CALL FOR PAPERS Journal of Regional Security Special Issue on Energy and Regional Security Dynamics (Spring 2027) Guest Editor: Dr Nevena Šekarić Stojanović, Institute of International Politics and Economics Deadline 31 January. More information : cis-fpn.rs/call-for-pap...

📚 Call for abstracts on energy and regional security dynamics is extended by 31 January! 📚 If you are specializing in one of the world's regions on energy dimensions of geopolitical competition, great power politics, and related issues - send us your abstract proposal: cis-fpn.rs/call-for-pap...

Journal of Regional Security Vol. 20, No. 1 (2025) has been published: scindeks.ceon.rs/issue.aspx?i.... This special issue explores the impact of institutions on radicalization and violent extremism (VE) in the Balkans and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. #openaccess

Are you a scholar of peace and conflict studies in the Middle East? Journal of Regional Security also invites contributions dealing with various insecurities and political dynamics in this region: scindeks.ceon.rs/JournalDetai... #IR #internationalrelations #worldpolitics #MiddleEast

Do you have a state of the art paper on the key theories, concepts and debates in regional security? We are particularly welcoming the papers engaging with contemporary debates and historical development of regional security. Send us your queries/abstracts at [email protected] #Int-rel #IR #IRTheory

How the global, regional and national perspectives play out in the Arctic region, including the role of and interaction between great powers, small states and international institutions across the region? Send us your queries/abstracts at [email protected] #Int-rel #IR #IRTheory #worldpolitics

Alexandra Ágnes Mészáros analyzes the key political, economic and technological changes in the European defence industry, and the role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the defence innovation ecosystem: scindeks.ceon.rs/article.aspx... #IR #worldpolitics #intaffairs #IPE

Will the ambitious goal of reducing greenhouse emissions get achieved? What is the state of climate security in the Northern Mediterranean region? Read more in this article by Neil Oculi and Mark A. Boyer: scindeks.ceon.rs/article.aspx... #IR #internationalrelations #worldpolitics

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"Jervis Robert: How Statesmen Think: The Psychology of International Politics, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2017" by Juliane Wesselmann: scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/221... #openaccess

"Shadows of empire: post-Soviet parastates in Russian foreign policy" by John Hardy and Ruxandra Oana Vlad has been published in Journal of Regional Security Vol. 19, No. 2: scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/221... #openaccess

"Stealth conflicts: Unpacking the causes of underreported and invisible wars" by Lucie Konečná has been published in Journal of Regional Security Vol. 19, No. 2: scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/221... #openaccess

"Ontological security dynamics in the EU accession process of North Macedonia" by Aleksandar Jekić has been published in Journal of Regional Security Vol. 19, No. 2: scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/221... #openacces

"Extreme moderates: Understanding low levels of violent extremism in Bosnia-Herzegovina" by Šejla Pehlivanović has been published in Journal of Regional Security Vol. 19, No. 2: scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/221... #openaccess

We are happy to share with you the latest Journal of Regional Security Vol. 19, No. 2 (2024): scindeks.ceon.rs/issue.aspx?i.... All articles are available in #openaccess.

We wish our readers, authors, reviewers, editorial board members and all colleagues and supporters a happy and prosperous New Year!

A quick preview of the forthcoming Journal of Regional Security Vol. 19, No. 2 cover page - stay tuned for the full content in #openaccess.

To assess the prospects of a new regional hegemony, Srdjan Vucetic (@srdj.bsky.social) considers the "economic," "security" and "cultural" relations of eleven Asian states with both Beijing and Washington: scindeks.ceon.rs/article.aspx...

What is the Brazilian discourse on the Russia-Ukraine war and how it moves between neutrality and impartiality? Read more in this article by Clarissa Tabosa: scindeks.ceon.rs/article.aspx...

"On 'Westsplaining,' realism, and technologies of the Self: A Foucauldian reading of the realist commentary on Ukraine," by Aliaksei Kazharski: scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/221...

"Migration motivation and psychosocial issues of Internally Displaced People: A close-up from Homs, Syria", by Daniel Solymari and Sara Gibarti: scindeks.ceon.rs/article.aspx...

How can equitable governance of scarce resources promote peace and justice? This article by Jaynisha Patel and Amanda Lucey explores land in Mali, water in Kenya and gas in Mozambique: scindeks.ceon.rs/article.aspx...

With COP29 having come to an end, will the ambitious goal of reducing greenhouse emissions get achieved? Still on the same, what is the state of climate security in the Northern Mediterranean region? Read more in this article by Neil Oculi and Mark A. Boyer: scindeks.ceon.rs/article.aspx...

Have you recently presented a paper on regional security dynamics in East Asia or Indo-Pacific? Journal of Regional Security welcomes contributions on security regimes, security integration, region-building and comparative regional security research: scindeks.ceon.rs/journalDetai...

Are you a scholar of peace and conflict studies in the Middle East? Journal of Regional Security also invites contributions dealing with various insecurities and political dynamics in this region: scindeks.ceon.rs/journaldetai...

Do you have a state of the art paper on the key theories, concepts and debates in regional security? We are particularly welcoming the papers engaging with contemporary debates and historical development of regional security concepts: scindeks.ceon.rs/journaldetai...

What are the key political, economic and technological changes in the European defence industry, and what is the role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the defence innovation ecosystem? More in this article by Alexandra Ágnes Mészáros: scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/ipdf/22...

Are you a scholar working on international indexes? Our colleagues from University of Belgrade, Faculty of Political Science have developed the Balkan Peace Index, contributing to the local turn in IR. You can read more in this article by Goran Tepšić: scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/221...

The current issue of Journal of Regional Security (Vol. 19, No. 1) is available in #openaccess: scindeks.ceon.rs/issue.aspx?i....

Journal of Regional Security (former Western Balkans Security Observer) is an open access peer-reviewed journal specializing in the field of regional security studies. Established in 2006 by Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, since 2012 has been co-published with UB - Faculty of Political Science.

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