Review of International Studies serves the needs of scholars in international relations and related fields such as politics, history, law, and sociology.
How are IR concepts grounded in ‘secularized’ Judaeo-Christian assumptions?
In their article,
@GiorgioShani
&
@BeheraChadha
engage with The Mahābharāta and a reading of dharma to develop a new perspective for International Relations.
Free to read 👉
READ THIS!!!!! Are you a woman early career researcher who has a draft paper that you would like to submit to a major journal?
Announcing the
@RISjnl
Workshop for Women Early Career Researchers -
Please circulate
@MYBISA
What do jokes, memes, parodies, and puns do in international politics?
Take a look at
@HelleMalmvig
’s piece on the underside of humor’s productive political power.
Click here for free access ➡️
Looking back on some of
@RISjnl
's most significant articles over the past decade, here is a piece by Lene Hansen from 2014: "How images make world politics: International icons and the case of Abu Ghraib". It's
#OpenAccess
!
📄➡️
#BehindtheScenes
at
@RISjnl
: in 2024, we will have a new editorial team.
This week a few of the incoming editors -
@TheRealistHom
,
@MMalksoo
and Ben Martill - met for an impromptu coffee. One of many meetings in the years to come!
In light of the announcement that Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, Argentina, and the United Arab Emirates will be part of the BRICS bloc, it's worth revisiting the special section on regional powers by Philip Nel and Detlef Nolte:
From the archives:
How does memory feature in debates in the UN Security Council?
Check out Kathrin Bachleitner's article from 2023: "International memories in global politics: Making the case for or against UN intervention in Libya and Syria." It's
#OpenAccess
!
👉
You voted to see one of our papers about the politics of emotion and here it is!
Our editor
@martincoward
recommends this piece by
@rbleiker
and
@emma_hutchison
on the importance of cross-disciplinary approaches in world politics.
Access it for free:
In their article, Stephane J. Baele & Thierry Balzacq develop an analytical framework for understanding rituals in international politics. Have a read, it's
#OpenAccess
👇
@CUP_PoliSci
@MYBISA
New paper for first view in
@RISjnl
: "Relational Indigenous systems: Aboriginal Australian political ordering and reconfiguring IR" by Morgan Brigg, Mary Graham & Martin Weber (
@POLSISEngage
). It'll be featured on a special issue in 2022!
Free access:
If you are interested in global intellectual history and decolonial debates, you cannot miss the paper in which Martin Bayly (
@LSEIRDept
) proposes a more nuanced view of the internationalism/imperialism divide.
Access this highlight of our latest issue:
How do individual citizens emotionally navigate world politics?
Dr.
@AnneMarieHoude
explores this question in her latest article using focus groups to look at individual emotional attachments to IOs like the EU.
Have a read, it's
#OpenAccess
! ⤵️
In case you missed it: our latest issue is out and available online!
This Special Issue was edited by
@therealisthom
&
@CianODriscoll79
with nine articles reflecting on existentialism in global politics. Have a read👇
We have created a new
@RISjnl
resource showcasing the conversations & contributions made to gender and feminist analysis over the years in our pages. Check out the new Special Collection on Gender, feminism, and IR.
#Free
to read/download until 31 July .
"...authors will only need to format their pieces to the respective journal’s in-house style guide if an article has been accepted for publication..."
@RISjnl
@EJIntSec
Together with
@BisaCPD
, the editors of
@RISjnl
have selected the winner and runners up of the annual Early-Career Researcher Paper Prize! Jamal Nabulsi will present his research at
#BISA2024
.
Find out more here 👉 .
The relevance of existentialist philosophy to IR is particularly clear in the field of ontological security.
In our latest
#SpecialIssue
,
@XanderKirke
and Brent Steele strengthen this link by exploring the function of myths in politics.
📄👉
Are you (like Rex) looking for your next great read? The Review of International Studies has all its issues archived and a great selection of First View articles. Take a look here 👇 👇
Harvard, Chicago, APA, oh my!
As of now,
@MYBISA
journals (including us!) are now officially format free for submissions. Learn more about the decision ⤵️
New paper for first view in
@RISjnl
and it is open access: "Follow the money: Assessing Women, Peace, and Security through financing for gender-inclusive peace" by Sara E. Davies and
@JacquiTrue
.
Click here to read it for free:
@MYBISA
@CUP_PoliSci
This weekend the Brazilian congress was stormed by Bolsonaro's supporters in an act similar to the invasion of the US Capitol in 2021.
It's worth revisiting Katja Freistein and
@gadinsky
's visual narrative analysis of right-wing populist parties
Archives
As we continue on this super election year, it's worth revisiting this 2019 article by
@SDestradi
& Johannes Plagemann about how populism plays out in international relations.
📄 ➡️
🚨 New First View Article 🚨
"‘Sovereignty is still the name of the game’: Indigenous theorising and strategic entanglement in Māori political discourses" by Valentin Clavé-Mercier (
@cisrul_abdn
) is now available
#OpenAccess
online!
📄 👉
🚨New first view article🚨
"Existentialism and International Relations: In it up to our necks" by
@TheRealistHom
and
@CianODriscoll79
which is the intro to our (upcoming!)
#existentialism
special issue
Read here (right link this time!)➡️
This year
@RISjnl
has 2 joint winners of the annual prize for best article published in 2021. They were just announced at
#BISA2022
. Stay tuned for more because, in the next few minutes, we'll announce the winner of the CPD’s first annual Early Career Researcher Paper Prize.
Are you ready to know who won the honourable mention of the
@cpdbisa
Early Career Researcher Paper Prize? Asma Abdi impressed the prize committee and she'll
be mentored by
@RISjnl
, have her paper sent directly for external review, and she'll also join us at
#BISA2022
(
@mybisa
)
New paper for first view in
@RISjnl
and it is open access: "Global intellectual history in International Relations: Hierarchy, empire, and the case of late colonial Indian international thought" by Martin J. Bayly (
@LSEIRDept
). Access it:
@MYBISA
CALL for special issue proposals!
As
@RISjnl
celebrates its 50th year,
#RIS50
invites proposals for a special issue to be published in 2025. Special issues should make an original contribution to research. Deadline 22 March:
@bisa_ipeg
@BISAPGN
The editorial transition means many meetings - and tests the limits of working hours!
This morning our incoming editorial team joined from around the world and across half a dozen time zones in the name of
@RISjnl
👇
Take a look at this article from
@RISjnl
latest issue: "The heart of bureaucratic power: Explaining international bureaucracies’ expert authority" by
@LieseAndrea
@jana_herold
Hauke Feil and Per-Olof Busch.
Read it for free here:
@MYBISA
@CUP_PoliSci
In issue 50(1), Zeynep Gülşah Çapan & Filipe dos Reis discuss how technologies of power were used to create imaginaries of colonizable land using 19th century German colonial discourses as a case.
Read Here ➡️
Stay tuned for our special issue edited by Karen Smith &
@vineet1232
on the Multiple Births of IR with contributions from
@DrAlexEDavis
,
@tiekutom
, Jay Hwang, Jungmin Seo and Young Chul Cho, and Carlos Milani.
Click here to read the introduction for free:
What was on the agenda for our monthly
@RISjnl
editors meeting? Current submissions, celebrating
#RIS50
, and most importantly our plans for
#BISA2024
. We will have several panels and roundtables this year so keep your eye on the schedule 👀👇
@MYBISA
Before his keynote address at
#BISA2024
, check out a couple of great
@RISjnl
articles by Tarak Barkawi of
@SAISHopkins
!
📄'The postcolonial moment in security studies'
➡️
📄'Utile forms: power and knowledge in small war'
➡️
BREAKING NEWS!
Volume 47 - Issue 4 of
@RISjnl
is out with papers about health and global governance, politics of truth, celebrity humanitarianism, memory laws, and IPE.
Access the issue for free until 10/10:
@MYBISA
@CUP_PoliSci
#EISA2021
#APSA2021
✅First full editorial meeting of 2024 in the books!
For
#RIS50
we have plenty of events, roundtables, special calls in the pipeline so stay tuned for more. In the meantime, be sure to join us for our launch event on February 22 ➡️
CALL FOR SPECIAL ISSUES!
As we celebrate
#RIS50
, we invite proposals for a 2025 special issue. Submissions should make an original contribution to IR research. Deadline 22 March!
📝 Apply Here
@MYBISA
@CUP_PoliSci
Our incoming editorial team spent time during the transition reflecting on what they hope to see more of at
@RISjnl
in the next four years. Here is our co-lead editor
@TheRealistHom
discussing diversifying the field 👇 📺
"The Trump presidency ushered in a heightened sense of ontological insecurity in the US, based on a national self-narrative that portrayed an emasculated America. "
Read
@ChrisAgius13
's article on Trump, Ontological Security, and gendered narratives 👉
🚨 New First View Article🚨
"Degrowth, global asymmetries, and ecosocial justice: Decolonial perspectives from Latin America" by Miriam Lang is now available to read
#OpenAccess
!
📄 👉
As the smoke from Canadian wildfires has reached Norway, it is worth revisiting the paper in which Eva Lövbrand and
@stripple
reflect on the political geography of the carbon cycle.
Click here to access it for free:
From
@RISjnl
archives:
🚨 New First View Article 🚨
Ersel Aydinli (
@bilkentirdept
) & Julie Aydinli (
@asbuedo
) explore the impact of the English dominance in the field of IR and call for greater multilingualism.
Have a read, it’s
#OpenAccess
! ➡️
🚨New First View Article🚨
"Legitimate governance in international politics: Towards a relational theory of legitimation" by
@WolfgangMinatti
is now available
#OpenAccess
!
📄Read Here 👉
📸With such a global team, conferences like
#ISA2024
give us a chance to meet in person. Here are our editors Soumita, Seb, and Ben meeting with the
@MYBISA
team!
Check out the
#BISAISA24
program for panels, readers, and info about our drinks reception:
RIS is celebrating its 50th volume in 2024. How do our articles reflect important epochs in IR? Here is the most cited article from 1975: “E.H. Carr and international relations” by Graham Evans.
📄 ➡️
New paper for first view in
@RISjnl
: "‘No one around to shut the dead eyes of the human race’: Sartre, Aron, and the limits of existentialism in the Nuclear Age" by
@DrBeeZee
Enjoy it for free here:
@MYBISA
@CUP_PoliSci
A reminder to check out our new Special Collection showcasing the contributions made by authors in
@RISjnl
to conversations about Gender, Feminism, and IR.
“How can we recentre just war thinking as a ‘lived’ theory?”
In the latest issue,
@CianODriscoll79
finds the historic links between the theory of ‘just war’ and lived experience of war using existentialism as a conduit.
📄👉
🚨New First View Article🚨
What is the role of propaganda in warfare, and should propagandists be considered legitimate targets? Read Marie Robin's latest
#OpenAccess
piece in RIS 👇
As millions from US to Europe and Asia will be hit by an extreme heat wave in the next days, it's worth revisiting the paper in which Jonathan Symons reflects on the responses to systemic climate risks from a Classical Realist perspective.
Check it out:
CALL FOR SPECIAL ISSUES!
As we celebrate
#RIS50
, we invite proposals for a 2025 special issue. Submissions should make an original contribution to IR research. Deadline 22 March!
📝 Apply Here
@MYBISA
@CUP_PoliSci
Are you interested in region-making? Then, you should take a look at the paper in which
@lucasdopaes
uses network theory and analysis to propose a framework for studying the making and makings of regions. It is featured in our latest issue!
Access:
@MYBISA
"Before International Studies can confront the future, it needs to get a better grip on its past and present."
In their latest piece in our
#SpecialIssue
, Oliver Kessler & Halvard Leira changing concepts and the past, present, and future.
📄 👉
@MYBISA
"We wish the new editorial team the best of luck for the next four years – we are confident they will do an amazing job."
In our latest issue, our editorial team led by
@MartinCoward
said goodbye to
@RISjnl
readers.
Read their full editorial here 👇
The judges also gave an honorable mention to
@DavidDuriesmith
and
@SaraMeger
for their article "Returning to the root: Radical feminist thought and feminist theories of International Relations", which can be accessed for free here Congrats
@MYBISA
#BISA2021
It is with great sadness that we were informed of the passing of Professor Andrew Linklater (8 March 1949 - 5 March 2023). Now you can find on our website a collection of his contributions to RIS compiled by Richard Devetak (
@UQ_News
).
Access:
New paper for first view in
@RISjnl
: "Gothic visibilities and International Relations: Uncanny icons, critical comics, and the politics of abjection in Aleppo" by
@FredWindfeld
,
@MariusHvithamar
, and Lene Hansen.
Click here to access it for free:
@MYBISA
What is the basis of status in world order?
In our latest issue, Jelena Subotic,
@AlexVandermaas
, & Michael Barnett discuss how status can also be conferred onto victims in the int’l community.
Read Here ➡️
Continuing our series showcasing the 25 most downloaded articles since 1975 as part of the celebrations of
@RISjnl
50th anniversary, today we highlight the piece written by
@LalehKhalili
! Enjoy it for free:
@CUP_PoliSci
@MYBISA
Vol 49 - Issue 1 of
@RISjnl
is out with ten papers exploring the different ways to study and experience governance, marginalisation, and resistance. Disruption by design is the underlying theme of
@RISjnl
's latest issue.
Click here to access it:
@MYBISA
The renowned Professor of Critical Development Studies
@ilankapoor
is among the stellar contributors to
@RISjnl
special issue on decolonising IR.
Take a look at the paper that explores some of the ways of decolonising Development Studies:
@mybisa
How is sexual violence – particularly when men are victims – theorized in global politics?
In this article from 2021,
@ProfMarysiaZed
untangles the complexities of feminist thought at the intersection of gender, sex, and violence.
Do you have an idea for a Special Issue? Send us your proposal by MARCH 22 to be considered for our next special issue in early 2026.
📝 Apply Here
@MYBISA
@CUP_PoliSci
🚨New First View Article🚨
"‘Every one (re)membered’: Anxiety, family history, and militarised vicarious identity promotion during Britain’s First World War centenary commemorations" by
@josephhaigh
is available now
#OpenAccess
!
📄👉