📑🚀 EJIS notice: Anything submitted between 19th December and 5th January will be processed after the 11th, given the absence of staff for winter leave.

DPIR's @laurensukin.bsky.social has co-authored a new article in the @ejisbisa.bsky.social exploring who really shapes nuclear decision-making: www.politics.ox.ac.u...

🚀🚨 New: 'Conditions of subversive reach comparing societal and strategic factors for Russian propaganda outlets’ reach among Western European fringe communities' by @christierns.bsky.social. 📰👉 Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🚨🪖 NEW: "What do we owe soldiers? Evidence from the UK Armed Forces Covenant" from @blagdendavid.bsky.social, Ronald R. Krebs & @robertralston.bsky.social. 👉 Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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 🥳

🚨🇨🇳 Must-read: "Soft wedging: China’s strategic response to the Japan–South Korea entente under US-led trilateral security cooperation" by Shuqi Wang and Mingjiang Li. 👉 Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

New publication from our colleagues Dr Maria Papageorgiou and Professor Valentina Feklyunina in the @ejisbisa.bsky.social! Their paper develops a process-centred typology of alignment and traces the evolution of Sino–Russian relations from 1991 to 2024. 👉 Read here: doi.org/10.1017/eis....

What is sabotage and how is it a form of statecraft in world politics? A new article co-authored by @jrovner.bsky.social in @ejisbisa.bsky.social explores this concept, which has important implications for understanding contemporary security challenges. Read more: www.american.edu/sis/research...

🚀🚨 New from EJIS: "Alignment as a process: Explaining the trajectory of the Sino–Russian relationship" by Maria Papageorgiou & Valentina Feklyunina. 🇨🇳🇷🇺 👉 Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🚨 "The competence–control trade-off in military AI innovation: Autonomous weapons systems and shifting modes of state control over private experts" by Andrea Johansen & Andreas Kruck. 📜👉 Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The deadline to apply for our ECR Grants and Learning and Teaching funds is TODAY! 🌟 Do not miss out this opportunity! 🎉 Check all eligibility requirements here 👉 https://ow.ly/9LPF50XwICp @julietdryden.bsky.social Environment and Climate Politics Working Group Critical Military Studies WG at BISA

“For international relations and security studies scholars, the continued reluctance by nuclear-armed states to employ their arsenals – even when fighting and losing major wars – remains a significant puzzle,” write @laurensukin.bsky.social, @herzogsm.bsky.social, @smetanamichal.bsky.social, & (1/2)

📃 We've published so many new articles on our website this month. #DidYouKnow that all BISA members get free access to ALL our articles and ALL of @ejisbisa.bsky.social's new articles as well? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

NEW ISSUE from @ejisbisa.bsky.social - European Journal of International Security - Volume 10 - Issue 4 - November 2025 - https://cup.org/48jlRM9 cc @mybisa.bsky.social

1/4 Policymakers often do listen to publics when formulating preferences on nuclear weapon use. Our #OpenAccess article provides first-of-kind evidence about when publics enable, constrain, or are less influential. @ejisbisa.bsky.social @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org Link: doi.org/10.1017/eis....

Does public opinion shape elite preferences for nuclear weapon use? 🚀 Our new article in @ejisbisa.bsky.social provides the first experimental evidence that political elites are at least partially influenced by public sentiment when considering high-level decisions on nuclear weapon use.

🚨 New: "Cultural memory and the minority effect in (un-)willingness to fight for the country: Evidence from Russian speakers in Latvia" by @felixschulte.bsky.social, Juris Pupcenoks, and Māris Andžāns. Check it out here 📄 ➡️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🎈🥂 You can never have too much of a good thing... EJIS Volume 10 - Issue 4 (November 2025) is out now! Take a look here: t.co/DdBdIXHOqS @mybisa.bsky.social

Does public opinion matter for nuclear policy? We say yes, in @ejisbisa.bsky.social. Whether the public backs nuclear use can sway leaders’ preferences and affects external perceptions of the credibility of deterrence. doi.org/10.1017/eis....

2/2 The paper should be of interest to all scholars studying the "nuclear taboo" and particularly to those who use survey experiments on population samples. Open access link: t.co/L1WcZZFRAW

1/2 Our new paper has just been published in @ejisbisa.bsky.social 🥰 We designed & fielded an original elite experiment to investigate when & how public opinion on nuclear weapon use shaped elite decision-making.

European Journal of International Security - Volume 10 - Issue 3 - https://cup.org/3JbTTbF Special Section: ‘Threat Perception and International Security: How Humans Perceive, Experience, Mentalise, and Respond to Different Security Threats’ #OpenAccess @ejisbisa.bsky.social#OpenAccess

NEW: "European strategic cultures in flux? Case study on the European peace facility" from @katariinamustasilt.bsky.social & @tyynekarjalainen.bsky.social. Open access and available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🗺️‼️ Must-read: "International lulz: Exploring the strategic logic of trolling in diplomacy" from Huw Dylan & Thomas Colley 👉 Open access and available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

¿Es posible que Francia sustituya a EEUU como nuestro principal seguro nuclear? Escribo sobre ello aquí:

New article out in @ejisbisa.bsky.social ! In 2015–16, Russia’s FSB tested migration as a strategic tool in the High North, using state-orchestrated mobility to pressure neighbours, exploit humanitarian norms, and project influence short of war. Read the full article 👇 #OpenAccess #hybridwarfare

🌏 BISA at 50: Reflections and perspectives – 10 Years of the European Journal of International Security 🎉 Join @edmundsprof.bsky.social as he looks back at the creation of our journal, ten years on! 🌟 👉 www.bisa.ac.uk/articles/bis... @mybisa.bsky.social

This weekend is the LAST WEEKEND for #BISA2026 conference submissions! 🚨 Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions 🎉 Make sure to submit your papers now 👉 https://conference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers-0 VisitBrighton Simon Rushton @julietdryden.bsky.social

🇫🇷 NEW: "Towards a French nuclear umbrella? Assessing the transition from US to French dual-key arrangements" from @nbardio.bsky.social. 📚👉 Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🤖🌎 Brand new - and fascinating. "The more-than-human biopolitics of swarming – complexity, emergence, and control in military robotics" from @jenshaelterlein.bsky.social. 👉 Open access & available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🚀🚨 EJIS VOL. 10 ISSUE 3 OUT NOW 🚨🎉 Includes three new articles, PLUS a five paper special section on 'Threat Perception and International Security' - including Janice Gross Stein on threat perception and response. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @mybisa.bsky.social

Our Early Career Small Research Grants and Learning and Teaching funds open TODAY! 🎉 You must have been a BISA member for over 6 months to apply and the deadline is 24 November! 🌟 Eligibility requirements 👉 www.bisa.ac.uk/members/fund... @julietdryden.bsky.social @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social

🔥 "Sand in the gears: Sabotage in world politics" from @jrovner.bsky.social, @rorycormac.bsky.social, & @lmaschmeyer.bsky.social is a must-read. 👉 Read this timely article here: cambridge.org/core/journal... cambridge.org/core/journal...

I am very pleased to be joining the @ejisbisa.bsky.social as an Associate Editor. Looking forward to working with Andrew Mumford, @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social, Sergio Catignani, Simone Tholens, @olivierschmitt.bsky.social and Amira Jadoon. www.bisa.ac.uk/news/update-...

✉️ New BISA newsletter has dropped! ✉️ Be sure to subscribe to @mybisa.bsky.social to get information on the latest from RIS, EJIS, and the upcoming conference. #BISA2026 @ejisbisa.bsky.social

Some news: we're delighted to announce that Matthew Ford and Simone Tholens (@simonetholens.bsky.social) have joined EJIS as associate editors! 🎉 www.bisa.ac.uk/news/update-...

⏱️🚨 From the archives: "Engines of power: Electricity, AI, and general-purpose, military transformations" by @jeffreyding.bsky.social and Allan Dafoe. 👉 Free to read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Won’t you join RIS and EJIS for #BISA2026?

☀️ BISA is back, sunnier than ever, and OPEN for abstract, roundtable and panel submissions! 🥂 'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions' 🌎 Submit here! 👉 buff.ly/kK9oIlM #BISA2026 🎉

🚨🚀 "Military demonstrations as digital spectacles: How virtual presentations of AI decision-support systems shape perceptions of war and security" from @vanderborghtr.bsky.social & Anna Nadibaidze. Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Introducing new BISA Chair @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social - Priorities and plans for 2025-2027 🌟 Join us as BISA Chair Professor Juanita Elias @warwickpais.bsky.social introduces herself and her 3 top priorities for BISA during her tenure! 🎉 Read here: buff.ly/612GRk9 @ripejournal.bsky.social

🎉 We are OPEN now for abstract, roundtable and panel submissions for #BISA2026 🎉 'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions' 🌎 Submit here! 👉 buff.ly/kK9oIlM @visitbrighton.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social

Why and how does Russia engage in the arms trade? Jonata Anicetti, Shang-Su Wu, and Ron Matthews seek to understand Russian arms trade on a deeper level through an eight-decade perspective that uncover a more nuanced set of motives. Read, in full, here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Little old us? If you're not already following the entire @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org bluesky family, what are you doing? 😉🦋

🚨🇷🇺 "‘Down with neocolonialism!’ Strategic narrative resurgence and foreign policy preferences in wartime Russia" from @maudinet.bsky.social. Open access & available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📑🚀 New and open access: "Finding the thieves amongst the liars: Thinking clearly about cyber-enabled influence operations" from Christopher Whyte & Ugochukwu Etudo. 👉 Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Also, a quick reminder that our article on the German Zeitenwende is now online and available open access in European Journal of International Security @ejisbisa.bsky.social: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Article on sabotage accepted for publication in @ejisbisa.bsky.social authored with @lmaschmeyer.bsky.social and @jrovner.bsky.social calls for a celebratory Dartmoor whisky Sabotage weaponises friction to degrade; subversion actively generates change 2 distinct logics in “grey zone” statecraft

🚨🚀 NEW and open access: "Digital im/materiality and the securitisation of cyber" from Håvard Rustad Markussen. 👉 Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...