International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026TODAY! 2026 EH Carr Annual Memorial Public Lecture 000
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026📣 TOMORROW: 2026 EH Carr Annual Public Memorial Lecture 010
Reposted by International RelationsDepartment of International Politics, Aberystwyth University @interpolaber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026📣 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. ⬇️ 003
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The 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. 000
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026New 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/... 000
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026New 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/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 000
Reposted by International RelationsHannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026All 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 012
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026New 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/... 010
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026New 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/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 010
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026New 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/... 010
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026New 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/...journals.sagepub.comOut of Area, but in the Game: NATO as an Unconventional Indo-Pacific Actor - Gorana Grgić, Gabriele Abbondanza, 2026As an alliance without a formal Indo-Pacific mandate, NATO’s engagement in this region prompts questions about its strategic orientation. This article assesses ... 010
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The latest issue of International Relations is out! #IR #Theory #Realism #Neoclassical #EHCarr #Niebuhr #Angell #Neutrality #WW1 #Emotion #GlobalHealth ⤵️⤵️⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/toc/ireb/40/3 020
Reposted by International RelationsSeán Molloy @seanmolloyir.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Including yours truly! 031
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The 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... 011
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026New 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/... 010
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026New 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/... 010
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026New 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/...journals.sagepub.comBeyond the Red Sea: Ethiopia’s Strategic Reorientation and the Indo-Pacific Frontier - Sara Cosatti, Federico Donelli, 2026This 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... 010
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026New 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/... 010
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026New 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/...journals.sagepub.comUnconventional Indo-Pacific Actors: Emerging Patterns of Regional Engagement - Gabriele Abbondanza, Gorana Grgić, Luigi Martino, 2026The Indo-Pacific is swiftly becoming the world’s geopolitical and geoeconomic epicentre. While the scholarly literature has focused on the regional interactions... 010
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026New 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/... 000
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026New 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/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 000
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026New online first article: Reassessing the Iran Nuclear Deal: Obama’s Foreign Policy Learning Authored by Mi-yeon Hur ⤵️⤵️⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 000
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026New online first article: Reassessing the Iran Nuclear Deal: Obama’s Foreign Policy Learning Authored by Mi-yeon Hur journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comReassessing the Iran Nuclear Deal: Obama’s Foreign Policy Learning - Mi-yeon Hur, 2026When 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... 000
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026New online first article available: Populist foreign politics: the substitution of politics for interests Authored by András Hettyey ⤵️⤵️⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 000
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026New online first article available: Populist foreign politics: the substitution of politics for interests Authored by András Hettyey journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 000
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 21/07/2026New 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/... 000
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 21/07/2026New 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/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 000
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026What articles are trending in the journal of International Relations? ➡️➡️➡️ journals.sagepub.com/home/ire 000
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026New 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/... 000
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026New 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/...journals.sagepub.comCan the great powers reorder war? The Dice of Mars and disordering of the ‘liberal’ war regime - Aaron McKeil, 2026This 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... 000
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 23/06/2026New 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/... 010
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 23/06/2026New 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/...journals.sagepub.comDirect and indirect effects of economic sanctions on women’s health: a mediation analysis - Hoan La, David Lektzian, 2026This study contributes to the literature on the unintended consequences of economic sanctions by exploring how sanctions impact women’s health. We argue that sa... 010
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 17/06/2026New 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/... 010
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 17/06/2026New 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/...journals.sagepub.comInstitutional hedging in contested global governance: Explaining Italy’s entry and exit from China’s Belt and Road Initiative - Yue Xu, Hongsong Liu, 2026Italy 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... 000
Reposted by International RelationsHannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 17/06/2026The 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. 001
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 15/06/2026The 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... 060
Reposted by International RelationsHannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 12/05/2026We’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 ⬇️ 011
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 12/05/2026In her new role, Erzsébet is looking forward to nurturing critical, plural, and creative approaches to world politics, welcoming relational and methodologically innovative scholarship that unsettles familiar sensibilities in knowledge practices. 000
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Erzsébet's research interests include: critical epistemologies aesthetics & cultural politics human-nature connections decolonial praxis art-based & creative research methods ethnography narrative approaches critical pedagogy transformational research practice See: people.ceu.edu/erzsebet_str...people.ceu.eduErzsebet Strausz | CEU People 110
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 12/05/2026International 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 ⤵️🧵 100
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 07/05/2026New 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/... 000
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 07/05/2026New 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/...journals.sagepub.comProtecting presidential term limits from aspiring autocrats: a qualitative comparative analysis and large-N qualitative analysis - Bill Gelfeld, 2026Deviations from presidential term limits are potentially damaging to democracies in low- and middle-income countries because they allow for the dangerous consol... 000
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 06/05/2026New 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/... 000
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 06/05/2026New 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/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 000
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 29/04/2026New 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 001
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 29/04/2026New 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 #IRjournals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 000
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 28/04/2026New 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 001
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 28/04/2026New 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 #Warjournals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 000
Reposted by International RelationsConsular Affairs Center @consularaffairs.org · 25/04/2026Discover 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.doi.orgEveryday migration hierarchies: negotiating the EU’s visa regime - Paul D. Beaumont, Katharina Glaab, 2026Critical security studies have shed invaluable light on the diffuse governmental technologies and pernicious effects of the EU’s bordering practices. While scho... 012
International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 24/03/2026New 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/... 010