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We welcome articles and proposals from all perspectives and on all subjects pertaining to international relations: law, economics, ethics, strategy, philosophy, culture, environment, and more. journals.sagepub.com/home/ire

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Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University @interpolaber.bsky.social · 14h
📣 Join us for the 2026 EH Carr Memorial Lecture on 8 October to hear @terezacapelos.bsky.social from @unisouthampton.bsky.social on the dangers to democracy from the politics of grievance. This is a public lecture that is free and open to all, and one that is not to be missed. ⬇️
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 15h
The 2026 EH Carr Annual Memorial Public Lecture is coming! Join us at the International Politics Department, Main Hall at 6pm on Thursday the 8th of October to learn and discuss how grievances are shaping today's democratic politics.
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 15h
New online first forum article: The Unconventional Centre Country: Evaluating Türkiye’s Indo-Pacific Engagement Authored by Brendon J. Cannon ⤵️⤵️⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 15h
New online first forum article: The Unconventional Centre Country: Evaluating Türkiye’s Indo-Pacific Engagement Authored by Brendon J. Cannon ⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
All welcome to join for the 2026 EH Carr Annual Memorial Public Lecture, on what promises to be a very interesting, timely and thought provoking discussion. This event is co-hosted by @irjournal.bsky.social, David Davies Memorial Institute and @interpolaber.bsky.social
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New online first article available #OpenAccess: South Africa in the Indo-Pacific: Physically Peripheral, Qualitatively Engaged Authored by Yu-Shan Wu and Lisa Otto ⤵️⤵️⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New online first article available #OpenAccess: South Africa in the Indo-Pacific: Physically Peripheral, Qualitatively Engaged Authored by Yu-Shan Wu and Lisa Otto journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New online first article available: Out of Area, but in the Game: NATO as an Unconventional Indo-Pacific Actor Authored by Gorana Grgić and Gabriele Abbondanza ⤵️⤵️⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New online first article available: Out of Area, but in the Game: NATO as an Unconventional Indo-Pacific Actor Authored by Gorana Grgić and Gabriele Abbondanza ⤵️⤵️⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Out of Area, but in the Game: NATO as an Unconventional Indo-Pacific Actor - Gorana Grgić, Gabriele Abbondanza, 2026
As an alliance without a formal Indo-Pacific mandate, NATO’s engagement in this region prompts questions about its strategic orientation. This article assesses ...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The latest issue of International Relations is out! #IR #Theory #Realism #Neoclassical #EHCarr #Niebuhr #Angell #Neutrality #WW1 #Emotion #GlobalHealth ⤵️⤵️⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/toc/ireb/40/3
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Seán Molloy @seanmolloyir.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Including yours truly!
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The September issue of International Relations is out! #IR #Theory #Realism #Neoclassical #EHCarr #Niebuhr #Angell #Neutrality #WW1 #Emotion #Global #Health ⤵️⤵️⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/toc/IRE/curr...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
New online first article available: Beyond the Red Sea: Ethiopia’s Strategic Reorientation and the Indo-Pacific Frontier Authored by Sara Cosatti and Federico Donelli ⤵️⤵️⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
New online first article available: Beyond the Red Sea: Ethiopia’s Strategic Reorientation and the Indo-Pacific Frontier Authored by Sara Cosatti and Federico Donelli ⤵️⤵️⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
New online first article available: Beyond the Red Sea: Ethiopia’s Strategic Reorientation and the Indo-Pacific Frontier Authored by Sara Cosatti and Federico Donelli journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Beyond the Red Sea: Ethiopia’s Strategic Reorientation and the Indo-Pacific Frontier - Sara Cosatti, Federico Donelli, 2026
This article uses Ethiopia’s Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Somaliland as a case study to examine how a landlocked African state can develop maritime as...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
New online first article available: Unconventional Indo-Pacific Actors: Emerging Patterns of Regional Engagement Authored by Gabriele Abbondanza, Gorana Grgić and Luigi Martino ⤵️⤵️⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
New online first article available: Unconventional Indo-Pacific Actors: Emerging Patterns of Regional Engagement Authored by Gabriele Abbondanza, Gorana Grgić and Luigi Martino ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Unconventional Indo-Pacific Actors: Emerging Patterns of Regional Engagement - Gabriele Abbondanza, Gorana Grgić, Luigi Martino, 2026
The Indo-Pacific is swiftly becoming the world’s geopolitical and geoeconomic epicentre. While the scholarly literature has focused on the regional interactions...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
New online first article available #OpenAccess: On misperceptions and misunderstandings: rhetoric, global disorder, and the Global South Authored by Sasikumar Sundaram ⤵️⤵️⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
New online first article available #OpenAccess: On misperceptions and misunderstandings: rhetoric, global disorder, and the Global South Authored by Sasikumar Sundaram journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
New online first article: Reassessing the Iran Nuclear Deal: Obama’s Foreign Policy Learning Authored by Mi-yeon Hur ⤵️⤵️⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
New online first article: Reassessing the Iran Nuclear Deal: Obama’s Foreign Policy Learning Authored by Mi-yeon Hur journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Reassessing the Iran Nuclear Deal: Obama’s Foreign Policy Learning - Mi-yeon Hur, 2026
When Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers agreed on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), many believed that the nuclear deal could be concluded ma...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
New online first article available: Populist foreign politics: the substitution of politics for interests Authored by András Hettyey ⤵️⤵️⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
New online first article available: Populist foreign politics: the substitution of politics for interests Authored by András Hettyey journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
New online first article available #OpenAccess: Stigmatising disorder: China and the representation of ‘order’ within (counter) hegemonic projects Authored by Dani Solomon ⤵️⤵️⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
New online first article available #OpenAccess: Stigmatising disorder: China and the representation of ‘order’ within (counter) hegemonic projects Authored by Dani Solomon journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
What articles are trending in the journal of International Relations? ➡️➡️➡️ journals.sagepub.com/home/ire
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
New online first article available #OpenAccess: Can the great powers reorder war? The Dice of Mars and disordering of the ‘liberal’ war regime Authored by Aaron McKeil #liberal #order #hegemony #war #reorder ⤵️⤵️⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
New online first article available #OpenAccess: Can the great powers reorder war? The Dice of Mars and disordering of the ‘liberal’ war regime Authored by Aaron McKeil #liberal #order #hegemony #war #reorder journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Can the great powers reorder war? The Dice of Mars and disordering of the ‘liberal’ war regime - Aaron McKeil, 2026
This article suggests that debates on the disordering of the ‘liberal’ international order stand to benefit from the further study of how the ordering of war it...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
New online first article: Direct and indirect effects of economic sanctions on women’s health: a mediation analysis Authored by Hoan La & David Lektzian ⤵️⤵️⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
New online first article: Direct and indirect effects of economic sanctions on women’s health: a mediation analysis Authored by Hoan La & David Lektzian journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Direct and indirect effects of economic sanctions on women’s health: a mediation analysis - Hoan La, David Lektzian, 2026
This study contributes to the literature on the unintended consequences of economic sanctions by exploring how sanctions impact women’s health. We argue that sa...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
New online first article: Institutional hedging in contested global governance: Explaining Italy’s entry and exit from China’s Belt and Road Initiative Authored by Yue Xu and Hongsong Liu ⤵️⤵️⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
New online first article: Institutional hedging in contested global governance: Explaining Italy’s entry and exit from China’s Belt and Road Initiative Authored by Yue Xu and Hongsong Liu ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Institutional hedging in contested global governance: Explaining Italy’s entry and exit from China’s Belt and Road Initiative - Yue Xu, Hongsong Liu, 2026
Italy became the only G7 member to join the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2019. Yet, 5 years later, Rome announced its withdrawal, a rare reversal among BRI...
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The articles in the latest issue of @irjournal.bsky.social shed light and understanding on some of the most complex dynamics shaping the geopolitical situation today.
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The latest issue of International Relations examines critical challenges in today's global system, including #oil, #maritime affairs, #terrorism, #5G, #diplomacy & #securitisation across #America, #Brazil, #China, #India ¶ the #MiddleEast Happy reading 🙂 ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/toc/IRE/curr...
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
We’re very happy to welcome Dr Erzsébet Strauss to the @irjournal.bsky.social team. She is particularly excited to receive your submissions in her areas of research expertise ⬇️
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
International Relations has a new associate editor! We are very happy to welcome Dr Erzsébet Strausz, Associate Professor at Central European University, Vienna Find out more about Erzsébet's research interests and what she's looking forward to in her new role ⤵️🧵
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
New online first article available: Protecting presidential term limits from aspiring autocrats: a qualitative comparative analysis and large-N qualitative analysis Authored by Bill Gelfeld ⤵️⤵️⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
New online first article available: Protecting presidential term limits from aspiring autocrats: a qualitative comparative analysis and large-N qualitative analysis Authored by Bill Gelfeld journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Protecting presidential term limits from aspiring autocrats: a qualitative comparative analysis and large-N qualitative analysis - Bill Gelfeld, 2026
Deviations from presidential term limits are potentially damaging to democracies in low- and middle-income countries because they allow for the dangerous consol...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
New online first article: Middle powers and the evolution of the outer space regime: an analysis of Latin American contributions in the UN Authored by Kevin Parthenay and Rafael Mesquita ⤵️⤵️⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
New online first article: Middle powers and the evolution of the outer space regime: an analysis of Latin American contributions in the UN Authored by Kevin Parthenay and Rafael Mesquita journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
New online first article: The construction of Eurocentric universals: recognition, property and the dynamic force of the negative Authored by Christopher Long ⤵️⤵️⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #Eurocentrism #Decolonial #Property #Hegel #Critical #IR
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
New online first article: The construction of Eurocentric universals: recognition, property and the dynamic force of the negative Authored by Christopher Long journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #Eurocentrism #Decolonial #Property #Hegel #Critical #IR
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
New online first article available: Strategic ambivalence and ontological (in)security: a Lacanian reading of Iran’s involvement in the Russia-Ukraine war Authored by Maysam Behravesh ⤵️⤵️⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #Security #Lacan #Iran #Russia #Ukraine #War
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
New online first article available: Strategic ambivalence and ontological (in)security: a Lacanian reading of Iran’s involvement in the Russia-Ukraine war Authored by Maysam Behravesh ⤵️⤵️⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #Security #Lacan #Iran #Russia #Ukraine #War
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Consular Affairs Center @consularaffairs.org · 25/04/2026
Discover this 2026 article on the EU’s visa regime via @aberuni.bsky.social , David Davies Memorial Institute, International Relations, @irjournal.bsky.social,and @journals.sagepub.com.
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Everyday migration hierarchies: negotiating the EU’s visa regime - Paul D. Beaumont, Katharina Glaab, 2026
Critical security studies have shed invaluable light on the diffuse governmental technologies and pernicious effects of the EU’s bordering practices. While scho...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
New online first article available #OpenAccess: Interrogating the foundations of public diplomacy’s theory and practice: ‘resilient contact’ and the Fulbright English Teaching Assistants Program Authored by Ersel Aydinli and Julie Mathews ⤵️⤵️⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
New online first article available #OpenAccess: Interrogating the foundations of public diplomacy’s theory and practice: ‘resilient contact’ and the Fulbright English Teaching Assistants Program Authored by Ersel Aydinli and Julie Mathews journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
New online first article: Mapping outer space norms: A user’s guide for norm structures and change Authored by Jeffrey S Lantis and Adam Bower ⤵️⤵️⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #space #norms #IR #change
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
New online first article: Mapping outer space norms: A user’s guide for norm structures and change Authored by Jeffrey S Lantis and Adam Bower journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
New online first article trending in International Relations: Public intellectual and the prison of theory: John J. Mearsheimer Authored by Haro Karkour (@harokarkour.bsky.social) #IR #Theory #Mearsheimer #Intellectual #Responsbility #OpenAccess ⤵️⤵️⤵️ doi.org/10.1177/0047...
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