
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Delighted to announce that my article on #GlobalSouth #contestation of unilateral #sanctions against #Russia at #UN fora, co-authored with Stefano Palestini is now out with the journal Co-operation and Conflict @coco-journal.bsky.social !
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The Global South and the contestation of unilateral sanctions against Russia - Stefano Palestini, Clara Portela, 2025
States from the Global South have long advanced normative claims against the legitimacy of unilateral sanctions. These arguments have been routinely voiced thro...
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May 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Delighted to announce that my article on #GlobalSouth #contestation of unilateral #sanctions against #Russia at #UN fora, co-authored with Stefano Palestini is now out with the journal Co-operation and Conflict @coco-journal.bsky.social !
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My paper, published in @coco-journal.bsky.social, demonstrates the relevance of operational claims for IO legitimation. I focus on one common type of operational claim-making whereby IOs invoke tradeoffs between norms to account for perceived legitimacy deficits. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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May 9, 2025 at 9:34 AM
My paper, published in @coco-journal.bsky.social, demonstrates the relevance of operational claims for IO legitimation. I focus on one common type of operational claim-making whereby IOs invoke tradeoffs between norms to account for perceived legitimacy deficits. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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🚨 New Special Issue! 🚨
1/ What do opera houses, NATO troops & climate rankings have in common? Mine and @pauldavidbeaumont.bsky.social's special issue in @coco-journal.bsky.social answers just that: They are all status symbols
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1/ What do opera houses, NATO troops & climate rankings have in common? Mine and @pauldavidbeaumont.bsky.social's special issue in @coco-journal.bsky.social answers just that: They are all status symbols
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Cooperation and Conflict - Volume 60, Number 1, Mar 01, 2025
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March 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
🚨 New Special Issue! 🚨
1/ What do opera houses, NATO troops & climate rankings have in common? Mine and @pauldavidbeaumont.bsky.social's special issue in @coco-journal.bsky.social answers just that: They are all status symbols
📖 Read the full issue (open access!)
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1/ What do opera houses, NATO troops & climate rankings have in common? Mine and @pauldavidbeaumont.bsky.social's special issue in @coco-journal.bsky.social answers just that: They are all status symbols
📖 Read the full issue (open access!)
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25/ Putting this issue together has been an incredible journey. Huge thanks to all our contributors, the reviewers, to @europeanisa.bsky.social, and to @coco-journal.bsky.social for making it happen!
📖 Read the full issue (open access!):
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🚀 Hope you enjoy it!
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Cooperation and Conflict - Volume 60, Number 1, Mar 01, 2025
Table of contents for Cooperation and Conflict, 60, 1, Mar 01, 2025
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March 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
25/ Putting this issue together has been an incredible journey. Huge thanks to all our contributors, the reviewers, to @europeanisa.bsky.social, and to @coco-journal.bsky.social for making it happen!
📖 Read the full issue (open access!):
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🚀 Hope you enjoy it!
📖 Read the full issue (open access!):
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Got 5m to kill at #ISA2025? Check out this bumper thread discussing every contribution to our new special issue: "Status symbols in World Politics" in @coco-journal.bsky.social
🚨 New Special Issue! 🚨
1/ What do opera houses, NATO troops & climate rankings have in common? Mine and @pauldavidbeaumont.bsky.social's special issue in @coco-journal.bsky.social answers just that: They are all status symbols
📖 Read the full issue (open access!)
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/toc/caca/60/1
1/ What do opera houses, NATO troops & climate rankings have in common? Mine and @pauldavidbeaumont.bsky.social's special issue in @coco-journal.bsky.social answers just that: They are all status symbols
📖 Read the full issue (open access!)
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/toc/caca/60/1
Cooperation and Conflict - Volume 60, Number 1, Mar 01, 2025
Table of contents for Cooperation and Conflict, 60, 1, Mar 01, 2025
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March 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Got 5m to kill at #ISA2025? Check out this bumper thread discussing every contribution to our new special issue: "Status symbols in World Politics" in @coco-journal.bsky.social
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Conceived at Baltimore 2016, it's fitting that our special issue Status Symbols in World Politics is out in time for #ISA2025! The intro makes case for why status symbols warrant sustained attention in IR & develops a framework for studying them 🧵 1/: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
March 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Conceived at Baltimore 2016, it's fitting that our special issue Status Symbols in World Politics is out in time for #ISA2025! The intro makes case for why status symbols warrant sustained attention in IR & develops a framework for studying them 🧵 1/: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Come meet our EIC @kristinhaugevik.bsky.social today SC13: 1:45 PM - 3:30 PM in Williford B, Chicago Hilton to discuss publishing in IR journals. With @risjnl.bsky.social @iojournal.bsky.social among others. #ISA2025
March 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Come meet our EIC @kristinhaugevik.bsky.social today SC13: 1:45 PM - 3:30 PM in Williford B, Chicago Hilton to discuss publishing in IR journals. With @risjnl.bsky.social @iojournal.bsky.social among others. #ISA2025
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IR scholars working in/on the Nordic countries: Join us for the Inaugural Meeting of the Nordic Caucus (NOCA) of the @isanet.bsky.social at #ISA2025 (Sunday March 2, 12:30-13:30 in Buckingham, Chicago Hilton)!
March 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
IR scholars working in/on the Nordic countries: Join us for the Inaugural Meeting of the Nordic Caucus (NOCA) of the @isanet.bsky.social at #ISA2025 (Sunday March 2, 12:30-13:30 in Buckingham, Chicago Hilton)!
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The Call for Abstracts for the first ever NUPI (@nupinytt.bsky.social) Theory Conference in Oslo 22-24 September: "Constructivism in an Era of Geopolitics: Social Construction in Turbulent Times". With a keynote by the excellent Stefano Guzzini, and a roundtable tba. We hope to see you there!
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February 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The Call for Abstracts for the first ever NUPI (@nupinytt.bsky.social) Theory Conference in Oslo 22-24 September: "Constructivism in an Era of Geopolitics: Social Construction in Turbulent Times". With a keynote by the excellent Stefano Guzzini, and a roundtable tba. We hope to see you there!
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📢 New Article Alert! 📢
How does the notion of societal multiplicity in IR overlook the psychological impact of global hierarchies? Read more: @coco-journal.bsky.social
#InternationalRelations #UnevenDevelopment #Psychoanalysis #SocietalMultiplicity
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How does the notion of societal multiplicity in IR overlook the psychological impact of global hierarchies? Read more: @coco-journal.bsky.social
#InternationalRelations #UnevenDevelopment #Psychoanalysis #SocietalMultiplicity
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Uneven and combined desires: A psychological rethinking of societal multiplicity in world politics - Marco Vieira, 2025
This article contributes to the growing body of scholarship which claims the notion of societal multiplicity offers both a foundational ontology and novel theor...
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February 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
📢 New Article Alert! 📢
How does the notion of societal multiplicity in IR overlook the psychological impact of global hierarchies? Read more: @coco-journal.bsky.social
#InternationalRelations #UnevenDevelopment #Psychoanalysis #SocietalMultiplicity
doi.org/10.1177/0010...
How does the notion of societal multiplicity in IR overlook the psychological impact of global hierarchies? Read more: @coco-journal.bsky.social
#InternationalRelations #UnevenDevelopment #Psychoanalysis #SocietalMultiplicity
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A gentle reminder to all IR scholars out there: proposals for KICKASS SPECIAL ISSUES are due in about TWO WEEKS.
Cooperation and Conflict has just published its annual call for Special Issue proposals. Deadline is 15 December: journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...
November 26, 2024 at 6:48 PM
A gentle reminder to all IR scholars out there: proposals for KICKASS SPECIAL ISSUES are due in about TWO WEEKS.
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Noted with interest: 'Does economic globalization promote civil peace in developing countries?' Kollmeyer in @coco-journal.bsky.social
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Does economic globalization promote civil peace in developing countries? - Christopher Kollmeyer, 2024
This study questions the widely supported claim that economic globalization benefits developing countries by enhancing their prospects for civil peace. Drawing ...
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November 21, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Noted with interest: 'Does economic globalization promote civil peace in developing countries?' Kollmeyer in @coco-journal.bsky.social
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IR scholars: We've gathered the associations and groups we could find thus far. Shout out to be added.
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November 19, 2024 at 8:00 PM
IR scholars: We've gathered the associations and groups we could find thus far. Shout out to be added.
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Shameless self-promotion! Have you ever wondered why there is an opera house deep in the Amazon jungle? Why opera houses keep sprouting in countries with no tradition for opera? @bdecarvalho.bsky.social and I certainly wondered, and had our splendid Oslo opera house as a local source of inspiration.
July 26, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Shameless self-promotion! Have you ever wondered why there is an opera house deep in the Amazon jungle? Why opera houses keep sprouting in countries with no tradition for opera? @bdecarvalho.bsky.social and I certainly wondered, and had our splendid Oslo opera house as a local source of inspiration.
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New & still feeling my way around here so trying an introduction via a recent essay Emma Hutchison & I wrote for @coco-journal.bsky.social with our wonderful colleagues, Josephine Bourne & Hoang Young-ju: the result of a long collaboation and much soul-searching. journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
November 14, 2024 at 7:08 AM
New & still feeling my way around here so trying an introduction via a recent essay Emma Hutchison & I wrote for @coco-journal.bsky.social with our wonderful colleagues, Josephine Bourne & Hoang Young-ju: the result of a long collaboation and much soul-searching. journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...