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IDEoPOP @ideopop.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Our PI @lesliewehner.bsky.social has recently published an article called 'Providing ontological security through analogies and metaphors: A leader approach' It explores the use of metaphors in ontological insecurity. Empirically it focuses on Nayib Bukele. Want to read more? Find the link below!

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Providing ontological security through analogies and metaphors: A leader approach | European Journal of International Security | Cambridge Core

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FPA Journal @fpajrnl.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

3/3: It has been an honor and pleasure to edit the journal for these past five years. Thanks, Lisbeth Aggestam, Brian Lai, A. Burcu Bayram, Danielle Chubb, Stephen Nemeth, Andrea Oelsner, and Leslie Wehner.

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FPA Journal @fpajrnl.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

2/3: and Associate Editors: A. Burcu Bayram, Ryan Beasley, Scarlett Cornelissen, Benjamin Day, Melisa Deciancio, and Kei Koga.

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FPA Journal @fpajrnl.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

1/3: Starting January 1, 2026, the new FPA editorial team will start its 5-year term. Co-Editor-in-Chiefs: Leslie Wehner, Sibel Oktay, Baris Kesgin

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Leslie Wehner @lesliewehner.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Newly elected President 🇨🇱 José Antonio Kast…far right yes but not a populist leader #Chile #Kast #ElecionesChile @ideopop.bsky.social

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Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢 In "The Adoption of Feminist Foreign Policy" @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social & @lesliewehner.bsky.social compare foreign policy changes in 🇨🇱 & 🇸🇪 pointing to the role of policy entrepreneurs and a favorable domestic context. Available #OpenAccess buff.ly/d2sgM4V

Research article titled "The Adoption of Feminist Foreign Policy: The Cases of Chile and Sweden" by Jennifer Thomson and Leslie Wehner.

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International Relations @uidergisi.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Our special issue (Issue 87) titled State of the Art in Foreign Policy Analysis, guest-edited by Binnur Özkeçeci-Taner @binnurot.bsky.social and Leslie Wehner @lesliewehner.bsky.social, has been published. www.ir-journal.com/issues/volum...

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Leslie Wehner @lesliewehner.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

My chapter on “Regional powers and comparative regionalism” in the Handbook of International Relations edited by Cameron Thies has been published. A must have Handbook. Check the list of authors and you will see why it is a great contribution to the study of IR doi.org/10.4337/9781...

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Leslie Wehner @lesliewehner.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

My new work on role theory and populist foreign policy in the new Routledge Handbook of Populism and Foreign Policy ⬇️ Also many more chapters to read written by leading scholars www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1... @ideopop.bsky.social @sdestradi.bsky.social @davidcadier.bsky.social

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Leslie Wehner @lesliewehner.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

🎉 A new publication! I develop a theory of incremental change in foreign policy using role theory. Illustrative examples: Mexico (leader role) & Sweden (neutral role) “Gradual Change in Foreign Policy: A Role-Theoretic Approach academic.oup.com/isp/article/...

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Leslie Wehner @lesliewehner.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Part (summary) of my presentation on populist foreign policy few weeks ago at the University of York is used in this blog - it sounds lots like what we have been seeing this last week in the world - leaders matter! Read 👇

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Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

📣 Out on #FirstView 📣 In "The Adoption of Feminist Foreign Policy" @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social & @lesliewehner.bsky.social compare foreign policy changes in 🇨🇱 & 🇸🇪 pointing to the role of policy entrepreneurs and a favorable domestic context. polisky gendersky buff.ly/szfEivh

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Leslie Wehner @lesliewehner.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Finally out in Politics & Gender! Please read & share this work with @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social “The Adoption of Feminist Foreign Policy: The Cases of Chile and Sweden” doi.org/10.1017/S174... We study the conditions that made possible the formal adoption of a Feminist Foreign Policy 🇨🇱🇸🇪

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The Adoption of Feminist Foreign Policy: The Cases of Chile and Sweden | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core

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bariskesgin.bsky.social @bariskesgin.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

@sibeloktay.bsky.social @lesliewehner.bsky.social and yours truly -along with a brilliant team of associate editors- are honored to assume our editorial duties of @fpajrnl.bsky.social by the end of 2025. very much looking forward to serving scholars, practitioners, and readers of foreign policy.

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Foreign Policy Analysis @ ISA @fpa-isa.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Happening now “Understanding foreign policy change: a role theoretical approach” with Anna Michalsky, @lesliewehner.bsky.social @cameronthies.bsky.social @sibeloktay.bsky.social Kai Oppermann, Stephan Klose & Damian Strycharz #ISA2025

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Leslie Wehner @lesliewehner.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Yay! a new accepted paper which is now forthcoming in the journal: International Relations. This is very special as it is with my doctoral student @theseangarrett.bsky.social His first article of many more to come for sure :-) For now only the abstract ⬇️

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