What is the political significance of crass vulgarity for the far-right in Brazil and beyond? Anna Leander and @lulubats.bsky.social show that de-centering reason and re-centering resonance help explain how vulgar vibes spread, orient politics, and how they may be challenged. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/eI4vj

🎉 We are excited to announce that JIRD has migrated to a new website! 🎉 👉 Check it out here: link.springer.com/journal/41268

Pssst! 🤫👋 Are you curious about the topics that JIRD’s September Issue will cover? 🔎 Here we offer you a first view of the upcoming cover page. Stay tuned for more updates to come!

🤖 How does JIRD approach the issue of AI and academic publishing? 🤖 👉 In their editorial, @matthiasleese.bsky.social & @ajdah.bsky.social explicate our AI policy and call on all authors and reviewers to make use of AI tools sensibly and responsibly. 📄 Read it here: rdcu.be/eGCFt

At @jird-jour.bsky.social, we have implemented a new AI policy that clarifies what is allowed and what is not. In the latest editorial, @ajdah.bsky.social and I introduce this policy, discuss what is at stake, and explicate our rationale as editors. Read it as open access here: lnkd.in/eB-p4GNB

🤖 JIRD AI Policy 🤖 We have a new policy on LLMs and other AI tools: 🚫 No acceptance of partly or wholly AI-generated texts 🔎 Need to disclose AI use for copy-editing of existing texts 👉 Read the full policy here: www.palgrave.com/gp/journal/4...

📣 Temporary Changes to Our Editorial Team 📣 🌟 From 1 August 2025 onwards, @ajdah.bsky.social will be promoted to interim co-editor-in-chief as maternity cover for @dagmarvorlicek.bsky.social 🌟 During this 11-month period, Ajda's managing editor duties will be assumed by @melikamah.bsky.social

🌞 JIRD Summer Break 🌞 ⛱️ Our editorial team will be taking a break from July 15 to August 15 to recharge. ⛱️ Please allow for extended response times for manuscript acceptances and reviews during this period. Wishing all a relaxing summer!

How does new expert practice in international organizations emerge and gain recognition? Drawing on the case of arms embargo monitoring by the UN, Aurel Niederberger illustrates how trans-sectoral cliques shaped practices of the Panels of Experts and generated recognition. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/eraKf

What role do local actors and grassroots engagement play in humanitarian crises? Examining Polish humanitarian responses to assist Ukrainian refugees, Galia Chimiak & Patrice McMahon identify such ad-hoc, needs-based partnerships as an important evolution in grassroots activism. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/eraJh

Thinking about publishing with JIRD? Now you have all the more reason to do so! According to this year’s Journal Citation Reports, we are 🏆 in Q1 🏆 with an Impact Factor of 2.5, 🏆 ranking 28th out of 169 in International Relations. 📄 👉 Submit your article with us here: shorturl.at/GdAUM

What role does gender equality play in the EU’s civilian Common Security and Defence Policy? Adopting a feminist institutionalist framework, Eileen Mullen & @dimitrisbouris.bsky.social seek to answer this question by examining three civilian CSDP missions. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/eraHm

What can a feminist perspective on visuals depicting grieving mothers tell us about their transformative potential? In her article, @agarwalamya.bsky.social reflects on the significance of art in reinforcing gendered scripts of motherhood as well as creative forms of resistance. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/eraGf

We are thrilled to announce updates to our International Advisory Board! Its members will support us in promoting JIRD as a relevant forum for scholarship on global politics and development while maintaining our regional roots. You can find a complete list of the board here: tinyurl.com/mpwcjj5u

Pssst! 🤫👋 Curious about the topics that JIRD’s June Issue will cover? 🔎 We offer you a sneak peek into our article production with a first view of the upcoming cover page. Stay tuned for more…

🚨 JIRD is aware of the problems with the new submission system, and we are doing everything possible to resolve them. ⌛ We are currently waiting for Springer to fix the issues with their platform. ➡️ Our sincere apologies, and please don’t let this deter you from submitting your work to us!

🚨 Happy to announce that our editorial board has decided to permanently delete the X account of the #JIRD journal 🚨 🔎 👉 To stay up to date with our events, publications, and special issue calls, you can follow us here on Bluesky or LinkedIn (shorturl.at/Levf1). See you there 👋 👋

How do ideas of sexuality shape the EU’s move toward military power and sovereignty? In her article, @hlmuehlenhoff.bsky.social seeks to answer this question through a queer intertextual discourse analysis of the EU’s Strategic Compass. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/efPwG

How does populism reconfigure diplomacy? Ehud Eiran, Piki Ish-Shalom, and Markus Kornprobst introduce and unpack the concept of “champion diplomacy” as a new populist diplomatic practice. Read the article for free in our March issue: rdcu.be/efPuD

“Why do rentier states seek out hosting rights for major international events?” In our March issue, @jlaporte.bsky.social investigates this question through a qualitative case study of mega-events programs in Azerbaijan. Read it for free here: rdcu.be/eeuex

Why, despite its longstanding identity as a non-aligned country, did Sweden apply for NATO membership in May 2022? Did this decision not fundamentally challenge its ontological security? Elvira Hjertström & @linushagstrom.bsky.social explore these questions in our March Issue. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/eet8T

"How do peace narratives avoid or invoke ontological insecurity?" In his article, @dangudg.bsky.social approaches this question through an investigation of South Korean language games about building peace with North Korea. Read it in our March Issue for free: rdcu.be/eet2F

🎉 Our March Issue is out! 🎉 It contains five original research articles on topics ranging from peace narratives in South Korea, populist diplomacy, and the role of sexuality in EU militarism to Azerbaijan's political economy and Sweden's NATO membership. 📚 Read here ➡️ shorturl.at/Avvv0

First issue of @jird-jour.bsky.social under our editorial tenure is live 💥 link.springer.com/journal/4126...

New publication with Eileen Mullen, The Interrelationship Between #Gender and #European Union #Foreign Policy: A #Feminist Institutionalist Analysis of #EULEX Kosovo, #EUPOLCOPPS and #EUMM Georgia. #CSDP #FFP @aissr.bsky.social @fmg-uva.bsky.social @jird-jour.bsky.social rdcu.be/ecZZ0

Our most downloaded article from 2024 deals with the mismatch between the Russian leadership’s AI narrative and the country’s actual technological capabilities. Read Anna Nadibaidze’s (@cwswarstudies.bsky.social) article for free as part of our 🏆 Top 10 of 2024 🏆 series: rdcu.be/ecUBK

Thinking about publishing with JIRD? We have a thematically open annual Special Issue call with a deadline set for 🚨 October 30 🚨 More details on how to put together a proposal for a JIRD SI can be found here: shorturl.at/0RGlc

How can a closer dialogue with Gramsci’s work advance the study of power in IR? This question seems all the more pertinent in light of the current return to realpolitik and great power politics. Read how Ivan Bakalov's article develops a process-centred conceptualisation of power: rdcu.be/ecS6c

Pssst! 🤫👋 Curious about what topics JIRD’s March Issue may cover? We offer you a sneak peek into our article production with a first view of the upcoming cover page. Stay tuned for more…

Last but not least, we are thrilled to introduce our second Editor-In-Chief, @matthiasleese.bsky.social. Matthias is an Assistant Professor of Technology & Governance at ETH Zürich and the PI of the @curateproject.bsky.social, which investigates data quality in EU law enforcement and border control.

How does the liberal international order produce different forms of recognition and hierarchies among states? Next up in our 🏆 Top 10 of 2024 🏆 series is a piece by Jan Hornát @prcp.bsky.social. Read it for free to learn more about the production of non-systemic grants of recognition ▶️ rdcu.be/eb2ho

Are you curious about JIRD’s new Editors-in-Chief? @dagmarvorlicek.bsky.social is a university assistant at @ifswien.bsky.social and a visiting fellow at @sussex.ac.uk. She explores the role of science and expertise in international politics, with a focus on global health and biological security.

Thinking about publishing with us? We have changed our article length to 8,000-10,000 words (excluding references). With this, we hope manuscript shortening does not necessitate cutting down references, which often leads to fewer citations for junior scholars. Click here to submit bit.ly/4h17woZ

Next in our introductory series is our communications officer, @fhofmann.bsky.social. Fabian is a doctoral researcher at the Technology & Governance group @ethzurich.bsky.social, where he investigates the role of smart cities in urban peace and conflict.

What can Bourdieusian field theory tell us about nuclear rule-making? Caroline Fehl @prif.org explains forum-shifting within the nuclear non-proliferation regime complex as a strategy to manipulate the exchange rates between different sorts of capital. Read the article for free here: rdcu.be/ebzcR

We are delighted to introduce our new Managing Editor, Sarah Helena Schäfer! She is a project researcher at @cidape.bsky.social, where she investigates spirituality and emotions in the climate change discourse with a focus on Tibetan Buddhism.

How have discourses on sustainable and social development gained salience in global politics? Following a mixed methods approach, this article identifies when and how United Nations global conferences act as catalysts. Read it for free as part of our 🏆 Top 10 of 2024 🏆 series: rdcu.be/eblzj

Next in our❗️Meet the New Editors❗️series is our Managing Editor, @melikamah.bsky.social. She is a researcher and a teaching assistant at the University of Ljubljana. Her research focuses on left-wing emancipatory movements in the post-socialist Balkans and populism in International Relations.

What do current geopolitical and technological developments mean for JIRD? At the beginning of their editorial tenure, @dagmarvorlicek.bsky.social and @matthiasleese.bsky.social look both back and ahead, connecting the journal’s history with future endeavors. Read their editorial here: rdcu.be/ea1O7

How can structural factors that explain interethnic violence also work in favor of peace? Drawing on research conducted in Baljvine, a village that remained peaceful during the last BiH war, Faris Kočan, Janja Vuga Beršnak & Rok Zupančič trace the answer to the local “peace mosaic” ▶️ rdcu.be/eaeaP

After our Associate Editors, we are now happy to also introduce you to our Managing Editors! First up is @ajdah.bsky.social, who is a researcher and a teaching assistant at the University of Ljubljana.

Can foreign aid foster democracy? Next up in our 🏆 Top 10 of 2024 🏆 series is a joint article by Ida Bastiaens & Laura Seelkopf. Read their article for free to learn more about the effect of foreign tax assistance on democracy in the Global South ▶️ rdcu.be/eadTo

This week, we are thrilled to introduce our new Associate Editor, Florian Weiler. He is an Associate Professor at CEU's Department of Public Policy (@weareceu.bsky.social). His recent academic work focuses on environmental issues and stakeholder strategies to influence policy processes.

How do IO country offices shape the translation of policy templates, and when do they fail? In her article, Seila Panizzolo draws on direct observations, interviews, and text analysis to answer this question. Read her article for free as part of our 🏆 Top 10 of 2024 🏆 series here ▶️ rdcu.be/eadHN

Next in our❗️Meet the New Editors❗️series, we are excited to introduce our Associate Editor, @profonderco.bsky.social! He is a Professor of International Relations at Erasmus University Rotterdam and an Affiliate Researcher at Charles University Prague.

How could computational power and interpretive expertise work together? Next in our 🏆 Top 10 of 2024 🏆 series is a joint piece by Scott Robert Patterson and Vincent Pouliot. The authors suggest a combined computational-interpretive method for ML-based text analysis. Read it here ▶️ rdcu.be/d9yHd

This week, we are thrilled to introduce our new Associate Editor, @birgitpoopuu.bsky.social! She is an Associate Professor of International Relations and co-director of the Central and Eastern European Security Hub (@securityhub.ee) at Tallinn University.

Introducing our new Associate Editor, @michelpoiccard.bsky.social! He is an Associate Professor of International Relations at the Metropolitan University in Prague and Editor-in-chief of the Czech Journal of International Relations (cjir.iir.cz).

Next in our❗️Meet the New Editors❗️series is our Associate Editor, @monikameislova.bsky.social. She is an Associate Professor at Masaryk University in Brno, CZ, a Visiting Professor at Aston University in Birmingham, UK, and the holder of the Jean Monnet Chair in EU Digital Diplomacy.

In our 🏆 Top 10 of 2024 🏆 series, we present you last year’s most downloaded JIRD articles. First up, we have Julio Galindo-Gutiérrez critical examination of why the World Bank now “talks the talk” of private development finance but not yet “walks the walk.” Read online here: rdcu.be/d8JQg