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This is the official BlueSky account of the Foreign Policy Analysis Section of the International Studies Association (ISA) 🌍Tag us to amplify your work! https://www.isanet.org/ISA/Sections/FPA

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FPA Travel Grants

⏰ Last call: FPA Section travel grants for #ISA2026 (Columbus) β€” two awards of $750. Priority: grad students, Global South scholars, and those with limited institutional support. Send CV + motivation letter by 1 Oct 2025. Details: www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa...

29.09.2025 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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All Things Work Together for Good: How Bilateral Investment Treaties Affect the Allocation of Foreign Aid Abstract. Bilateral investment treaties’ (BITs) intended effects can hardly be achieved independent of other policy instruments. We argue that foreign aid

All Things Work Together for Good: How Bilateral Investment Treaties Affect the Allocation of Foreign Aid
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Zhiyuan Wang, Jun Xiang

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25.09.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Milei’s Argentina and the unmaking of diplomacy Consuelo Thiersβ€―argues that Javier Milei is not merely shifting Argentina's foreign policy but dismantling its diplomatic institutions. As ideology replaces expertise, and institutional norms…

🌎 #JavierMilei is not merely shifting Argentina's foreign policy but dismantling it's diplomatic institutions, argues @consuelothiers.bsky.social.
πŸ’­ As ideology replaces expertise, #Argentina is a stark example of how personalist leadership can upend international relations.
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21.08.2025 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Asadzade (2025) shows, survey data from Iran before and during the 2024 Iran–Israel confrontation reveal a sharp rise in support for nuclear weapons, driven mainly by security concerns and deterrence needs.
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The easiest way to check out candidate symbols and electoral lists for the Moldovan legislative election is www.alegeri.md, which is run by the Adept think tank. One logo made me laugh because it illustrates how rushed the pro-Russian electoral bloc was ...

22.08.2025 06:46 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
Text: Have you registered?
BISA-ISA Joint Workshops
October 10-12. 2025
Newcastle Civic Centre - Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Image: An Aerial Shot of the Tyne River

Text: Have you registered? BISA-ISA Joint Workshops October 10-12. 2025 Newcastle Civic Centre - Newcastle upon Tyne, England Image: An Aerial Shot of the Tyne River

Have you registered for the BISA-ISA Joint workshops in #Newcastle 2025? The pre-registration deadline is August 15th!! We hope you'll join us in Newcastle, Oct 10-12! buff.ly/iZ4GsxF

05.08.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Early Bird Exhibitor Registration - closing soon!
#ISA2026 - March 22-25, 2026 - Columbus, OH
Exhibitors...
Don't miss out on discounted pricing! Early Bird rates end August 31st.

Early Bird Exhibitor Registration - closing soon! #ISA2026 - March 22-25, 2026 - Columbus, OH Exhibitors... Don't miss out on discounted pricing! Early Bird rates end August 31st.

"🌟 Thinking about exhibiting at #ISA2026?
Don’t forgetβ€”Early Bird Rates are available through August 31st! Secure your spot and save: buff.ly/0SJbqdp

#InternationalRelations #PoliticalScience #UniversityPress #JournalPublishers"

06.08.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Imanishi (2025) shows that U.S. emergency aid increases not just with media volume, but especially when coverage is diverse in framingβ€”revealing that β€œattention diversity” significantly shapes bureaucratic responsiveness.

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31.07.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Heimann and Kampf (2025) examine how interpersonal diplomatic offenses, such as degradation and marginalization, disrupt state relations and call for integrating these micro-level interactions into International Relations theory.
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06.08.2025 22:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ† The FPA Section is now accepting nominations for:
πŸ”Ή Distinguished Scholar Award (10 June)
πŸ”Ή Alexander George Best Paper Award (10 June)
πŸ”Ή Best Book in FPA Award (31 July)
πŸ”Ή Margaret Hermann Award for Best Text Analysis Paper (31 July)
Details: isanet.org/Programs/Award…

13.05.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Make sure to join this interesting discussion πŸ‘‡πŸ½

02.05.2025 06:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: In Memory of Emma Hutchison: Theorizing Emotions in World Politics. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Despite its centrality to world politics, emotions were rarely acknowledged as a significant point of engagement and theorization in the discipline of International Relations. That begin to change wit...

Registration is open for a @isanet.bsky.social webinar on Theorizing Emotions in World Politics in memory of Emma Hutchison. 5 June 2025 14:00h GMT. Thanks to chair/participants: @aslifc.bsky.social
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Zaynab El Bernoussi
Jessica Auchter
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29.04.2025 06:17 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Latin America Jumps up the Priority List Ten thinkers on the start of the U.S. president’s second term.

In the face of Trump’s dramatic new trade barriers, Latin American countries are getting more creative, writes Catherine Osborn.

27.04.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Testing the Waters: Exploring Why Democracies Have More Maritime Conflict Abstract. While the democratic peace literature finds that pairs of democracies face lower risks for interstate conflict than other regime pairings, the ma

Testing the Waters: Exploring Why Democracies Have More Maritime Conflict
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@sbmitche.bsky.social

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20.04.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Binary Role Theory and Modeling the Superpower Confrontation in Ukraine Abstract. On February 24, 2022, Russian forces invaded Ukraine. Washington responded with economic sanctions and significant military arms and intelligence

Binary Role Theory and Modeling the Superpower Confrontation in Ukraine
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Stephen G Walker
Akan Malici

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20.04.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Injustices and Insecurities: Victimhood in Rodrigo Duterte's Populist Script of Philippine Foreign Policy Abstract. Philippine foreign policy under Rodrigo Duterte is notorious for its abrupt pivot to China and the unraveling of the country's longstanding allia

Injustices and Insecurities: Victimhood in Rodrigo Duterte's Populist Script of Philippine Foreign Policy |
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Enrico V Gloria
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15.04.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Visceral reactions play a role in foreign policy decision-making. Houghton & Mendez’s 2023 study uses somatic marker theory to examine how internal sensations influenced key U.S. decisions from McKinley to Rice.
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26.03.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Do inducements improve the success of military threats? Kwon’s 2024 study finds that combining incentives with compellent threats increases the likelihood of conflict resolution.

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02.04.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🚨 It’s time to put political psychology back at the center of global analysis. My new commentary out today with
@rusi.bsky.social : "Bringing the Leader Back In: The Case for Political Psychology in International Affairs"
Understanding who leads matters more than ever @edinburghpir.bsky.social

08.04.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

This promises to be a very timely event in light of global trends. Do join our colleague @dresztersimon.bsky.social who will be co-hosting this event on 6 May.
@fpa-isa.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social

03.04.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@juliacalvert.bsky.social & I argue the importance of leaders in International Political Economy, examining windfall profit taxation in Ecuador & Peru, in @ripejournal.bsky.social

31.03.2025 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Meet our newly elected FPA Section Executive Council! πŸŽ‰

πŸ”Ή President: Burcu Bayram
πŸ”Ή VP & Program Chair: Jordan Tama
πŸ”Ή At-large Officers: Consuelo Thiers, Jen Spindel, Adriana Boersner & Mariya Omelicheva
πŸ”Ή Past President: Falk Ostermann

Congrats to all! 🎊 #FPA

10.03.2025 08:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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That’s a wrap for the @isanet.bsky.social 2025 conference Great to see everyone and nice to have 5 former/current PhD students in a row at the @fpa-isa.bsky.social business meeting!

06.03.2025 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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One of the nicest things at #ISA2025 was getting at @fpa-isa.bsky.social reception for my reviewing of some articles for the @fpajrnl.bsky.social journal a free t-shirt by FPA editor Brian Lai. some more nice gestures like that by academic journals & they will find it much easier to get reviewers.

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Our favorite conference, #ISA2025, is over, but here are a few pictures highlighting some key moments from our section.

06.03.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dear FPA section members, remember we have our business meeting today (Tuesday 4) at 12:30. Make sure to come! #ISA2025 #FPA

04.03.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tomorrow, we will have a great panel on leaders and foreign policy. Stephan Fouquet and I will present our work on Milei and foreign policy bureaucracies. If you are interested in the latest research on this topic, make sure to come! @edinburghpir.bsky.social #ISA2025 @fpa-isa.bsky.social

04.03.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Happening now β€œUnderstanding foreign policy change: a role theoretical approach” with Anna Michalsky, @lesliewehner.bsky.social @cameronthies.bsky.social @sibeloktay.bsky.social Kai Oppermann, Stephan Klose & Damian Strycharz #ISA2025

04.03.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Attending #ISA2025 @isanet.bsky.social ? Interested in fresh scholarly insights on the foreign policies of populist actors across the world (they might come in handy these days)? Come to our roundtable at 4, organised around our upcoming Handbook and with many authors present! @fpa-isa.bsky.social

03.03.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dear FPA members, remember we have our reception today at 20:00. Don’t miss out! #ISA2024 @isanet.bsky.social

03.03.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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