🎧We had a fantastic year in 2025 for our podcast! 🎧 Dr. Seb Kaempf spoke to editors and RIS authors about some of the most pressing issues of our time. You can listen wherever you get your podcasts or online here ➡️ buff.ly/68NlHwz

Are you following our sister journal? You should be! Check out the latest from @ejisbisa.bsky.social👇

"This article introduces a fungal framework, both metaphorically and methodologically, for reimagining power, resistance, and world-making in IR." Be sure to check out the latest article by Gabriella Colello (and her video abstract!) on our website ⤵️ buff.ly/6i6PjKv

Asad Zaidi's Review of International Studies article out now! 🎉 'Pakistani conflictual world-making in international politics: The Afghan–Soviet War, Cold War counter-insurgency, and the struggles for decolonisation' 📚 👉 https://ow.ly/Q3mp50XSPbc Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR

Do you have an idea for a special issue? We want to hear it!! We'll be accepting proposals for the next special issue (Volume 53) until the beginning of February. Check out the guidelines and submit here 👇 buff.ly/U8yZDVF

New Review of International Studies article out w/ Bart-Jan Zandee & Salvador Santino Regilme 🎉 'Why did the Netherlands apologize? Slavery, justice, and the political conditions of state apologies in Europe' in their new article and video abstract! 📚 👉 https://ow.ly/mxgw50XSNkm

❓ 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 ⤵️ buff.ly/Aam85Gz

🚨 Our new special forum is now online! 🚨 Check out this video with forum editor @MahaRafiAtal about the inspiration for this forum on oligarchic sovereignty: technology and the future of global order. 📘 ➡️ buff.ly/DZ5unBk 📺 ➡️ buff.ly/ZyteQ6e

RIS has plenty of special collections on specific topics. Check out Dr. Thomas Gregory's recent reflection on Restraining War. Be sure to also listen to the podcast episode! 📘 buff.ly/IpHCCk5 🎧 buff.ly/Y8QSSsd

New Review of International Studies and video abstract by Thomas Davies 🎉 'Fan club world politics: Reinterpreting international relations beyond the state' Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR 🌟 Find both the video and full article here 👉 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0260210525101605

It's amazing to say that the first quarter of the 21st century is over. In 2000, scholars in RIS asked the question: "How might we live?" It is a fascinating time capsule to what IR scholars expected from global ethics in the 21st century. ⤵️ buff.ly/XzHT1PQ

According to @observeir.bsky.social, our latest special forum is trending in IR! Check out the forum on oligarchic sovereignty, #OpenAccess now. ➡️ buff.ly/DZ5unBk

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 🚨 More Info 👉 buff.ly/cIOqnwG

ICYMI: Our Call For Special Issue Proposals is now LIVE 🎉 🎉 We'll be accepting proposals for the next special issue (Volume 53) until the beginning of February. Check out the guidelines and submit here 👇 buff.ly/U8yZDVF

📅 Monthly Review 📅 We published EIGHT new research articles in December and a special forum on oligarchic sovereignty. It was a prolific month and a perfect way to cap the end of the year! Remember that ALL our articles are free to read for BISA members, & many are #OpenAccess ⤵️ buff.ly/44lDOA5

Happy New Year also from the Review of International Studies!

Deadline to apply for the Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial Paper & Review of International Studies Prize is TODAY! 🏆 Aimed at supporting CPD’s early-career members in the development of peer-reviewed work! 🌟 Do not miss out on this amazing opportunity! 👉 https://ow.ly/N0sY50XQx9f

🚨New First View Article🚨 "Performative socialization in world politics" by İsmail Yaylacı is now available online first, just in time for the New Year! 📄 ➡️ buff.ly/sazAcle

Curious about the tech billionaires' claims to sovereignty mean for the international order? Check out our @risjnl.bsky.social forum on this topic, organized by the brilliant @maharafiatal.bsky.social!

"Dirty Hands, Savage Enemies, and Bad Apples", with @risjnl.bsky.social. We systematically detailed and critiqued war crime apologism - efforts to excuse, downplay, or even celebrate battlefield atrocity. t.co/bl2kAqifBY

📣 DEADLINE TOMORROW 📣 We still accepting submissions for the Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial Paper Prize for Early Career Scholars annual prize, which is a collaboration between RIS and the BISA CPD working group! Find out more ⤵️ buff.ly/3TsqMig

🚨 Our new special forum is now online! 🚨 Check out this video with forum editor @maharafiatal.bsky.social about the inspiration for this forum on oligarchic sovereignty: technology and the future of global order. 📘 ➡️ buff.ly/DZ5unBk 📺 ➡️ buff.ly/BEyxt2M

What is "oligarchic sovereignty" and can it explain the tech bro seizure of the US government and its effects on the world? I discuss with some very thoughtful colleagues here: cup.org/3KZzRly Free to read as a Christmas gift to you all:

The first quarter of the 21st century is almost over! Our final issue of 2000 asked the question: "How might we live?" It is a fascinating time capsule to what IR scholars expected for the century. Free to Access now! ⤵️ buff.ly/XzHT1PQ

2025 is coming to a close, and we have published some fantastic articles this year! Here is a look at our most read articles in December: 📚 ➡️ buff.ly/lUELLE9

Our forum on oligarchic sovereignty is now available from @risjnl.bsky.social! And for free, thanks to the University of Glasgow. A very affordable holiday gift for anyone in your life trying to better understand our new world of tech billionaires' massive wealth and political power.

#OpenAccess from @risjnl.bsky.social - Oligarchic sovereignty: Technology and the future of global order - https://cup.org/3KZzRly - @maharafiatal.bsky.social, @jacktaggart.bsky.social, @sethschindler.bsky.social#OpenAccess Sarah Logan et al

❄️ REMINDER: we are taking a short break over the holidays! ❄️ We are still accepting submissions, but the journal offices and team will break from 22 December, 2025 – 5 January, 2026. Responses and decisions may be delayed until the new year.

📣 One week Left! 📣 We still accepting submissions for the Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial Paper Prize for Early Career Scholars 2026, which is a collaboration between RIS and the BISA CPD working group! Find out more ⤵️ buff.ly/3TsqMig

🎧 Excellent way to begin the week! 🎧

🚨New First View Article🚨 "Settler imperial ordering: Settler colonialism and the production of hierarchical sovereignties" by Federica Caso is now available #OpenAccess! 📄 ➡️ buff.ly/4h9qUla

'Saprobic politics: Decomposing colonial cosmologies in international relations' Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR 🌟 Review of International Studies and video abstract by Gabriella Colello 🎉 Find both the video and full article here 👉 https://ow.ly/CUpj50XM8YT

❄️ We are taking a short break over the holidays! ❄️ We are still accepting submissions, but the journal offices and team will break from 22 December, 2025 – 5 January, 2026. Responses and decisions may be delayed until the new year.

🚨New First View Article🚨 "Pakistani conflictual world-making in international politics: The Afghan–Soviet War, Cold War counter-insurgency, and the struggles for decolonisation" by Asad Zaidi is now available #OpenAccess! 📄 ➡️ buff.ly/XzeB38S

Submit your proposals to Review of International Studies for a new special issue! 🎉 To be published in a 2027 special edition the deadline to submit is 3 Feb 2026 🌟 Find out more information on submissions 👉 https://ow.ly/JfzH50XGS1e Seb Kaempf Andy Hom Dahlia Simangan

New Review of International Studies article and article summary out now! 🌟 Entitled 'World heritage and inter/national cultural prestige' by Elif Kalaycioglu 🌎 Find the full article at this DOI: https://ow.ly/YZOH50XLpSZ And Elif's written summary here: https://ow.ly/r8Bl50XLpSY

📣 Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial Paper Prize for Early Career Scholars 2026 📣 We still accepting submissions for this annual prize, which is a collaboration between RIS and the BISA CPD working group! Find out more ⤵️ buff.ly/3TsqMig

Remember to check out Thomas Gregory's new Review of International Studies editors selection 🌟 Entitled 'Restraining War' ft Moya Lloyd, Joanna Tidy, Maja Zehfuss and more! 📚 All free to read until end of Feb 👉 https://ow.ly/a0PA50XGJ2f Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR

We are entering the 2nd quarter of the 21st century! We were curious what IR scholars predicted for this century, so we had a look in our archives. Check out the 2000 special issue "How Might We Live? Global Ethics in a New Century." buff.ly/pkz9bJB

Just released! Review of International Studies podcast - ep. six 🎉 Talking to Seb Kaempf, Thomas Gregory discusses his selection entitled Restraining War trying to grapple with the phenomenon of regulating war 🌎 Listen to the episode here! 👉 https://ow.ly/HPnf50XK6ap

ICYMI: Our Call For Special Issue Proposals is now LIVE 🎉 🎉 We'll be accepting proposals for the next special issue (Volume 53) until the beginning of February. Check out the guidelines and submit here 👇 buff.ly/U8yZDVF

Do you have a short and sweet commute? We have a podcast for you! Find the RIS podcast wherever you get your podcasts and listen in for a 20-30 minute chat on the latest IR research 🤓

Review of International Studies podcast - ep. five 🎉 In this ep Seb Kaempf talks to Professor Poppy S. Winanti about her editors selection exploring 'global environmental issues' to foster conversations about some of the most pressing issues of our time🌳 Find out more 👉 https://ow.ly/tjP750XJyGZ

🚨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! 📄 ➡️ buff.ly/bENE8rz

We look forward to joining BISA at #ISA2026! Stay tuned for information about meet the editors sessions and the BISA reception in Columbus 👇

#OpenAccess from @risjnl.bsky.social - Why did the Netherlands apologize? Slavery, justice, and the political conditions of state apologies in Europe - https://cup.org/4pA0jB9 - Bart-Jan Zandee & @ssregilme.bsky.social#OpenAccess #FirstView

Here, @augustdanielson.bsky.social and @elsahedling.bsky.social study how states use visual diplomacy to project their interests at (virtual) summit meetings. @risjnl.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#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! 📚 buff.ly/Y9dhXiI 🎧 buff.ly/fvjcRFh

The Review of International Studies has opened a call for special issue proposals 🌟 Inviting proposals to be published in a 2027 special edition 🎉 Deadline to submit: 3 Feb 2026 📚 Find out more information here 👉 https://ow.ly/JfzH50XGS1e Seb Kaempf Andy Hom Dahlia Simangan