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Review of International Studies
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Review of International Studies serves the needs of scholars in international relations and related fields such as politics, history, law, and sociology.
🚨New First View Article🚨

"Why did the Netherlands apologize? Slavery, justice, and the political conditions of state apologies in Europe" by Bart-Jan Zandee & Salvador Santino Regilme is now available #OpenAccess!

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December 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
#ICYMI: We have a new podcast episode! Our editor Seb Kaempf sat down with Katrina Lee-Koo to talk about her special collection on the 25th anniversary of the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda. Have a listen, and read her collection!

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December 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This year our editorial team and editorial board have put together some fantastic special collections, all of which are available on our website! We want to hear from you: what kinds of special collections would you like to see?

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December 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
We have a bumper crop of podcast episodes to catch up on, including this latest one with Dr. Katrina Lee-Koo about the 25th anniversary of the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda!

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December 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🚨New First View Article🚨

"Fan club world politics: Reinterpreting international relations beyond the state" by Thomas Davies is now available #OpenAccess!

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December 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
New @mybisa.bsky.social newsletter dropped! check it out for our latest special collection, the latest RIS research, and reflections on #BISA50.

Remember that BISA members also get free access to RIS and our sister journal @ejisbisa.bsky.social 🥳
December 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
❓ Why should IR care about heritage?❓

In our upcoming special issue, authors engage with heritage politics around the world. SI editors Elif Kalaycioglu and Jelena Subotić tell us why this is important in a recent @MyBISA.bsky.social blog ⤵️

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December 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Do you have an original idea for a special issue? We want to hear from you! The RIS call for special issues for 2027 is now open! Find out more below ⤵️

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December 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Why is submitting to the BISA CPD early career paper prize worthwhile?

Check out this interview w/ '23 winner & be sure to read his article published last year in RIS!

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December 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🚨New First View Article🚨

"Order-building from the margins: Hideyoshi’s invasions of Korea reconsidered through liminality and competing systems" by Kenki Adachi is now available #OpenAccess!

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December 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
2025 is drawing to a close, and we are impressed to see two articles published online in the last few months have already become some of our most read! Check these two #OpenAccess articles out on our website.

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December 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
What do these two pictures have in common (besides @sebkaempf.bsky.social's infectious smile)?

They are both behind-the-scenes of the RIS podcast! Have a listen to our recent discussions with Poppy Winanti and Thomas Gregory!

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December 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
🚨New First View Article🚨

"The justice/participation paradox: Rebel-to-party provisions and the dual performativity of confession and political authority" by Line Jespersgaard Jakobsen & Isabel Bramsen is now available #OpenAccess!

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December 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Are you an ECR with a paper in the works? Are you a member of the BISA African and International Studies working group, or working in that space? We want to hear from you! Submit your paper to our early career paper prize 🏆

📆 Deadline 👉 January 16, 2026
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December 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
War and the moral and legal attempts to regulate it have a long history. In our latest podcast, editor Seb Kaempf sits down with Dr Thomas Gregory to chat about his editors collection, which is now free to read on our website!

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December 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Our podcast has been downloaded in 58 countries around the world! 🌍 🌎 🌏

One of the key goals of our editorial team is to pluralize the journal, to reach new readers via new mediums, and to globalize our writers, reviewers, and readers. This podcast is a key part of that!

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November 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Are you deciding whether or not to submit an article to RIS? Here are a few things our journal brings to the table 👇
November 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Our latest issue (51(5)) issue includes NINE research articles on topics like normativity, climate change, and security communities. The articles are ALL #OpenAccess, so be sure to take a look and enjoy 👇

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November 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
📣 Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial Paper Prize for Early Career Scholars 2026 📣

We are now accepting submissions for this annual prize, which is a collaboration between RIS and the BISA CPD working group! Find out more ⤵️

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November 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
What's trending on our website? At RIS we welcome publications that are theoretically informed, empirically rich, and methodologically rigorous. Our readers do, too! Check out the latest trends here 👉 buff.ly/lSFFCUj
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
🚨New First View Article🚨

"Analysing recognition multidirectionally: Canada, United Nations membership, and the Algerian question" by Caroline Elizabeth Dunton is now available #OpenAccess!

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November 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
What are you listening to on your commute to work? Why not the RIS podcast!

Our editor Seb Kaempf sat down with Professor Poppy S. Winanti to discuss 'global environmental issues'.

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November 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The academic social media landscape is changing, and we want to be where you are! RIS how has LinkedIn, Bluesky, and Twitter accounts so that we can connect with our readers and our authors.

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November 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
#ICYMI: RIS and the Africa and International Studies Working Group are teaming up for an ECR paper prize!

📆 Deadline 👉 January 16, 2026
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November 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
What are you listening to this weekend? Why not check out our latest podcast episode! Our editor Seb Kaempf chats with Professor Poppy Winanti about global environmental politics.

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November 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM