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International Interactions is an International Studies Association journal @isanet focusing on empirical and theoretical studies of conflict and IPE

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International Interactions@II_journalOct 19
Together with many leading journals in the field of International Relations, we are committed to work for intellectual rigour, originality, & scholarly quality in what we publish. We value human intellectual labour over artificial intelligence in what we accept for publication.
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Together with many leading journals in the field of International Relations, we are committed to work for intellectual rigour, originality, & scholarly quality in what we publish. We value human intellectual labour over artificial intelligence in what we accept for publication.
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Does U.S. pressure on allies push their publics toward the bomb? New survey experiments in Japan, Germany, Poland, and South Korea find that even blunt statements that America wouldn't defend them barely change public support for nuclear weapons. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Do negative alliance signals increase public support for nuclear weapons?

For decades, the United States has sought to prevent its allies from acquiring nuclear weapons. To this end, the United States has attempted to reassure those allies that it is committed to defendi...

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What explains radical land reforms in developing countries? Zeng and Wei link these policies to foreigh aid from the Soviet Union. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Wind from the east: Soviet aid and radical land reform in developing countries

What explains radical land reforms in developing countries? While existing literature primarily attributes land reform to domestic factors, we introduce an international dimension by examining how ...

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New article highlights the BLOCS database that combines bilateral trade, investment and agreement data. We find trade agreement provisions influence the effects of trade agreements & that some provisions matter more than others for the creation of trade. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Building BLOCS and stepping stones: Combined data for international economic and policy analysis

The question of whether trade agreements are “stepping stones” or “stumbling blocks” to multilateral trade liberalization is not a new one; however, the empirical methods and the quality of the dat...

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How does political inequality among ethnic groups motivate governments to engage in international conflicts? Ngo explores this question in a new paper -- finding that it might be a motivator for diversionary behavior tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Us versus them: Ethnic inequality, diversionary nationalism, and international conflict

How does political inequality among ethnic groups motivate governments to engage in international conflicts? Previous research suggests that ethnic political inequality leads to internal instabilit...

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New Open Access work by Nadine O'Shea explores when government violence against civilians is most likely to follow mediation and demonstrates how complementary conflict management tools can constrain civilian harm. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Talking when the stakes are high: Mediation, UN peacekeeping, and government violence against...

Research suggests that mediation can increase government violence against civilians, but the conditions shaping this effect remain insufficiently specified. Drawing on prospect theory, I argue that...

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New piece by Isgandarov -- Trade agreements do not promote peace through economic integration, instead treaties w/ security cooperation & joint bodies reduce conflict by improving transparency, highlighting the importance of institutional design for peace. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Preferential trade agreements and interstate conflict: Disentangling their institutional effects on...

The long-standing liberal hypothesis that an increase in trade ties contributes to the promotion of interstate peace is repeatedly supported by much research. I question this finding by arguing tha...

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Chen and Chang-Liao find that Beijing’s coercive diplomacy relies on sunk-cost rather than hand-tying signals, suggesting that China’s coercive diplomacy serves to moderate domestic audience, shaping public sentiment and retaining societal approval. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Sunk costs without tying hands: Multiple signaling in China’s coercive diplomacy during the 2022...

This paper investigates China’s coercive diplomacy during the 2022 Taiwan Strait Crisis. Using quantitative natural language processing techniques, we unveil the key emotional, operational, and sem...

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Lenz, Saleh, and Haftel explore how organizational overlap affects the delegation of authority to IOs. Using novel data on African IOs, they find greater overlap is associated with stagnating delegation tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

IO overlap and the allocation of delegation: Evidence from the African organizational complex

How does organizational overlap interact with the delegation of authority to international organizations (IOs)? This paper argues that delegation decisions cannot be understood in isolation from th...

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How do people perceive female executives around the world and how do those perceptions shape foreign policy preferences? Goldberg and Lai use experimental methods to find out! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Leading ladies: Gendered perceptions of chief executives and international threats

How do people perceive women chief executives internationally, and how do those perceptions shape foreign policy preferences? Previous research has focused on the ways in which gender stereotypes s...

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Johnson, Kudo, and Long explore post-WW2 alignment patterns in this new paper tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Why do states intervene in some conflicts but not others? The trick is in the cases that almost happened. This new paper introduces a two-stage model and near-misses sampling to fix how we build samples in interventions research: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

What to do (and not do) with foreign interventions data: Methodological challenges and solutions

The determinants of foreign interventions, be they military interventions or other forms of foreign involvement, are important for modern international relations and conflict studies. Nevertheless,...

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Are insurgencies run by nepo-babies more effective? Kreutz and Hegele say YES!! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Parents of the revolution rebel leaders’ intergenerational social capital and insurgency cohesion

Elite-level social capital facilitates both the mobilization and retention of participants in social movements and insurgencies. Well-connected rebel leaders perceived as credible have advantages i...

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Think editing an ISA journal sounds like fun? Calls for new teams for ISR and II are now up. Looking for enthusiastic individuals to start January 2028. Feel free to reach out if you are interested! isanet.org/Publications
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Kim, Lee, Whang, and Ryu examine how social desirability bias might after polls in South Korea that show majority support for independent nuclear acquisition, seemingly contradicting global nonproliferation norms and the nuclear taboo. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Social desirability bias and public opinion on nuclear weaponization: Evidence from a list experi...

Public opinion polls in South Korea consistently report strong majority support for independent nuclear acquisition, seemingly contradicting global nonproliferation norms and the nuclear taboo. How...

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In a new paper, Cheng, Gui and Wang, explore how voluntary contributions to 25 UN agencies are associated with increases in a state’s staff representation in IOs. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Pay to play? Voluntary contributions and national representation in international organizations

States actively seek to expand their representation in international organizations (IOs). This paper uncovers an informal mechanism enabling states to increase their staff representation. Drawing o...

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Can you really blame us for wanting to share these great papers from our new special issue? In his paper "Blame Games in Cyberspace," Leal explores how conflicting narratives might shape public opinion regarding cyber attacks? tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Blame Games in Cyberspace: How Foreign Cues Shape Public Opinion on Cyber Attribution and Retribu...

Conflicting narratives about who is responsible for a cyberattack are often thought to create uncertainty about the aggressor’s identity, which in turn could lead to greater restraint in state resp...

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In his contribution to this special issue on cyber conflict, Shandler suggests that cyber power is altering the nature of domestic audience costs and creating new flexibility in leader's crisis decision-making tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Cyber Conflict & Domestic Audience Costs

Cyber power is altering the nature of domestic audience costs. By exploiting voters’ captivation with cyber conflict, leaders can now de-escalate crises without having to worry about suffering dome...

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Got more questions about cyber conflict? Gomez and Winger answer the call by discussing alliance commitments in the age of cyberwarfare. Check out the whole special issue! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Answering the Call: Why Aid Allies in Cyber Conflict?

International alliances have incorporated cybersecurity within their collective security mandates, but would these commitments be honored if invoked? Key characteristics of cyber conflict, includin...

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