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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#AdvancedArticleAlert: Check out this new article by Audrey Alejandro @lseblogs.bsky.social. She examines the extent to which conflict research is truly state-centric. Available to all via open access! @isanet.bsky.social academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
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Words of Violence and War Categories: A Systematic Assessment of State-Centrism in Conflict Research Datasets
Abstract. International studies scholars have long questioned the state-centric orientation of conflict research, yet these critiques have relied largely o
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#AdvancedArticleAlert: Check out one of our latest new articles "Costs or Benefits? Competing Frames and Public Support for Multilateral Peace Operations" by Andrew Lugg and Jared Oestman; and learn how framing shapes public support for the UN. academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
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Costs or Benefits? Competing Frames and Public Support for Multilateral Peace Operations
Abstract. Public discourse about international cooperation contains conflicting messages about the desirability of acting through international organizatio
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Consular Affairs Center @consularaffairs.org · 23/08/2026
Discover this 2026 article on passports and the academic mobility divide via @academic.oup.com and @ispjournal.bsky.social.
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Forum: The Passports They Carry: Global South Scholars and the Global Academic Mobility Divide
Abstract. Passport inequality is more than a simple logistical inconvenience; it is a fundamental injustice that undermines the ideals of fairness and equa
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Got the post-ASPA blues? Put some pep in your step by submitting your work to ISP. Find out more about what we publish here: academic.oup.com/isp
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Did you know you can use LEGO as a pedagogy tool in your IR classes? Find out how in one of our latest articles: academic.oup.com/isp/article/...
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Using LEGO® in Political Science and International Studies: A Flexible and Effective Tool for Playful Learning
Abstract. This article presents two innovative exercises that can be utilized in undergraduate and postgraduate education courses to introduce war and peac
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
And we're back! We have so many incredible articles that just came out and that are coming out.
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
We're still on hiatus until the end of the month...BUT we've dropped four (!) new articles you can explore until we return. Check them out here: academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
We will be on hiatus for the month of June, which means we won't be processing new manuscripts. While we are gone, be sure to check out our latest issue! academic.oup.com/isp/issue/27/2
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Volume 27 Issue 2 | International Studies Perspectives | Oxford Academic
An official journal of the International Studies Association. Publishes papers on policy research and commentary, pedagogical analyses, visions of the Discipline, and pieces of interest to the interna...
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Daina Chiba @dainachiba.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Excited to share that our article, coauthored with my fellow CMPS @conflictmanagement.bsky.social editorial team members (Margherita Belgioioso, Wakako Maekawa, Marius Mehrl @mehrl.bsky.social, and Cyrus Azimy), has been published online in ISP @ispjournal.bsky.social
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The Gender Gap in Peace and Conflict Journals, 2000–2024
Abstract. While the issue of gender representation has gained increasing recognition across various academic disciplines, existing knowledge about the curr
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Happy Earth Day! What can research in international studies tell us about climate change, environmental sustainability, and global governance? A lot! Be sure to check out these recent ISP articles to learn more:
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
New #pedagogy article out by Rupert Alcock @bathspauni.bsky.social shows us how to use conscious raising techniques to teach politics! This approach viscerally expose students to the everyday effects of the international and their diverse relations within it. doi.org/10.1093/isp/...
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Consciousness Raising in the Politics and International Relations Classroom
Abstract. This paper contributes to critical scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) in politics and international relations by introducing the use of
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Folashade Soule @folasoule.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
#Publication Sharing my new forum article in @ispjournal.bsky.social titled "What do Academics Bring to the Policy Table? Reflecting on the Africa–China Negotiators Workshop Series"where I reflect on my experience as a policy-facing academic with infrastructure negotiations between China and Africa
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Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Societal Impact in a Turbulent World: Researcher Competencies and Career Pathways @ispjournal.bsky.social Sarah W. Dorr Birthe Einen Louise Olsson academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
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Societal Impact in a Turbulent World: Researcher Competencies and Career Pathways
Abstract. The global and societal climates are deteriorating, with declining respect for research at the core. While this can be deterring, scholars in int
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Jordan Tama @jordantama.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Glad to be part of this new @ispjournal.bsky.social Forum on strengthening the societal impact of research, available open access. Thanks Louise Olsson, Sarah Dorr, and Birthe Einen for leading the effort. cc: @sisresearch.bsky.social, @bridgingthegap.bsky.social academic.oup.com/isp/article/...
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
How do academics and practitioners engage across African policy spaces? Our latest forum brings together scholars & practitioners from across the continent to reflect on collaboration in areas incl. peace & security, development cooperation, & Sino–Africa relations. academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
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Forum: Bridging the Gap between Academics and Policymakers in Africa
Abstract. Debates on “bridging the gap” in international relations have often focused on the ways in which academics try to influence policymakers in the U
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Shake off the Monday blues by checking out not one, but two(!) new articles that just dropped online: academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
As you revise your #ISA2026 @isanet.bsky.social papers, consider submitting to ISP. We have fast processing times and publish in three categories: pedagogy, policy relevant scholarship, and practice. Learn more about our journal here: academic.oup.com/isp/pages/Ab...
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
See you tomorrow at 4pm for the Publishing in Leading Journals: Meet the Editors Roundtable at @isanet.bsky.social 2026!
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Are you traveling to the @isanet.bsky.social meeting next month? Be sure to add these panels to your calendar: Sunday 10:30-12:15 SB97: Publishing in the Age of AI: Perspectives from Leading IR Journal Editors Wednesday 4:00-5:45 WD15: Publishing in Leading Journals: Meet the Editors
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International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Submissions for #ISAVirtual2026 are open until 10 March. Submit your proposal today! buff.ly/ODlbgCG for proposal details!
Text: ISA's 2026 Annual Virtual Conference
Order, Disorder, & Reordering
28-31 July 2026
Submissions close on 10 March
Program Chair Team:
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Juana Sipriano Morales
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International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Reminder: The ISA‑SAWP 2026 Conference, "South Asia in a Changing International Order", will be held August 6–8 at the Galle Face Hotel in Colombo. Submission deadline: 2 March Details: buff.ly/EDTXjtP
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Our latest issue is now available. Be sure to check it out! academic.oup.com/isp/issue/27...
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Volume 27 Issue 1 | International Studies Perspectives | Oxford Academic
An official journal of the International Studies Association. Publishes papers on policy research and commentary, pedagogical analyses, visions of the Discipline, and pieces of interest to the interna...
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
ICYMI: Be sure to check out this incredibly work by Nikola Mirilovic and Myunghee Kim academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
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Backlash against Liberalism, Views of Importance of Religion, and Perceptions of Vladimir Putin Abroad
Abstract. A backlash to the Western-led international order and the associated liberal values influences perceptions of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin a
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
We've launched our official facebook page! Be sure to follow it for more updates, including author summaries and other tidbits: www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
And we're back! We've updated our guidelines for each of our areas of publication. Be sure to check them out: academic.oup.com/isp/pages/Ab...
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
ISP will be on our winter break from December 17, 2025 through January 19, 2026. During this time, we will not be processing new manuscripts.
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Winter is almost upon us! And that means it's time for the November issue of ISP! academic.oup.com/isp/issue/26/4
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Volume 26 Issue 4 | International Studies Perspectives | Oxford Academic
An official journal of the International Studies Association. Publishes papers on policy research and commentary, pedagogical analyses, visions of the Discipline, and pieces of interest to the interna...
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
ICYMI: Be sure to check out our latest issue, feat. works on classroom inclusion, pedagogy and activism, democratization after civil war, the future of the UN, coping with research failure, and female participation in zoom diplomacy! #poliscisky #academicsky academic.oup.com/isp/issue/26...
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Volume 26 Issue 2 | International Studies Perspectives | Oxford Academic
An official journal of the International Studies Association. Publishes papers on policy research and commentary, pedagogical analyses, visions of the Discipline, and pieces of interest to the interna...
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
We will be on our summer hiatus until July 16th. Our submission portal will be open, but we won't be processing new manuscripts during that period. We look forward to seeing the exciting research being submitted this summer!
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
#AdvancedArticleAlert Kate Hunt explains how to use short form videos to advance student learning. #pedagogy #poliscisky #SOTL academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
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I Understood the Assignment: Short-Form Videos in the International Studies Classroom
Abstract. With advances in technology, opportunities to connect with and learn from people all over the world are more prevalent than ever, but so are many
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Filippo Dionigi @filippodionigi.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
📢 Forum written together with: ➡️ @marniehowlett.bsky.social ➡️@rtapscott.bsky.social ➡️@grace-akello.bsky.social ➡️Mousumi Mukherjee ➡️Natalia Otrishcenko ➡️Anastasia Shesterinina 📑Rethinking Ethics Review for International Relations Research @ispjournal.bsky.social academic.oup.com/isp/article-...
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Forum: Rethinking Ethics Review for International Relations Research
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
#AdvancedArticleAlert Check out our forum on an under discussed issue in the discipline: the challenges and opportunities of being a scholar-teacher at a Small Liberal Arts College. #pedagogy #academictwitter #poliscisky #SLAC #teaching academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
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Forum: Promise and Peril of Being a SLAC Professor
Abstract. The purpose of this forum is to illuminate the pros and cons of a career at a small liberal arts college (or SLAC). Using different perspectives,
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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
we all fail rather frequently in different aspects of academic work - but we rarely talk about it check out this🔥@ispjournal.bsky.social forum on understanding, reflecting, and coping with failure @meibauir.bsky.social @ncrenic.bsky.social @jrodehaun.bsky.social academic.oup.com/isp/article/...
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Forum: Dead-Ends, Disasters, Delays? Reflecting on Research Failure in International Studies and Ways to Avoid It
Abstract. This forum urges international relations (IR) practitioners to rethink the nature of both failure and success, and their own responsibility in bu
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Advanced Article Alert! @samzil.bsky.social & Dagmar Ludackova explain how emotional interest shapes the landscape of security studies scholarship. #poliscisky #academicsky #securitysky #conflictsky academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
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Interested in Threats: Exploring How Emotional Interest Shapes Security Studies Scholarship
Abstract. Security studies scholars are, by definition, interested in threats. But how does interest shape their knowledge production? We draw on contempor
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
It's February. And you know what that means? Our first issue of the year and our first issue headed by the new editorial team just dropped! #academicsky #poliscisky #pedagogysky #internationalstudiessky academic.oup.com/isp/issue
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Issues | International Studies Perspectives | Oxford Academic
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Spring conference season is almost upon us! Consider submitting your manuscripts to ISP if it relates to pedagogy, practice of the profession, or has policy relevance. Learn more about what we publish here: academic.oup.com/isp/pages/Ab... #poliscisky #academicsky #policymilsky #civmilsky
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Advanced Article Alert! Kai Wang, Chuyu Liu, & Xintong Chen analyze the development of Chinese IR theory and explain its position in the broader discussion of Global IR. academic.oup.com/isp/advance-... #AcademicSky #GlobalIR #Poliscisky
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Cooperation and Conflict Studies in Chinese IR
Abstract. Although Western security scholarship often focuses disproportionally on conflict, cooperation-oriented research dominates Chinese security studi
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Advanced Article Alert! @emekatn.bsky.social atn.bsky.social @edrees4p.bsky.social & @akintayo.bsky.social explore what happens to knowledge production when African researchers study terrorism & conflict related sexual violence. #academicsky #poliscisky #gendersky tinyurl.com/49cs3uea
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Positionality and Knowledge Production on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence against Men and Boys in (Counter-) Terrorism
Abstract. What happens to knowledge production when African-based researchers studying intersections between terrorism and wartime sexual violence interrog
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
The new year also marks a new editorial team - helmed by @proflupton.bsky.social (@colgateuniversity.bsky.social) with co-editors Yasemin Akbaba (@gettysburgcollege.bsky.social), @gcorreacabrera.bsky.social, Jeff Lantis, Rosalie Arcala Hall, and Kristina Hinds. #poliscisky #academicsky
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Online First at ISP: "The Three AREs: How Authors, Reviewers, and Editors Can Better Address Alternative Explanations in Scholarly Research" from Andrew Owsiak and Paul Diehl academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
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The Three AREs: How Authors, Reviewers, and Editors Can Better Address Alternative Explanations in Scholarly Research
Abstract. Authors of good scholarship must address alternative explanations to the one that they have proposed—to resolve debates, to entertain competing h
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Online First at ISP: "Upholding Hierarchies of Knowledge Production: Mundane Obstacles to Global International Relations" from Birte Vogel and others academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
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Upholding Hierarchies of Knowledge Production: Mundane Obstacles to Global International Relations
Abstract. Debates about global international relations (IR) have been ongoing for over a decade, yet academic practice in meaningfully cooperating with Glo
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
As 2024 comes to an end, we would like to extend our gratitude to our outgoing Lead Editor, Dr. Jim Scott of @illinoisstateu.bsky.social It's been a fantastic five years with Jim at the helm! #PoliScisky #AcademicSky
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Online First at ISP: "Cyber Diplomacy through Official Public Attribution: Paving the Way for Global Norms" from Gil Baram. academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
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Cyber Diplomacy through Official Public Attribution: Paving the Way for Global Norms
Abstract. International discussions on establishing and implementing norms for behavior in cyberspace have spanned over two decades. However, differences i
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Online first at ISP: "Embracing Universality: Toward the Future of United Nations Development Work" from Max-Otto Baumann and Sebastian Haug. academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
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Embracing Universality: Toward the Future of United Nations Development Work
Abstract. United Nations (UN) development work has long followed the binary logic of “developed” countries providing funding so that UN entities support “d
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
ISP is now in transition from our current editorial team (James M. Scott, Lead Editor; Yasemin Akbaba; Guadalupe Correa Cabrera; Carrie Currier; Jeff Lantis; Danielle Lupton) to the new team, which takes over on January 1, 2025.
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 31/10/2024
Online First at ISP: "Studying Narratives in International Relations" from Katja Freistein, Frank Gadinger, and Stefan Groth academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
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Studying Narratives in International Relations
Abstract. Many scholars in international relations (IR) share an interest in narratives. With few, notable exceptions, IR scholars seem to lack clear metho
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 31/10/2024
Online First at ISP: "Methodology Matters: Emplotting Interpretivism in Contemporary Political Science and International Studies" from Christina Harris and Julie Radomski academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
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Methodology Matters: Emplotting Interpretivism in Contemporary Political Science and International Studies
Abstract. The visibility and adoption of interpretive research approaches in the post-Perestroika period have increased in the United States, yet common kn
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 22/10/2024
Online First at ISP: Democratization and Peace after Civil War—What Difference Can International Engagement Make? Insights from Liberia from Karina Mross academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
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Democratization and Peace after Civil War—What Difference Can International Engagement Make? Insights from Liberia
Abstract. What role can international engagement play for the relationship between post-conflict democratization and conflict recurrence? Empirical evidenc
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 05/09/2024
Online First at ISP: "Getting Inside the Mind of Leaders and Advisers: A Data Collection Strategy for Historical Case Studies in IR" from Wendy He and Pascal Vennesson academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
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Getting Inside the Mind of Leaders and Advisers: A Data Collection Strategy for Historical Case Studies in IR
Abstract. In the last few decades, a new wave of behavioral research has become prominent in international relations (IR) and led to a welcome expansion of
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International Studies Perspectives @ispjournal.bsky.social · 05/09/2024
Online First at ISP: "The Resurgence of Ideology under Xi Jinping and International Relations Scholarship in China" from Sabine Mokry (@drmokry.bsky.social) academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
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