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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

📣 Changes to Our Editorial Board 📣 JIRD is thrilled to announce that @andrew-lix.bsky.social will be joining us as an associate editor. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of IR at Central European University. He is a political economist with expertise in quantitative methods.

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

📚 Want to publish a guest-edited Special Collection with JIRD? 📆 Don’t miss the submission deadline for this year’s annual call on 30 October 2026! 👉 You can find more information on how to prepare your proposal here: shorturl.at/sKSOb 📬 We look forward to receiving your submissions!

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🎉 Changes to Our Editorial Board 🎉 JIRD is thrilled to announce that @scwinkler.bsky.social will be joining us as an associate editor. She is a postdoc at Stockholm University and Goethe University Frankfurt, working on political concepts, sociotechnical imaginaries, and US–China relations.

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

How does the simultaneous admission of rival claimants to a universal organisation help manage divided sovereignties? Muhamet Brajshori theorises such parallel membership based on the dual UN accessions of the two German states (1973) and the two Koreas (1991). 📄 👉 rdcu.be/fzpF4

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

How do transnational experts and bureaucratic networks contribute to the continuity of regional organizations? To address this question, @parthenayk.bsky.social, Julissa Castro Silva & @djn22.bsky.social compare the Central American Integration System and the Pacific Alliance. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/fzpDD

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

What accounts for variation in IO crisis responses? @stephofmann.bsky.social & @ckreudersonnen.bsky.social develop a theoretical framework that accounts for both IOs’ relative positioning vis-à-vis each other and crisis temporality. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/fziey

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

How do ontological security processes shape war termination decisions? Focusing on the US’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, Jonny Hall illustrates how war terminations act as anxiety-generating moments that prompt states to confront gaps between expectations and reality. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/fzh2H

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

How does inter-narrativity play out in the rise of the “Indo-Pacific” as a geopolitical narrative? From its origin in stories about Japan’s regional identity, Karoline Postel-Vinay traces an oceanic narrative that accommodates a diversity of geopolitical story-telling. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/fzhZP

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

How is right-wing international populism implemented at the regional level? Through a comparative case study analysis, Bernadett Lehoczki draws attention to the centrality of fighting “globalists” as an organizing principle of right-wing populist cooperation beyond the state. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/fzhVq

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

How has Mexico’s Feminist Foreign Policy been constructed and mobilized within international, national and individual storytelling practices? Based on a thematic analysis, @isaherna.bsky.social highlights a dissonance between internal realities and international commitments. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/fzhQ0

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

How does the emergence and election of new parties challenge mainstream security policies, and with what effects? @raffaelemstr.bsky.social examines political entrepreneurs in Bulgaria to illustrate how challengers mobilise public discontent on neglected security concerns. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/fzhMU

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

How does China signal its international status through the provision of global public goods for health? In their article, Igor Sevenard & Richard J. Cook examine China’s response to health crises in Sierra Leone and Madagascar. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/fzhCd

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Raffaele Mastrorocco @raffaelemstr.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Very grateful to the Editors of @jird-jour.bsky.social for their splendid work and to the three anonymous reviewers for their engagement with the study and their useful feedback. It was really a great process. In the acknowledgements, I'm also thankful to many others for varied reasons.

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Raffaele Mastrorocco @raffaelemstr.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Challenger parties don't just confront mainstream foreign policies-they redefine what counts as national security in the first place. New open-access article on political entrepreneurs and foreign and security policy⬇️ link.springer.com/article/10.1... @jird-jour.bsky.social @eui-sps.bsky.social

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Politics defying threats: how political entrepreneurs reconfigure national security agendas - Journal of International Relations and Development

The emergence and election of new parties challenging mainstream status quo in democratic countries is one of the most critical features affecting the definition of national security priorities today....

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Norms In Motion Project @normsinmotion.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

How do international institutions respond when their legitimacy is challenged? Gisela Hirschmann's article in @jird-jour.bsky.social examines how the #ICC made sense of contestation by African states parties & what this reveals about institutional adaption and resilience. doi.org/10.1057/s412...

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Organizational sense-making in international institutions: the International Criminal Court’s response to contestation by African states parties - Journal of International Relations and Development

In its short history, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has repeatedly faced contestation by states, which reached a first peak in 2016 with the threat of mass withdrawal by its African members.…

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

📣 New WoS Ranking just dropped 📣 We are thrilled to announce that JIRD has been climbing the ranks and is now: 🏆 20/173 in Q1, 🏆 with an impact factor of 3.4. 📄 👉 If you want to publish with us, submit your article here shorturl.at/08u60

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

How do indigenous narratives enable policy change? In her contribution to the Special Collection “Narratives in Times of Uncertainty,” Özlem Terzi explicates the internal and external aspects of the Saami Council’s narratives that helped foster productive engagement with the EU. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/flNI3

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

How do states remain credible in global environmental governance despite gaps between commitments and implementation? Read Moch Faisal Karim & @thaisdoria.bsky.social’s analysis as part of the Special Collection “Narratives in Times of Uncertainty.” 📄 👉 rdcu.be/flNGs

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

What is the role of diasporas in the transnational politicisation of bilateral issues between homeland and hostland? Focusing on the Turkish diaspora in Germany, Ebru Turhan & Kai Oppermann explicate its involvement in the politicisation of German-Turkish relations. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/flNDJ

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

How do life stories help states retain narrative coherence when faced with uncertainty? In her contribution to the Special Collection “Narratives in Times of Uncertainty,” Bianca Naude answers this question based on South Africa’s responses to the Gaza and Ukraine crises. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/flqO9

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

How can existing research on norm entrepreneurship be broadened beyond liberal actors or non-state advocacy networks? @debremaria.bsky.social & @danielleflonk.bsky.social focus on China and Russia to demonstrate how authoritarian coalitions are reshaping global normative orders. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/feRlG

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

“What’s ‘rural’ in rural development?” ask Kressen Thyen & Anna Wolkenhauer in their new article. Based on a double-paired comparison, they highlight how the targets of rural development take on various meanings in national politics and people’s daily lives. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/feRj5

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

How do variations in the institutional design of IIGOs, such as the G20 or the BRICS, shape their capacity for informal governance? @stevebmann.bsky.social's article develops a typology that distinguishes IIGOs based on their issue scope and members’ collective capabilities. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/feRi4

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

How can Hirschman’s seminal work (1970) “Exit, voice, and loyalty” be translated into a framework for quantitative analysis of why states withdraw from Regional International Organizations? Read Diana Panke, Lukas Grundsfeld, and Pawel Tverskoi’s article to find out! 📄 👉 rdcu.be/feRhX

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Thinking about publishing with JIRD? Now you have all the more reason to do so! According to the SCImago Journal Rank 2025, we are 🏆 in Q1 for PoliSci & IR with an SJR of 1.278, 🏆 an H-Index of 49/678, 🏆 and 53% female authors. 📄 👉 Submit your article with us here: shorturl.at/08u60

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

What could a policy-oriented framework grounded in ontological security theory look like? In his article, @lupovicia.bsky.social aims to sensitize policymakers to ontological dynamics and provide conceptual tools for navigating them. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/e5Z6Q

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

How do far-right leaders narrate past disrespect to reclaim national “status” in foreign policy? 🇺🇸 In his contribution to the Special Collection, @lesliewehner.bsky.social shows how Trump 2.0 uses strategic narratives to restore US stature on the international stage. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/e5Z8f

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

How do narratives help states manage uncertainty in world politics? 🌍 Our first Special Collection, edited by @hildevanmeegdenburg.com & Falk Ostermann @uni-kiel.de, explores how storytelling shapes foreign policy formulation & practice. 📚️ 👉 link.springer.com/collections/...

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

What internal dynamics shape the International Criminal Court’s response to state contestation? In her article, Gisela Hirschmann from @unileiden.bsky.social foregrounds the critical role of crisis perception and interpretation in conditioning the ICC's contestation management. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/e5Z5K

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

How can organizational theory help explain how CSOs interact with the G7? In their article, @irisbartelt.bsky.social, Martin Koch & Natia Tsaritova study this interface as an organizational field that embodies the G7’s connection to society and strengthens its legitimacy. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/e5Z5d

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

How can subnational partnerships remain adaptable amid shifting geopolitical contexts? In their article, Weiwei Chen, @filippoboni.bsky.social, and Yameng Zhang highlight the transformative potential of city diplomacy in addressing global development challenges. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/e3Lii

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

❄️ JIRD Winter Break ❄️ ⛄ Our editorial team will be taking a break from December 22 to January 5 to recharge. ⛄ Please allow for extended response times for manuscript acceptances and reviews during this period. We wish all a relaxing winter break!

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Why did it take so long for the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to adopt the concept of national security (国家安全, guójiā ānquán) into its political lexicon? In their article, Juha A. Vuori & Jeremy Gong uncover the conceptual roots of national security in the PRC. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/eSvSN

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

How do Czech political representatives and analysts work to redefine political asymmetry in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine? In their article, Jana Urbanovská, Ivana Rapoš Božič, and Mária Mokrá uncover three sets of symbolic boundaries. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/eSvSa

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

How is knowledge about peacebuilding produced in an intervening country? In her article, Amelie Harbisch analyses the social conditions of knowledge production about Afghanistan in German think tanks and academia, and its structuring effects. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/eSvRd

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

What role does ‘foreign policy specialisation’ play for small EU member states in international negotiations? In their article, @tomasweiss.bsky.social & Sandra Fernandes define it as a deliberate, enduring prioritisation of a region or topic in national foreign policy. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/eSvP8

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

How does Chinese aid influence political survival, and how does the effect vary across regime types? In his article, Muhammad Al Amin argues that recipient leaders use aid to distribute public/private goods and claim credit for large Chinese-sponsored infrastructure projects. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/eSvPn

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

How do power and norm contestation play out in the AU–EU strategic partnership? In their article, @chiara-defranco.bsky.social & @ligelot.bsky.socialemploy a Bourdieusian framework to examine struggles over human rights protection in the African Union Mission in Somalia. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/eSvN6

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Under what conditions do IOs create resilient policy norms? In their article, Antje Vetterlein & @tschmidtke.bsky.social approach IOs as social sites where international norms are transformed into ‘policy norms’ and distinguish four degrees of resilience. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/eSvM9

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

🎉 Our December Issue is out 🎉 It also marks a turning point, since from 2026 onwards, we will move to continuous article publishing. 👉 Read more about what this means in this editorial by @ajdah.bsky.social and @matthiasleese.bsky.social: rdcu.be/eSvK8

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Pssst! 🤫👋 Curious about the topics that JIRD’s December Issue will cover? 🔎 We offer you a sneak peek into our article production with a first view of the upcoming cover page. Stay tuned for more…

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

📚 Changes to JIRD’s publication model 📆 From 2026, we will adopt a "Continuous Article Publishing" (CAP) system, where all articles accepted for publication will be integrated directly into a single annual volume. 👉 Find out more about the changes this brings in this editorial: rdcu.be/eNhyc

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Why do states that have resisted legal resolution to their territorial disputes eventually submit to legal treatment? David L. Gebre-Medhin @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social argues that states may accept legal settlements as a costly signal of a broader foreign policy shift. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/eI5gG

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

📚 Want to publish a guest-edited Special Issue or Special Collection with us? 📆 Don’t miss the submission deadline for this year’s annual call on 30 October 2025! 👉 You can find more information on how to prepare your proposal here: link.springer.com/journal/4126...

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Why do activists, who are aware of technocratic institutions' depoliticizing effect, still participate in transnational politics? @felixanderl.bsky.social and @mariamsalehi.bsky.social show that activists consciously navigate dangerous arenas based on an aspirational politics. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/eI4Te

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

How can international actors justify their roles in new social contexts? By analyzing the EU’s aspiration for a role in the Arctic region, Aslak Veierud Busch uncovers arguments used by aspirant actors when attempting to carve out a role in a new social context. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/eI4zQ

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

What happens to digital diplomacy after Twitter? Drawing on theories of facework and aesthetic insecurity, @ericvanr.bsky.social argues that Twitter’s recent transformation represents a source of insecurity for states, particularly liberal democratic ones. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/eI4y6

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

How did efficient mobilization in the Russia-Ukraine war become possible and lasting, despite all odds? In his article, @reshetnikov.bsky.social reconstructs the discursive conditions of possibility for mobilization in both Russia and Ukraine by analyzing combatants’ rhetoric. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/eI4yz

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

What is the political significance of crass vulgarity for the far-right in Brazil and beyond? Anna Leander and @lulubats.bsky.social show that de-centering reason and re-centering resonance help explain how vulgar vibes spread, orient politics, and how they may be challenged. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/eI4vj

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

🎉 We are excited to announce that JIRD has migrated to a new website! 🎉 👉 Check it out here: link.springer.com/journal/41268

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