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Maria Amjad's new article argues that a systematic analysis of the rebel organization using the framework of Historical Institutionalism (HI) is best suited to understand the variation in rebel commitment to peace processes.

You can read it here: t1p.de/chd2l

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In his new EJIR article, @tommychai.bsky.social uses Southeast Asia's long historical position between East Asia and Indian Ocean worlds to revisit foundational questions about the making of the modern international order.

You can read the full paper here: t1p.de/vp17c

Did agronomists dream of soilless geopolitics? In their new EJIR article, @antoniofdo.bsky.social and Maarten Meijer excavate the international history of hydroponic geopolitics in the mid-twentieth century.

You can read it here: t1p.de/kpt02

1-3 Jult 2026. 13th European Workshops in International Studies. Izmir University of Economics, Turkey.

⏰ Reminder: the deadline to submit abstracts to workshops at #EWIS2026 is Wednesday, 11 February!

🔗 More details and the submission form can be found here: buff.ly/3rM0vZr

Theorising global IR through regional peripheries: Southeast Asia between civilisations, empires and great powers - Tommy Sheng Hao Chai, 2026 Global International Relations (IR) seeks to move beyond Eurocentric perspectives by advancing the study of diverse regional histories and world orders. Yet, de...

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I use Southeast Asia's long historical position between the East Asian and Indian Ocean worlds to revisit foundational questions about the making of modern international order.

Matthew Rendall's new EJIR article examines how existentially dangerous technology can be adopted and locked in, despite being a recipe for catastrophe in the long run.

You can read it here: t1p.de/ap9p3

Gabi Schlag's new EJIR article explores the nexus between visual representations and violence in global politics.

You can read it here: t1p.de/slwp8

"What can IR learn from disability studies? Debility, capacity and power in the case of COVID-19" by Jenn Hobbs is available now in EJIR!

You can read it here: t1p.de/5atew

Eric Repetto's new article on digital sovereignty, transnational corporations and the discourse around it is out now in EJIR!

You can read the full paper here: t1p.de/d0jxi

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Florian Brunner, Francesco Gatti and Tierney Hall's new EJIR article traces how state and non-state donors have used money to control international health institutions from LNHO to WHO.

You can read it here: t1p.de/57xy8

Call for Editors, EJIR Deadline: Tuesday 31 March

✨ Exciting opportunity to lead a world-class #IR journal ✨

📕 The Joint Management Committee of @ecprsgir.bsky.social & @europeanisa.bsky.social
are seeking a NEW editorial team for @ejir.bsky.social

🔖 4-year term
🔖 Proposals up to 5,000 words
🔖 Deadline 31 Mar

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Jaakko Heiskanen and Ayşe Zarakol's latest article, discussing historical IR, concept formation, and ideal types, was published in EJIR and is available online.

You can read it here: t1p.de/i5hdt

"Typlogizing change in the evolution of world politics" by Mathias Albert and Mitja Sienknecht (msienknecht7.bsky.social) is out now in EJIR!

You can read it here: t1p.de/fd9hj

We thank Sophia for the four years as Associate Editor of the EJIR.

Her thoughtful contributions and deep commitment have shaped the journal’s work profoundly.

We wish her all the best for the development of her new projects.

Regan Burles' article about the 'return of geopolitics' and the geopolitical foundations of historical knowledge was published in EJIR and is available online.

Read it here: t1p.de/kd336

@rmburles.bsky.social

Stories derive much of their meaning from how they end. Joseph MacKay and Christoph LaRoche‘s article in EJIR asks how endings shape the historical narratives at the heart of IR theories. Read the full paper here: t1p.de/voqhz

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"History, ethics, and war: on the moral equality of combatants" by Luke Glanville , Cian O’Driscoll and Emily Tannock

Read it here: t1p.de/dzw0p

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"History, archeology, and espionage as improvised legibility" by Austin Carson and Adam Saxton

Read it here: t1p.de/264or

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"Woven and warring cosmologies: in search of the missing theory of early modern politico-legal authority" by Maïa Pal and Claire Vergerio

Read it here: t1p.de/aeh1h

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"Racialization in history and theory: World War II, Ethiopia, and colorblindness in international relations" by Richard W. Maass and Robbie Shilliam

Read it here: t1p.de/o9z6g

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"Last things: narrative endings in international theory and history" by Joseph MacKay and Christopher David LaRoche

Read it here: t1p.de/isnig

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"Critical junctures in International Relations: antecedents, contingency, and change in world politics" by Tom Long and Carsten-Andreas Schulz

Read it here: t1p.de/e6ad3

Part II: Contingency of opening and closure

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"Typologizing change in the evolution of world politics" by Mathias Albert and Mitja Sienknecht

Read it here: t1p.de/xzfgp

The geopolitics of history - Regan Burles, 2025 This paper explores the geopolitical dimensions of the relationship between history and theory in International Relations in the context of the ‘return of geopo...

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"The geopolitics of history" by Reagan Burles

Read it here: t1p.de/9aq5e

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"Concept formation in historical International Relations" by Jaakko Heiskanen and Ayşe Zarakol

Read it here: t1p.de/re08e

Part I: Contingency of Theory and History

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"Anachronism and International Relations theory" by Arjun Chowdhury and Miles M. Evers

Read it here: t1p.de/05laq

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"Historicizing theory at the end of the world" by Oliver Kessler, Zeynep Gülsah Capan, Jorg Kustermans and Harvard Leira

Read it here: t1p.de/xcnrb

We are pleased to announce our new issue is a special issue on History and Theory in International Relations!

📚Read the full issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/ejta/31/4

🧵Find an overview of all the featured articles in this post:

A Reconstruction of Constructivism in International Relations - STEFANO GUZZINI, 2000 In order to avoid both theoretically eclectic and redundant approaches to constructivism, this article proposes one possible and coherent reconstruction of cons...

How do we avoid theoretically eclectic and redundant approaches to constructivism in #IR? In this @ejir.bsky.social piece, Stefano Guzzini proposes a coherent reconstruction of #constructivism, understood as a reflexive meta-theory.

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Conceptualizing European security cooperation: Competing international political orders and domestic factors - Anna Michalski, Ludvig Norman, 2016 It is commonly argued that political elites in Europe are increasingly acting in accordance with shared norms, identities and practices, thus shaping the charac...

In their @ejir.bsky.social article, Anna Michalski and Ludvig Norman offer a conceptual framework to make sense of European security cooperation, illustrated by examples from European states’ response to the 2011 crisis in #Libya.

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