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International Studies Quarterly - An International Studies Association (ISA) Journal, Editors-in-Chief: Sam Bell, Elena McLean, and Jeffrey Pickering

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Matthew Nanes @matthewjnanes.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
"Circular Migration and the Moderation of Social Attitudes" is now published at @isq-jrnl.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1093/isq/... 1/3
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Circular Migration and the Moderation of Social Attitudes
Abstract. Migration creates opportunities for transferring not just wealth but also norms, attitudes, and behaviors from migrant-receiving to migrant-sendi
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International Studies Quarterly @isq-jrnl.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
New research using African public opinion finds citizens support foreign aid conditions when they distrust their government & trust the donor. These findings reshape our understanding of accountability relations in global governance. @rickyclark.bsky.social sky.social; @lindsayrdolan.bsky.social
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Morten Skumsrud Andersen @skumsrud.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
IR101 says anarchy leads to balance of power. What if it’s the other way around? My new ISQ article (OA!) rethinks two core IR concepts through conceptual history
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Anarchy Is What the Balance of Power Made of It: Two Core Concepts and the Public/Private Distinction in International Relations
Abstract. In this article, I question a familiar assumption in International Relations (IR): that the balance of power and anarchy are mutually reinforcing
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International Studies Quarterly @isq-jrnl.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
ISQ is taking a summer break. We will not process new submissions from July 1 to July 31. We will continue to process manuscripts that were invited for revision and resubmission during this period. We look forward to receiving new submissions once again on August 1!
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International Studies Quarterly @isq-jrnl.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Using an original coding of legal and nonlegal recommendations, @kylereed.bsky.social’s new article finds that human rights arguments framed with legal references are substantially more likely to succeed. tinyurl.com/sqaf042
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The Argumentative Power of International Law: Legal Rhetoric, Human Rights, and the Universal Periodic Review
Abstract. What makes a human rights argument effective? When challenging a state's human rights practices, actors can draw on a range of discursive options
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International Studies Quarterly @isq-jrnl.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
@meckerehrhardt.bsky.social, Soetkin Verhaegen & Sigrid Quack’s new article shows that nonstate actors can boost the legitimacy of global governance by contributing expertise, representation, public interest orientation, transparency&operational capacity to governance processes. tinyurl.com/sqaf040
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Nonstate Actor Inclusion and the Social Legitimacy of Global Governance Institutions
Abstract. Nonstate actors play powerful roles in global governance institutions (GGIs) as advocates, experts, representatives, regulators, monitors, and im
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International Studies Quarterly @isq-jrnl.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
In this article, Melle Scholten argues that attitudes to return-migrants are a function of non-migrants' evaluation of their expected effect in both economic and political-normative dimensions. tinyurl.com/sqaf041
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International Studies Quarterly @isq-jrnl.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
ISQ is taking a summer break. We will not process new submissions from July 1 to July 31. We will continue to process manuscripts that were invited for revision and resubmission during this period. We look forward to receiving new submissions once again on August 1!
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International Studies Quarterly @isq-jrnl.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
ISQ is taking a summer break. We will not process new submissions from July 1 to July 31. We will continue to process manuscripts that were invited for revision and resubmission during this period. We look forward to receiving new submissions once again on August 1!
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International Studies Quarterly @isq-jrnl.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
ISQ is taking a summer break. We will not process new submissions from July 1 to July 31. We will continue to process manuscripts that were invited for revision and resubmission during this period. We look forward to receiving new submissions once again on August 1!
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International Studies Quarterly @isq-jrnl.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Can international law protect abortion rights? Yes. When a country’s international commitments are highly legalized, and a strong civil society exists to hold it accountable to those promises, its domestic abortion laws are more permissive. tinyurl.com/sqaf028
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International Human Rights Law and Women’s Access to Abortion
Abstract. Can international law protect abortion rights? Drawing from past work on domestic mechanisms that give international law teeth, we argue that a s
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International Studies Quarterly @isq-jrnl.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Using original data&micro-level measures of individual hearings by the national security committees, @dandrezner.bsky.social & Linda Fowler demonstrate how time constraints and routine responsibilities limit the number of opportunities for expert witnesses 1995-2020. tinyurl.com/sqaf035
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Where Have All the Experts Gone? The Shifting Marketplace for Foreign Policy Ideas on Capitol Hill
Abstracts. US foreign policy observers have noted a decline in the frequency of expert witnesses appearing before congressional committees, while congressi
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International Studies Quarterly @isq-jrnl.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
@brianblankenship.bsky.social tests whether U.S. signals of abandonment and efforts to encourage allied burden-sharing using threats of abandonment increase support for nuclear weapons acquisition, using a survey of foreign policy elites from 16 European NATO members. tinyurl.com/sqaf039
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Do Alliance Abandonment and Coercion Increase Support for Nuclear Weapons? An Elite Survey in NATO
Abstract. Alliances are central to U.S. nuclear nonproliferation efforts. Many scholars suggest that actions which might undermine allies’ faith in or depe
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International Studies Quarterly @isq-jrnl.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Zhiyuan Wang argues that institutionalized social consensus mitigates the time-inconsistency problem & encourages trade liberalization. The study shows that strong labor laws are positively associated with the growth of PTAs. tinyurl.com/sqaf036
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Revisiting Embedded Liberalism: Does the Theoretical Possibility Meet Empirical Validity? Analyzing Labor Laws and Preferential Trade Agreements
Abstract. Extant scholarship on embedded liberalism (EL) emphasizes whether governments keep their promises to protect the risk-bearers of economic liberal
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International Studies Quarterly @isq-jrnl.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Contrary to much research, @jonastallberg.bsky.social & Carl Vikberg show that regime type affects how states design international organizations, but only under conditions of general-purpose cooperation. tinyurl.com/692sqaf034
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Democracy, Autocracy, and the Design of International Organizations
Abstract. Extensive research expects systematic differences in the design of international organizations (IOs) based on the regime composition of their mem
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International Studies Quarterly @isq-jrnl.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
In this article, Bilal Salaymeh, @sarahellmuller.bsky.social & @fannybadache.bsky.social show that rising powers embrace a view that prioritizes national ownership & occupy a middle ground in the spectrum of sovereignty conceptualizations at the UNSC. tinyurl.com/sqaf031
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Following a Middle Way: How Rising Powers Navigate Sovereignty Debates in Peacebuilding
Abstract. The role of rising powers in world politics has been growing. However, their influence on the international peace and security architecture is st
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International Studies Quarterly @isq-jrnl.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
In this article, Simone Dietrich, @danieladonno.bsky.social, @katefleiner.bsky.social sky.social & Alice Iannantuoni underscore the importance of treating gender mainstreaming as a distinct category of assistance whose application is attuned to domestic implementation problems. tinyurl.com/sqaf033
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The Politics of Gender Mainstreaming in Foreign Aid
Abstract. Gender mainstreaming—the incorporation of a gender equality perspective into the design, implementation, and evaluation of all aid projects—has b
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International Studies Quarterly @isq-jrnl.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
@cobrienudry.bsky.social &Tyler Pratt argue that tech breakthroughs lead to accelerated incentives for regulatory arbitrage & potential for controversies to spark public backlash which link the regulatory fate of states, undermining their ability to regulate in isolation. tinyurl.com/sqaf032
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Innovation and Interdependence: Evidence from Gene-Editing Technology
Abstract. Technological breakthroughs carry great promise but often escalate economic competition and heighten public anxiety, creating new challenges for
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International Studies Quarterly @isq-jrnl.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Using a dyadic approach, @arash-p.bsky.social, Madeleine O Hosli & @jkantorowicz.bsky.social investigate EU member states’ voting behavior in the Council of the EU along 3 policy dimensions: left-right, authoritarian-libertarian, and pro-/anti EU. tinyurl.com/sqaf029
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A Dyadic Method to Investigate Voting Behavior in the Council of the European Union
Abstracts. Using a dyadic approach to explore voting behavior of European Union (EU) member states in the Council of the EU, we investigate the similarity
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International Studies Quarterly @isq-jrnl.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Does FDI induce concentrated benefits on the local level? Leveraging geo-located data on FDI projects 2003-2018 and nightlights, @tobirommel.bsky.social, Tabea Palmtag, and Luca Messerschmidt find evidence for FDI-induced local growth and regional inequality. tinyurl.com/sqaf025
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Local Economic Consequences of Foreign Direct Investment in Democracies and Autocracies
Abstract. Governments in developing and emerging countries aim to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) to generate growth. Yet, empirical studies on the
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International Studies Quarterly @isq-jrnl.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Using original survey data and event dataset from AMISOM in Somalia, Prabin Khadka finds that IED attacks—especially those causing peacekeeper deaths—trigger retaliatory violence, supporting a revenge rather than a show-of-force explanation. tinyurl.com/sqaf026
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Why Protectors Become Predators? Violence against Civilians by AMISOM Peacekeepers in Somalia
Abstract. This study investigates the phenomenon of peacekeepers resorting to lethal violence against civilians, despite their mandate to protect them. Whi
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International Studies Quarterly @isq-jrnl.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
New dataset alert! Cameron Mailhot introduces the Mandates of Int'l Orgs’ Missions (MIOM) dataset, which identifies up to 68 peacebuilding & statebuilding activities in the mandates of all UN & regional orgs’ missions deployed to conflict-affected countries (1989-2020) tinyurl.com/sqaf027
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Introducing the Mandates of International Organizations’ Missions (MIOM) Dataset: Comprehensive Data on the Mandates of UN and Regional Organizations’ Missions, 1989–2020
Abstract. International organizations’ missions play an increasingly central role in statebuilding and peacebuilding processes in conflict-affected countri
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International Studies Quarterly @isq-jrnl.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Analyzing close to 0.5mil Chinese news articles&an original corpus of policy docs, @yelingtan.bsky.social, Mark Dallas, @himself.bsky.social @abenewman.bsky.social find that US shocks produce a shift away from technological interdependence, toward security-focused self-reliance tinyurl.com/sqaf017
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Driven to Self-Reliance: Technological Interdependence and the Chinese Innovation Ecosystem
Abstract. States face a dilemma on how to balance gains from technological advancement with the risks of dependence. Technology is central to government ob
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International Studies Quarterly @isq-jrnl.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
How has central bank independence (CBI) evolved? @carogarriga.bsky.social presents the most comprehensive dataset on CBI, its main dimensions (personnel independence, objectives, policy formulation and limits on lending), and additional variables for 192 countries (1970-2023). tinyurl.com/sqaf024
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Revisiting Central Bank Independence in the World: An Extended Dataset
Abstracts. How has central bank independence (CBI) changed over time and across countries? This paper introduces the most comprehensive dataset on de jure
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Dr Yuna Han @dryunahan.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
New article! "Temporal Politics of Inevitability: Mass Death during the COVID-19 Pandemic" with @drkmillar.bsky.social @mjbayly.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/isq/...
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The Temporal Politics of Inevitability: Mass Death during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Abstract. Many international phenomena, from complex, interconnected processes to specific catastrophes, have been deemed “inevitable” by elites, policymak
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Kseniya Oksamytna @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
📢 New dataset alert: “Introducing the UNCIPPO (UN Civilian Posts in Peacekeeping Operations) Dataset” is out in ISQ! With Jessica Di Salvatore and Katharina P. Coleman, we’ve mapped budgeted civilian personnel posts in UN peacekeeping operations by mission, unit, rank, and staff category, 1991-2020.
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Introducing the UNCIPPO (UN Civilian Posts in Peacekeeping Operations) Dataset
Abstract. This research note presents a dataset on budgeted civilian personnel posts in UN peacekeeping operations by mission, unit, rank, and staff catego
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Every once in a while, we write articles we truly care about. This is one of them, and I am so happy and proud to see it published at ISQ:
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Responding to Unilateral Challenges to International Institutions
Abstracts. How do international institutions respond to unilateral challenges by its member states, such as non-compliance, blocking of reforms, renegotiat
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