Are insurgencies run by nepo-babies more effective? Kreutz and Hegele say YES!! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Think editing an ISA journal sounds like fun? Calls for new teams for ISR and II are now up. Looking for enthusiastic individuals to start January 2028. Feel free to reach out if you are interested! www.isanet.org/Publications

Can you really blame us for wanting to share these great papers from our new special issue? Leal explores how conflicting narratives might shape public opinion regarding cyber attacks? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In his contribution to this special issue on cyber conflict, Shandler suggests that cyber power is altering the nature of domestic audience costs and creating new flexibility in leader's crisis decision-making www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Got more questions about cyber conflict? Gomez and Winger answer the call by discussing alliance commitments in the age of cyberwarfare. Check out the whole special issue! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Can't get enough of this special issue on cyber conflict? Check out Nadiya Kostyuk's new article on the military design choices being made in the new era of cyber technology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In another OA paper from the special issue on Cyber Conflict, @JelenaVicic, @Gil_Baram & Erik Gartzke explore the missingness problem in cyber events data: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Check out the introductory essay from our special issue on Cyber Conflict from guest editors Gil Baram, Erik Gartzke, and Jelena Vivic www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In another great new paper from our special issue on Cyber Warfare, Christopher Whyte investigates how technological novelty influences decision-makers’ reaction to crisis conditions. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Check out this cool open access paper on Wargaming Cyber Deterrence by Reddie, Goldblum, Armenta, Booth, Lakkaraju, Letchford, Reinhardt, and Schnell. Lots of authors = lots of insights!! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Did you present amazing new quantitative research at ISA? We hope you will consider submitting it to Intentional Interactions soon!

Check out the introductory essay for our new special issue on Cyber Warfare, guest edited by @JelenaVicic, @Gil_Baram & Erik Gartzke: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Don't forget --- the International Interactions Editorial Board meeting is this Sunday afternoon at 2PM at ISA. Can't wait to see you there.

Global Value Chains, structural theory, and cool methods? This paper by Juan Acevedo-Ossa has it all! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Check out new OPEN ACCESS research from @chrauh regarding perceptions of the EU as political actor: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🤔 The #EU 🇪🇺 aspires to be a global actor 🌍 — but do other states recognize it as such? My new study in @intlinteractions.bsky.social develops targeted #NLP / #TextAsData tools to analyze 50 years of foreign policy discourse in the annual #UN General Debate (1970–2020). A thread (1/n)

➡️ Bottom line: Recognition of EU actorness is hardly global and rather mirrors power and value-based conflicts in the international system. 📖 For more detail & context read the full open-access article here: dx.doi.org/10.1080/0305...

Cool new OPEN ACCESS research on the impact of non-military aid on recipient capabilities by Marco Binetti www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In this new paper, Youngsang Lee shows how US presidential visits can slow the pursuit of nuclear proliferation. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Love the musical Grease and Sanctions? Well, if so this new paper by @peiyuwei.bsky.social‬ on substitutability and multilateral sanctions will be the ONE that YOU WANT www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Sick of all tariffs in the news? Tyler Coleman explores non-tariff barriers in his new paper and asks what impact do domestic politics have on the use of non-tariff barriers? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Check out cool new work by @tobiasrisse.bsky.social on rivalries and arms control!

How do individuals respond to the threat of economic sanctions? Using a survey experiment in Turkiye, @efetokdemir.bsky.social, Menevis Cilizoglu, Omer Zarpli explore how targeted publics respond to sanctions threats. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Out now @intlinteractions.bsky.social: In my new article, I find that rivalries with major powers tend to decrease minor powers' support for arms control. Why? See abstract below 👇 or here for the full article: doi.org/10.1080/03050629.2025.2518394 #armscontrol #conflictsky #polisky 🗺

@intlinteractions.bsky.social Congrats!!!

Can we measure naming and shaming? @ghashiakiyani.bsky.social @yuanzhouir.bsky.social & Charles Crabtree show us how in www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How do major geopolitical shocks shape state birth? A new article finds that great power shocks (like WWI, WWII, Cold War’s end) spark secessionist “bubbles”—many new bids for independence, few successes. @KyungwonSuh @RyeGriffiths & @SevaUT www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How does a sudden increase in imports affect support for environmental policies? There is some evidence that an increase in import competition can lead to more pro-environmental votes in the US. Why? To find out more, check out new work by @rgpark.bsky.social : www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How do we know when terror splinter groups will survive? 🐕‍🦺TOTOS🐕‍🦺 and Wendland have answers! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Do terrorist groups that actively claim credit for their violence thrive? @ilaydaonder.bsky.social and Nazli Avdan and Aaron Hoffman explore this question in a new paper in II! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Do female suicide terrorists choose different targets? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Do allies and adversaries shape U.S. views on cyber attribution? In a new paper at @intlinteractions.bsky.social, I show that allies’ endorsements boost Americans' trust in attribution and support for retribution, while adversary denials produce limited and inconsistent effects.

Does public demand for economic sanctions exist? If so, what factors shape this demand? Check out this new paper by @claywebb.bsky.social & Cora Caton www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Which cities become arenas for violent contestation after war? Me and @rokon-uddin.bsky.social study this question in a newly published article in @intlinteractions.bsky.social. A key takeaway: Postwar urban violence is not just a continuation of war. doi.org/10.1080/0305... (1/5)

How low can you go?? Do warring countries gain anything from low credibility false flag operations? Dov Levin explores these ideas in a new article in International Interactions. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Do leaders get a rally effect bump in public opinion for negotiations? Matthew Fehrs explores the impact of Cold War negotiations for US presidents. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Are Foreign Firms Good for the Environment? Ana Carolina Garriga & Muzhou Zhang focus on protected areas to explore how FDI might affect biodiversity. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Does corruption within the police & military increase the likelihood that government security forces will be associated with sexual violence against civilians?Margaret Adelia Avera says YES! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Are all rebels equally likely to provide public welfare services? John Ishiyama and Sung Min Sun say perhaps not... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Weidong Zhang asks Can money and connections buy international influence and improve a state’s international status? FDI helps predict sponsorship patterns in the UNGA www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In this new article, Merlin Li explores how concerns about reputation influence a leader’s decision about how to respond to a economic sanction demand. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@carlammm.bsky.social (still building up our friend list here -- tag your colleagues or yourselves)

How does public messaging affect public support for, or opposition to, a U.S. military presence abroad? Using a survey experiment in Poland, Flynn, Allen, Martinez Machain and Smulek explore this question. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How do private military contractors (PMCs) influence the perpetration of sexual violence? @bayleeharrell.bsky.social explores this question in her new article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Can we agree to call posts on this site Bolts from the Blue? It's a little wordy, but seems more fun than skeets.

Here at International Interactions, we think it's better under the Blue Sky, so keep an eye out for our posts. We will probably start to share a few recent articles that you might have missed on our race to the exit from that other place. Retweet us and help your scholar friends find us!

Looks for links between human rights and trade? Check out Sara Kahn-Nisser's new paper!

When & how do international political arrangements change? We present new network science methods that help to identify shifts in country-to-country relationships. Our approach should help those interested in polarity and aggression in world politics. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Check out new research from Gregory Winger and @drmagomez.bsky.social . Using survey experiments they explore public opinion on alliance commitments and cyber defense. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

It's a new year! What are you working on? We can't wait to read your best quantitative IR work in 2024!