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The quantitative research journal of the International Studies Association
Global Value Chains, structural theory, and cool methods? This paper by Juan Acevedo-Ossa has it all!
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The indirect effects of structural power: Political diffusion in the global value chain network
In the past few years, scholars have focused on how states use Global Value Chains (GVCs) to weaponize economic and political interdependencies. However, the unintended political consequences stemm...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050629.2025.2530546?src=exp-la
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Check out new OPEN ACCESS research from @chrauh regarding perceptions of the EU as political actor:
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050629.2025.2530513?src=exp-la#abstract
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@intlinteractions.bsky.social
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âĄïž Bottom line: Recognition of EU actorness is hardly global and rather mirrors power and value-based conflicts in the international system. đ For more detail & context read the full open-access article here:
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International recognition of European Union âactornessâ: Language-based evidence from United Nations general debate speeches 1970â2020
The European Union is often portrayed as a global actor that is said to wield âeconomicâ or even ânormativeâ power. Such perspectives presume that states in the international system recognize EU âa...
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Cool new OPEN ACCESS research on the impact of non-military aid on recipient capabilities by Marco Binetti
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In this new paper, Youngsang Lee shows how US presidential visits can slow the pursuit of nuclear proliferation.
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Leader visits and nuclear pursuit
How can nuclear pursuits be effectively reduced? Existing research primarily focuses on traditional policy instruments such as security guarantees and coercion, despite their inherent limitations. ...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050629.2025.2526421?src=exp-la
6 months ago
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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
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Youâre the one I want: Substitutability, policy preference divergence, and the cost of multilateral sanctions
Under what conditions do sanction-sending states choose to form coalitions? Do the same determinants that affect military sanction coalition formation affect how coercive economic coalitions are fo...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050629.2025.2520607?src=exp-la
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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?
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Over the long horizon: Party institutionalization and antidumping trade remedies
International political economy scholarship has documented that non-traditional barriers to international trade have proliferated since the 1970s. Contemporary explanations attribute these trends t...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050629.2025.2518377?src=exp-la
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Check out cool new work by
@tobiasrisse.bsky.social
on rivalries and arms control!
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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.
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To punish or to reward? The effect of sanction threats on public opinion
How do individuals respond to the threat of economic sanctions? Under what conditions do the target population demand policy concessions, and when do they rally behind their beleaguered leader? We ...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050629.2025.2518382?src=exp-la
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Tobias Risse
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Out now
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: In my new article, I find that rivalries with major powers tend to decrease minor powers' support for arms control. Why? See abstract below đ or here for the full article:
doi.org/10.1080/03050629.2025.2518394
#armscontrol
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Susan Hannah Allen
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Can we measure naming and shaming?
@ghashiakiyani.bsky.social
@yuanzhouir.bsky.social
& Charles Crabtree show us how in
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Quantifying womenâs rights naming and shaming: A novel text-as-data approach
This research note introduces a novel methodology for quantifying naming and shaming practices in the context of womenâs rights, utilizing a corpus of 10,760 human rights reports from the US State ...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050629.2025.2509971?src=exp-la
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How do major geopolitical shocks shape state birth? A new article finds that great power shocks (like WWI, WWII, Cold Warâs end) spark secessionist âbubblesââmany new bids for independence, few successes. @KyungwonSuh @RyeGriffiths & @SevaUT
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Hegemonic shocks and patterns of secession
Studies of secession typically focus on domestic factors that produce independence movements, such as the role of ethnic divides or the concentration of material resources. But motivations for sece...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050629.2025.2509964?src=exp-la
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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
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Is trade the enemy of environment?: Congressional voting on environmental policies after the China shock
How does trade competition affect support for environmental protection? On the one hand, import shocks can dampen support for environmental protection, as international trade can lead to a race to ...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050629.2025.2502363?src=exp-la
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How do we know when terror splinter groups will survive? đâđŠșTOTOSđâđŠș and Wendland have answers!
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Introducing the tracking of terrorist organization splintering (totos) dataset
What explains why some splinter groups are highly violent, capable, and durable, while others are not? Although existing scholarship provides important insights into the causes and consequences of ...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050629.2025.2502359?src=exp-la
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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!
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Credit claims and the survival rates of terrorist organizations
This study investigates the relationship between terrorist credit claims and government counterterrorism efforts, focusing on the impact of claims on group survival. Using data from the Extended Da...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050629.2025.2505010?src=exp-la
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Do female suicide terrorists choose different targets?
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Women Suicide Terrorism: The Strategic and Tactical Logic of Civilian Killings
A growing body of research indicates that women are increasingly involved in suicide attacks. These studies suggest that women, due to their seemingly innocent appearance, can more effectively targ...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050629.2025.2493914?src=exp-la
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Marcelo M. Leal
8 months ago
Do allies and adversaries shape U.S. views on cyber attribution? In a new paper at
@intlinteractions.bsky.social
, I show that alliesâ endorsements boost Americans' trust in attribution and support for retribution, while adversary denials produce limited and inconsistent effects.
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Blame Games in Cyberspace: How Foreign Cues Shape Public Opinion on Cyber Attribution and Retribution
Conflicting narratives about who is responsible for a cyberattack are often thought to create uncertainty about the aggressorâs identity, which in turn could lead to greater restraint in state resp...
https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JWHSWXEXI86QZHPN7KUC/full?target=10.1080/03050629.2025.2495697
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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
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A Public Demand Theory of Economic Sanctions
A number of theories about the effectiveness, design, and targeting of economic sanctions highlight public perceptions of economic sanctions as an important factor influencing foreign policy decisi...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050629.2025.2489368
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Emma Elfversson
9 months ago
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.
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Unpacking Urban (Dis)Continuities of Postwar Violence
Which cities become arenas for violent contestation after war? A growing literature has documented how conflict-related violence often continues after the formal end of armed conflict, and also tha...
https://doi.org/10.1080/03050629.2025.2493912
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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.
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How Low Can You Go? The Effects of Low Credibility False Flag Incidents on International and Domestic Approval for Interstate Wars1
What are the international and domestic effects of low credibility false flag incidents? One way in which wars occasionally start (as in the case of the 2022 Ukraine war) is with false flag inciden...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050629.2025.2489366?src=exp-la
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Do leaders get a rally effect bump in public opinion for negotiations? Matthew Fehrs explores the impact of Cold War negotiations for US presidents.
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Never fear to negotiate? Talks and rally effects
Research on the concept of ârallying around the flagâ has focused on the potential benefits for leaders under certain conditions of conflict. What has gone underexplored is whether leaders receive ...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050629.2025.2480366?src=exp-la
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Are Foreign Firms Good for the Environment? Ana Carolina Garriga & Muzhou Zhang focus on protected areas to explore how FDI might affect biodiversity.
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Are Foreign Firms Good for the Environment? FDI and Protected Areas
Despite the coexistence of three trendsâincreased economic integration, a dramatic reduction in biodiversity, and the implementation of national policies to reduce extinction risksâwe know little a...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050629.2025.2473362?src=exp-la
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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!
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Corruption Among Government Security Forces and Sexual Violence Against Civilians
Does corruption within the police and military increase the likelihood that government security forces will be associated with sexual violence against civilians? I conduct a cross-national analysis...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050629.2025.2475106?src=exp-la
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Are all rebels equally likely to provide public welfare services? John Ishiyama and Sung Min Sun say perhaps not...
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Not All Stationary Bandits are the Same: Ethnicity, Insurgency Goals, and Welfare Service Provision
Rebels often provide welfare services to civilians to build public support for their cause. However, are some rebels more likely to provide these than others? We argue that ethnicity and insurgency...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050629.2025.2476078?src=exp-la
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Weidong Zhang asks Can money and connections buy international influence and improve a stateâs international status? FDI helps predict sponsorship patterns in the UNGA
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The Importance of Money and Connections: Explaining International Status from UNGA Draft Sponsorship Networks
Can money and connections buy international influence and improve a stateâs international status? This paper argues that outward foreign direct investment (FDI) by a state is associated with the im...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050629.2025.2473360?src=exp-la
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In this new article, Merlin Li explores how concerns about reputation influence a leaderâs decision about how to respond to a economic sanction demand.
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Understanding the Effect of Madman Leaders on Economic Sanctions
How does concern with reputation affect a leaderâs decision on whether to comply with an economic sanction demand? There is limited scholarship unpacking the leaderâs responses to sanctions. In thi...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050629.2025.2473355?src=exp-la
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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.
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At the Edge of War: Frontline Ally Support for the United States Military1
How does public messaging affect public support for, or opposition to, a U.S. military presence abroad? This study focuses on Poland as a frontline ally with an exceptionally high external security...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050629.2025.2468173?src=exp-la
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How do private military contractors (PMCs) influence the perpetration of sexual violence?
@bayleeharrell.bsky.social
explores this question in her new article:
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Sexual violence in the shadows: Private military contractors and the perpetration of sexual violence
How do private military contractors (PMCs) influence the perpetration of sexual violence? In providing the first empirical assessment of PMCsâ impact on conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), I a...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050629.2025.2450320?src=exp-la
10 months ago
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Can we agree to call posts on this site Bolts from the Blue? It's a little wordy, but seems more fun than skeets.
10 months ago
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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!
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Looks for links between human rights and trade? Check out Sara Kahn-Nisser's new paper!
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Pleasing the Buyer: Human Rights Experts from Exporting Countries and Praise of Importing Countries
There is a growing amount of evidence suggesting that despite international organizationsâ efforts to moderate hierarchical relations, power relations shape their actions and policies. Research sho...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03050629.2025.2451650?src=exp-la
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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.
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Check out new research from Gregory Winger and
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It's a new year! What are you working on? We can't wait to read your best quantitative IR work in 2024!
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What about rebel groups and international law? Is Hamas constrained? Research by Hyeran Jo, Josh Alley, Johan Park, and Soren Jordan from our special issue on promoting restraint in war explores this idea (un-gated):
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In light of recent events in Israel and Gaza, we are highlighting a recent special issue on promoting restraint in war.
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Hey Bluesky friends, let's welcome Associate Editor
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Got some exciting new quantitative IR research? We'd love for you to submit it to International Interactions (
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