International Studies Quarterly

Circular Migration and the Moderation of Social Attitudes Abstract. Migration creates opportunities for transferring not just wealth but also norms, attitudes, and behaviors from migrant-receiving to migrant-sendi

"Circular Migration and the Moderation of Social Attitudes" is now published at @isq-jrnl.bsky.social!
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Accountable to Whom? Public Opinion of Aid Conditionality in Recipient Countries Abstract. When donors extend foreign aid, they often attach requirements to these funds. While requirements are intended to improve the effectiveness of ai

tinyurl.com/sqaf057

New research using African public opinion finds citizens support foreign aid conditions when they distrust their government & trust the donor. These findings reshape our understanding of accountability relations in global governance.
@rickyclark.bsky.social sky.social; @lindsayrdolan.bsky.social

Anarchy Is What the Balance of Power Made of It: Two Core Concepts and the Public/Private Distinction in International Relations Abstract. In this article, I question a familiar assumption in International Relations (IR): that the balance of power and anarchy are mutually reinforcing

IR101 says anarchy leads to balance of power. What if it’s the other way around? My new ISQ article (OA!) rethinks two core IR concepts through conceptual history

ISQ is taking a summer break. We will not process new submissions from July 1 to July 31. We will continue to process manuscripts that were invited for revision and resubmission during this period. We look forward to receiving new submissions once again on August 1!

The Argumentative Power of International Law: Legal Rhetoric, Human Rights, and the Universal Periodic Review Abstract. What makes a human rights argument effective? When challenging a state's human rights practices, actors can draw on a range of discursive options

Using an original coding of legal and nonlegal recommendations, @kylereed.bsky.social’s new article finds that human rights arguments framed with legal references are substantially more likely to succeed. tinyurl.com/sqaf042

Nonstate Actor Inclusion and the Social Legitimacy of Global Governance Institutions Abstract. Nonstate actors play powerful roles in global governance institutions (GGIs) as advocates, experts, representatives, regulators, monitors, and im

@meckerehrhardt.bsky.social, Soetkin Verhaegen & Sigrid Quack’s new article shows that nonstate actors can boost the legitimacy of global governance by contributing expertise, representation, public interest orientation, transparency&operational capacity to governance processes. tinyurl.com/sqaf040

In this article, Melle Scholten argues that attitudes to return-migrants are a function of non-migrants' evaluation of their expected effect in both economic and political-normative dimensions.
tinyurl.com/sqaf041

ISQ is taking a summer break. We will not process new submissions from July 1 to July 31. We will continue to process manuscripts that were invited for revision and resubmission during this period. We look forward to receiving new submissions once again on August 1!

ISQ is taking a summer break. We will not process new submissions from July 1 to July 31. We will continue to process manuscripts that were invited for revision and resubmission during this period. We look forward to receiving new submissions once again on August 1!

ISQ is taking a summer break. We will not process new submissions from July 1 to July 31. We will continue to process manuscripts that were invited for revision and resubmission during this period. We look forward to receiving new submissions once again on August 1!

International Human Rights Law and Women’s Access to Abortion Abstract. Can international law protect abortion rights? Drawing from past work on domestic mechanisms that give international law teeth, we argue that a s

Can international law protect abortion rights? Yes. When a country’s international commitments are highly legalized, and a strong civil society exists to hold it accountable to those promises, its domestic abortion laws are more permissive.
tinyurl.com/sqaf028

Where Have All the Experts Gone? The Shifting Marketplace for Foreign Policy Ideas on Capitol Hill Abstracts. US foreign policy observers have noted a decline in the frequency of expert witnesses appearing before congressional committees, while congressi

Using original data&micro-level measures of individual hearings by the national security committees, @dandrezner.bsky.social & Linda Fowler demonstrate how time constraints and routine responsibilities limit the number of opportunities for expert witnesses 1995-2020.
tinyurl.com/sqaf035

Do Alliance Abandonment and Coercion Increase Support for Nuclear Weapons? An Elite Survey in NATO Abstract. Alliances are central to U.S. nuclear nonproliferation efforts. Many scholars suggest that actions which might undermine allies’ faith in or depe

@brianblankenship.bsky.social tests whether U.S. signals of abandonment and efforts to encourage allied burden-sharing using threats of abandonment increase support for nuclear weapons acquisition, using a survey of foreign policy elites from 16 European NATO members.
tinyurl.com/sqaf039

Revisiting Embedded Liberalism: Does the Theoretical Possibility Meet Empirical Validity? Analyzing Labor Laws and Preferential Trade Agreements Abstract. Extant scholarship on embedded liberalism (EL) emphasizes whether governments keep their promises to protect the risk-bearers of economic liberal

Zhiyuan Wang argues that institutionalized social consensus mitigates the time-inconsistency problem & encourages trade liberalization. The study shows that strong labor laws are positively associated with the growth of PTAs.
tinyurl.com/sqaf036

Democracy, Autocracy, and the Design of International Organizations Abstract. Extensive research expects systematic differences in the design of international organizations (IOs) based on the regime composition of their mem

Contrary to much research, @jonastallberg.bsky.social & Carl Vikberg show that regime type affects how states design international organizations, but only under conditions of general-purpose cooperation.
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Following a Middle Way: How Rising Powers Navigate Sovereignty Debates in Peacebuilding Abstract. The role of rising powers in world politics has been growing. However, their influence on the international peace and security architecture is st

In this article, Bilal Salaymeh, @sarahellmuller.bsky.social & @fannybadache.bsky.social show that rising powers embrace a view that prioritizes national ownership & occupy a middle ground in the spectrum of sovereignty conceptualizations at the UNSC.
tinyurl.com/sqaf031

The Politics of Gender Mainstreaming in Foreign Aid Abstract. Gender mainstreaming—the incorporation of a gender equality perspective into the design, implementation, and evaluation of all aid projects—has b

In this article, Simone Dietrich, @danieladonno.bsky.social, @katefleiner.bsky.social sky.social & Alice Iannantuoni underscore the importance of treating gender mainstreaming as a distinct category of assistance whose application is attuned to domestic implementation problems.
tinyurl.com/sqaf033

Innovation and Interdependence: Evidence from Gene-Editing Technology Abstract. Technological breakthroughs carry great promise but often escalate economic competition and heighten public anxiety, creating new challenges for

@cobrienudry.bsky.social &Tyler Pratt argue that tech breakthroughs lead to accelerated incentives for regulatory arbitrage & potential for controversies to spark public backlash which link the regulatory fate of states, undermining their ability to regulate in isolation.
tinyurl.com/sqaf032

A Dyadic Method to Investigate Voting Behavior in the Council of the European Union Abstracts. Using a dyadic approach to explore voting behavior of European Union (EU) member states in the Council of the EU, we investigate the similarity

Using a dyadic approach, @arash-p.bsky.social, Madeleine O Hosli & @jkantorowicz.bsky.social investigate EU member states’ voting behavior in the Council of the EU along 3 policy dimensions: left-right, authoritarian-libertarian, and pro-/anti EU.
tinyurl.com/sqaf029

Local Economic Consequences of Foreign Direct Investment in Democracies and Autocracies Abstract. Governments in developing and emerging countries aim to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) to generate growth. Yet, empirical studies on the

Does FDI induce concentrated benefits on the local level? Leveraging geo-located data on FDI projects 2003-2018 and nightlights, @tobirommel.bsky.social, Tabea Palmtag, and Luca Messerschmidt find evidence for FDI-induced local growth and regional inequality.
tinyurl.com/sqaf025

Why Protectors Become Predators? Violence against Civilians by AMISOM Peacekeepers in Somalia Abstract. This study investigates the phenomenon of peacekeepers resorting to lethal violence against civilians, despite their mandate to protect them. Whi

Using original survey data and event dataset from AMISOM in Somalia, Prabin Khadka finds that IED attacks—especially those causing peacekeeper deaths—trigger retaliatory violence, supporting a revenge rather than a show-of-force explanation.
tinyurl.com/sqaf026

Introducing the Mandates of International Organizations’ Missions (MIOM) Dataset: Comprehensive Data on the Mandates of UN and Regional Organizations’ Missions, 1989–2020 Abstract. International organizations’ missions play an increasingly central role in statebuilding and peacebuilding processes in conflict-affected countri

New dataset alert! Cameron Mailhot introduces the Mandates of Int'l Orgs’ Missions (MIOM) dataset, which identifies up to 68 peacebuilding & statebuilding activities in the mandates of all UN & regional orgs’ missions deployed to conflict-affected countries (1989-2020) tinyurl.com/sqaf027

Driven to Self-Reliance: Technological Interdependence and the Chinese Innovation Ecosystem Abstract. States face a dilemma on how to balance gains from technological advancement with the risks of dependence. Technology is central to government ob

Analyzing close to 0.5mil Chinese news articles&an original corpus of policy docs, @yelingtan.bsky.social, Mark Dallas, @himself.bsky.social @abenewman.bsky.social find that US shocks produce a shift away from technological interdependence, toward security-focused self-reliance
tinyurl.com/sqaf017

Revisiting Central Bank Independence in the World: An Extended Dataset Abstracts. How has central bank independence (CBI) changed over time and across countries? This paper introduces the most comprehensive dataset on de jure

How has central bank independence (CBI) evolved? @carogarriga.bsky.social presents the most comprehensive dataset on CBI, its main dimensions (personnel independence, objectives, policy formulation and limits on lending), and additional variables for 192 countries (1970-2023).
tinyurl.com/sqaf024

The Temporal Politics of Inevitability: Mass Death during the COVID-19 Pandemic Abstract. Many international phenomena, from complex, interconnected processes to specific catastrophes, have been deemed “inevitable” by elites, policymak

New article! "Temporal Politics of Inevitability: Mass Death during the COVID-19 Pandemic" with @drkmillar.bsky.social @mjbayly.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/isq/...

Introducing the UNCIPPO (UN Civilian Posts in Peacekeeping Operations) Dataset Abstract. This research note presents a dataset on budgeted civilian personnel posts in UN peacekeeping operations by mission, unit, rank, and staff catego

📢 New dataset alert: “Introducing the UNCIPPO (UN Civilian Posts in Peacekeeping Operations) Dataset” is out in ISQ! With Jessica Di Salvatore and Katharina P. Coleman, we’ve mapped budgeted civilian personnel posts in UN peacekeeping operations by mission, unit, rank, and staff category, 1991-2020.

Responding to Unilateral Challenges to International Institutions Abstracts. How do international institutions respond to unilateral challenges by its member states, such as non-compliance, blocking of reforms, renegotiat

Every once in a while, we write articles we truly care about.

This is one of them, and I am so happy and proud to see it published at ISQ: