The BISA at ISA hub is now online! We want to see you at the BISA sponsored panels and be sure to also check out the articles we've made free to read until the conference. the BISA/RIS/EJIS reception will be on day one of the conference! π»
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π "Capturing the minds: The role of child deportation in maintaining Russian authority over Ukraineβs occupied territories" by @drjademcglynn.bsky.social & Anastasiia Romaniuk is the eighth article of our special issue on kidnapping - and OUT NOW:
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The 8th article from our special issue on captivity passions is out in @ejisbisa.bsky.social! Jade McGlynn and Anastasiia Romanyuk show how Russia's child deportations seek to pressure local families, disrupt Ukrainian identity and facilitate demographic restructuring. doi.org/10.1017/eis....
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πΈ Will you be at #ISA2026? We hope to see you at the BISA, RIS, and EJIS drinks reception on Sunday 22 March at 7.15-8.15pm at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Columbus!
Details here: www.cambridge.org/core/browse-...
The 7th article in our special issue βKidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international securityβ is out in @ejisbisa.bsky.social. Barak Kushner explores how authoritarian states in 20th-century East Asia sought to reeducate captives for security reasons. doi.org/10.1017/eis....
04.03.2026 13:22 β π 5 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0A great opportunity: the winner of BISA Global Nuclear Order Working Group's first Paper Prize for Early Career Researchers will receive a *guaranteed* peer review at EJIS! π
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π¨π³π¨ NEW: "Security ties between autocracies: Insights into authoritarian alignment through the case of China" from @drmokry.bsky.social.
ππ Read more here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
πͺπ NEW: "The emotional politics of sovereignty: On dignity, state personhood, and kidnappings" from @nckc.bsky.social & @minseonku.bsky.social.
π Open access and available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
ππ¨ Essential reading: "Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and the fog of war at the strategic level: Defence industrial production in Russia" from OldΕich Krpec, Martin ChovanΔΓk, and Adriana IlavskΓ‘.
π·πΊ Open access - read now: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Cover of the "European Journal of International Security" with text highlighting the latest issue.
The latest issue from @ejisbisa.bsky.social can be found here -
https://cup.org/49vhA9e
South-South Security Cooperation and the (Re)Making of Global Security Governance - Volume 11 - Special Issue 1 - February 2026
#OpenAccess
The emotional politics of sovereignty: On dignity, state personhood, and kidnappings
My co-authored article with @nckc.bsky.social is published in @ejisbisa.bsky.social with #openaccess!
We theorize captivity/kidnapping as a sovereignty violation, and states respond with emotional performativity to protect their dignity, constructing personhood.
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The sixth article in the special issue βKidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international securityβ that I have co-edited with @rjsamuels.bsky.social has now been published in @ejisbisa.bsky.social
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πͺπ NEW: "The emotional politics of sovereignty: On dignity, state personhood, and kidnappings" from @nckc.bsky.social & @minseonku.bsky.social.
π Open access and available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Reminder also that our sister journal is also on Bluesky π¦β¬οΈ
24.02.2026 10:25 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0One of the best analyses of Israel's post-Oct 7 actions I have come across. Highly recommend!π
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The fifth article in our special issue "Kidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international security" is now out in @ejisbisa.bsky.social! The article, written by Roger Petersen explores how emotions such as contempt and anger affects hostage recovery.
doi.org/10.1017/eis....
β³ Final reminder: Submissions close 28 Feb
Early Career Researcher Paper Prize with @ejisbisa.bsky.social
Winner receives guaranteed external peer review and will present at the @mybisa.bsky.social GNO Online Conference (15β16 April 2026)
Eligibility & details: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
πͺ MUST READ: "How anger and contempt affect hostage recovery policy: Understanding Israelβs response to Gaza" from Roger Petersen.
π Open access and available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
ππ¨ NEW: "Ground control to Elon Musk: Stability implications of satellite mega-constellations" from Jonas Vidhammer Berge.
ππ Read in full here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Well, we know how we're going to fix our mid-week slump!
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π°π΅π¨ First View: "Between power and powerlessness: Families and politicised captivity" by @anhphnguyen.bsky.social & Todd H Hall, is the fourth article from our latest special issue.
ππ Read more here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Iβm very excited to share that my co-authored article with Todd Hall is now published in the @ejisbisa.bsky.social !
Many thanks to @profgustafsson.bsky.social and @rjsamuels.bsky.social for organising the special issue and for their guidance throughout the process.
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The 4th article in the special issue I have co-edited with @rjsamuels.bsky.social on "Kidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international security" is out in @ejisbisa.bsky.social! The article, written by @anhphnguyen.bsky.social & Todd Hall explores the role of families in captivity dramas.
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π NEW: "βFriendshoringβ the seabed: Securing submarine cables through network centrality" from Samuel Bashfield & @becstrating.bsky.social .
ππ Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
π NEW: "Political captivity and the weaponisation of emotions in international relations" from @simonkoschut.bsky.social.
π°π Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
π Reminder β Early Career Researcher Paper Prize with @ejisbisa.bsky.social is still open for submissions.
Winner receives guaranteed external peer review and will present at the @mybisa.bsky.social GNO Online Conference (15β16 April 2026).
Eligibility and details: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Can't wait to read this special issue of @ejisbisa.bsky.social edited by @profgustafsson.bsky.social and @rjsamuels.bsky.social.
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π¨πͺ Key read: "Kidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international security" from @profgustafsson.bsky.social & Richard J. Samuels introduces a very special issue...
π More here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
My co-authored (with Richard Samuels) special issue introduction 'Kidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international security', has just been published open access in @ejisbisa.bsky.social. The forthcoming special issue will contain 9 articles that will soon be published.
cup.org/45Q7Q7i
My article 'Deterrence through captivity: China's use of detention to dissuade threats to regime security' has been published in @ejisbisa.bsky.social
It is part of the forthcoming special issue (co-edited with Richard Samuels) 'Kidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international security'.
