Journal of Global Security Studies
@journalofgss.bsky.social
A journal of the International Studies Association (ISA). Publishes cutting-edge research on global security and global aspects of debates in security studies.
📊 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.
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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...
November 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
📊 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...
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...
🧐 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...
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...
October 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🧐 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...
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...
📰 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...
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...
October 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
📰 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...
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...
🔍 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...
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...
October 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
🔍 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...
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...
🔍 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...
📚 @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...
September 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🔍 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...
📚 @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...
🤔 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...
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...
September 25, 2025 at 11:17 AM
🤔 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...
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...
🚨 New Article Alert!
Has globalisation reduced worldwide terrorist attacks? New research by Gary LaFree & Bo Jiang says yes.
📊 Systematic analysis of 143 countries (1970–2018) shows high levels of globalization are linked with low rates of terrorist attacks.
Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
Has globalisation reduced worldwide terrorist attacks? New research by Gary LaFree & Bo Jiang says yes.
📊 Systematic analysis of 143 countries (1970–2018) shows high levels of globalization are linked with low rates of terrorist attacks.
Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
September 19, 2025 at 10:04 AM
🚨 New Article Alert!
Has globalisation reduced worldwide terrorist attacks? New research by Gary LaFree & Bo Jiang says yes.
📊 Systematic analysis of 143 countries (1970–2018) shows high levels of globalization are linked with low rates of terrorist attacks.
Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
Has globalisation reduced worldwide terrorist attacks? New research by Gary LaFree & Bo Jiang says yes.
📊 Systematic analysis of 143 countries (1970–2018) shows high levels of globalization are linked with low rates of terrorist attacks.
Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
🗳️ How do armed groups win votes in democracies?
📖 @marybethaltier.bsky.social’s research shows they thrive in security vacuums – when people see the state as unable (or unwilling) to protect them, and turn instead to alternative sources of governance.
🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
📖 @marybethaltier.bsky.social’s research shows they thrive in security vacuums – when people see the state as unable (or unwilling) to protect them, and turn instead to alternative sources of governance.
🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
September 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
🗳️ How do armed groups win votes in democracies?
📖 @marybethaltier.bsky.social’s research shows they thrive in security vacuums – when people see the state as unable (or unwilling) to protect them, and turn instead to alternative sources of governance.
🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
📖 @marybethaltier.bsky.social’s research shows they thrive in security vacuums – when people see the state as unable (or unwilling) to protect them, and turn instead to alternative sources of governance.
🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
The possession of a sophisticated weapon does not automatically grant a country a military advantage over its enemy. 🚀
Cem Birol’s new research shows that what matters more is how often the weapon is test-fired.
🔓 Available open access: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
Cem Birol’s new research shows that what matters more is how often the weapon is test-fired.
🔓 Available open access: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
September 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The possession of a sophisticated weapon does not automatically grant a country a military advantage over its enemy. 🚀
Cem Birol’s new research shows that what matters more is how often the weapon is test-fired.
🔓 Available open access: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
Cem Birol’s new research shows that what matters more is how often the weapon is test-fired.
🔓 Available open access: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
🚨 New Article Alert! 🚨
Check out Mohamad Rosyidin & Indra Kusumawardhana’s research on how status signalling and the drive to project major power status shape Indonesia’s military modernisation.
🔍 Available here: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
Check out Mohamad Rosyidin & Indra Kusumawardhana’s research on how status signalling and the drive to project major power status shape Indonesia’s military modernisation.
🔍 Available here: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
September 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🚨 New Article Alert! 🚨
Check out Mohamad Rosyidin & Indra Kusumawardhana’s research on how status signalling and the drive to project major power status shape Indonesia’s military modernisation.
🔍 Available here: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
Check out Mohamad Rosyidin & Indra Kusumawardhana’s research on how status signalling and the drive to project major power status shape Indonesia’s military modernisation.
🔍 Available here: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
🚨 New article alert! 🚨
How should we understand the current status and validity of R2P?
Samuel Jarvis’ research shows how practices of building consensus around R2P may paradoxically be undermining the norm’s effectiveness.
📘 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
How should we understand the current status and validity of R2P?
Samuel Jarvis’ research shows how practices of building consensus around R2P may paradoxically be undermining the norm’s effectiveness.
📘 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
July 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🚨 New article alert! 🚨
How should we understand the current status and validity of R2P?
Samuel Jarvis’ research shows how practices of building consensus around R2P may paradoxically be undermining the norm’s effectiveness.
📘 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
How should we understand the current status and validity of R2P?
Samuel Jarvis’ research shows how practices of building consensus around R2P may paradoxically be undermining the norm’s effectiveness.
📘 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
How can counterinsurgency efforts be effectively coordinated without descending into chaos or command turf wars?
joshuargoodman.bsky.social unpacks the core dilemma: uncoordinated decentralisation vs parochial centralisation - and what this means for institutional design.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
joshuargoodman.bsky.social unpacks the core dilemma: uncoordinated decentralisation vs parochial centralisation - and what this means for institutional design.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
July 16, 2025 at 11:57 AM
How can counterinsurgency efforts be effectively coordinated without descending into chaos or command turf wars?
joshuargoodman.bsky.social unpacks the core dilemma: uncoordinated decentralisation vs parochial centralisation - and what this means for institutional design.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
joshuargoodman.bsky.social unpacks the core dilemma: uncoordinated decentralisation vs parochial centralisation - and what this means for institutional design.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
How do the epistemic security positions of private tech companies complicate the regulation of digital security?
🔍 Check out the three regulatory challenges outlined in @aobendiek.bsky.social’s latest research.
Available here: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
🔍 Check out the three regulatory challenges outlined in @aobendiek.bsky.social’s latest research.
Available here: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
July 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
How do the epistemic security positions of private tech companies complicate the regulation of digital security?
🔍 Check out the three regulatory challenges outlined in @aobendiek.bsky.social’s latest research.
Available here: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
🔍 Check out the three regulatory challenges outlined in @aobendiek.bsky.social’s latest research.
Available here: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
From 2025, #JoGSS is run by a new editorial team headed by Ulrich Petersohn & @jamespattison.bsky.social.
Read their editorial to learn about the vision and goals shaping the journal's next chapter 👉 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
Read their editorial to learn about the vision and goals shaping the journal's next chapter 👉 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
June 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
From 2025, #JoGSS is run by a new editorial team headed by Ulrich Petersohn & @jamespattison.bsky.social.
Read their editorial to learn about the vision and goals shaping the journal's next chapter 👉 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
Read their editorial to learn about the vision and goals shaping the journal's next chapter 👉 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
🚨 New article alert! Read Niamatullah Ibrahimi, Hadeel Abdelhameed, and Abbas Farasoo’s latest work to explore how the mechanisms of securitisation construct civil society as a security threat or an ally in Iraq and Afghanistan.
🔓 Available open access: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
🔓 Available open access: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
June 6, 2025 at 8:22 AM
🚨 New article alert! Read Niamatullah Ibrahimi, Hadeel Abdelhameed, and Abbas Farasoo’s latest work to explore how the mechanisms of securitisation construct civil society as a security threat or an ally in Iraq and Afghanistan.
🔓 Available open access: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
🔓 Available open access: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
🚨New article alert! Read JOGSS's new research note to learn how data collection and coding protocols in the UCDP One-Sided Violence dataset often reproduce statist biases and contribute to the “uncounted dead” of civilians in conflict.
📘 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
📘 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
May 14, 2025 at 8:06 AM
🚨New article alert! Read JOGSS's new research note to learn how data collection and coding protocols in the UCDP One-Sided Violence dataset often reproduce statist biases and contribute to the “uncounted dead” of civilians in conflict.
📘 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
📘 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
Do US allies make reputational inferences about its resolve when it undersupports informal partners? Using Japan as a case, Georgios Zacharias finds Tokyo was more concerned with US’ resource commitments and shared interests than questioning its resolve. #JOGSS
🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
May 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Do US allies make reputational inferences about its resolve when it undersupports informal partners? Using Japan as a case, Georgios Zacharias finds Tokyo was more concerned with US’ resource commitments and shared interests than questioning its resolve. #JOGSS
🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
How do ordinary people navigate relationships with competing authorities during armed conflict? Read the new JOGSS article to discover how civilians in Myanmar use different forms of Bourdieu’s capital to exercise agency and engage with armed actors.
🔗 Open access: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
🔗 Open access: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
May 1, 2025 at 8:34 AM
How do ordinary people navigate relationships with competing authorities during armed conflict? Read the new JOGSS article to discover how civilians in Myanmar use different forms of Bourdieu’s capital to exercise agency and engage with armed actors.
🔗 Open access: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
🔗 Open access: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
Has the “nuclear taboo” weakened in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine? A new study by @smetanamichal.bsky.social and @profonderco.bsky.social finds that “atomic aversion” among the Russian public has remained virtually unchanged.
Why is this the case? 🤔 Read more here: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
Why is this the case? 🤔 Read more here: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
April 29, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Has the “nuclear taboo” weakened in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine? A new study by @smetanamichal.bsky.social and @profonderco.bsky.social finds that “atomic aversion” among the Russian public has remained virtually unchanged.
Why is this the case? 🤔 Read more here: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
Why is this the case? 🤔 Read more here: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
How do China and Russia employ economic coercion through subtle and less conspicuous means?
📘 @victoraferguson.bsky.social’s comparative study offers valuable insights into the mechanisms and strategic logic underpinning their sanctioning behaviour.
🔗 Open access: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
📘 @victoraferguson.bsky.social’s comparative study offers valuable insights into the mechanisms and strategic logic underpinning their sanctioning behaviour.
🔗 Open access: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
April 25, 2025 at 7:22 AM
How do China and Russia employ economic coercion through subtle and less conspicuous means?
📘 @victoraferguson.bsky.social’s comparative study offers valuable insights into the mechanisms and strategic logic underpinning their sanctioning behaviour.
🔗 Open access: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
📘 @victoraferguson.bsky.social’s comparative study offers valuable insights into the mechanisms and strategic logic underpinning their sanctioning behaviour.
🔗 Open access: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
Are ideological appeals, rather than material incentives, the key to attracting highly committed recruits and sustaining rebel group success? 🤔 Michael J. Soules' research finds that ideologically based recruitment strategies offer rebels a double-edged sword.
🔍 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
🔍 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
April 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Are ideological appeals, rather than material incentives, the key to attracting highly committed recruits and sustaining rebel group success? 🤔 Michael J. Soules' research finds that ideologically based recruitment strategies offer rebels a double-edged sword.
🔍 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
🔍 Read more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
🚨 New article alert! @stevenlangendonk.bsky.social & Edith Driessens rethink securitization with a new model of multilateral securitization. Learn how their model applies to the case of Orthodox heritage in Kosovo between 1999 and 2011.
🔍 Explore it more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
🔍 Explore it more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
April 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
🚨 New article alert! @stevenlangendonk.bsky.social & Edith Driessens rethink securitization with a new model of multilateral securitization. Learn how their model applies to the case of Orthodox heritage in Kosovo between 1999 and 2011.
🔍 Explore it more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
🔍 Explore it more: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
What drives states to adopt (or shift) their cyber strategies? Read @nadiyakostyuk.bsky.social, Evan Perkoski, and Michael Poznansky’s article to learn how bureaucratic politics plays an important role in shaping US and French cyber strategies
🔍 Available open access: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
🔍 Available open access: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
April 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
What drives states to adopt (or shift) their cyber strategies? Read @nadiyakostyuk.bsky.social, Evan Perkoski, and Michael Poznansky’s article to learn how bureaucratic politics plays an important role in shaping US and French cyber strategies
🔍 Available open access: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
🔍 Available open access: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
Curious about the latest research from our editorial team? 📖 Read @dingbatacus.bsky.social's article exploring how electoral turbulence and violence lead to gendered outcomes — and how they impact women's representation in legislative bodies 🗳️
Available open access 👇
doi.org/10.1177/1065...
Available open access 👇
doi.org/10.1177/1065...
March 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Curious about the latest research from our editorial team? 📖 Read @dingbatacus.bsky.social's article exploring how electoral turbulence and violence lead to gendered outcomes — and how they impact women's representation in legislative bodies 🗳️
Available open access 👇
doi.org/10.1177/1065...
Available open access 👇
doi.org/10.1177/1065...