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We are a generalist IR journal addressing contemporary world politics from a plurality of methodological and theoretical perspectives. JIRD is the official journal of the Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA).
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What can Bourdieusian field theory tell us about nuclear rule-making? Caroline Fehl @prif.org explains forum-shifting within the nuclear non-proliferation regime complex as a strategy to manipulate the exchange rates between different sorts of capital. Read the article for free here: rdcu.be/ebzcR

We are delighted to introduce our new Managing Editor, Sarah Helena Schäfer! She is a project researcher at @cidape.bsky.social, where she investigates spirituality and emotions in the climate change discourse with a focus on Tibetan Buddhism.

How have discourses on sustainable and social development gained salience in global politics? Following a mixed methods approach, this article identifies when and how United Nations global conferences act as catalysts. Read it for free as part of our 🏆 Top 10 of 2024 🏆 series: rdcu.be/eblzj

Next in our❗️Meet the New Editors❗️series is our Managing Editor, @melikamah.bsky.social. She is a researcher and a teaching assistant at the University of Ljubljana. Her research focuses on left-wing emancipatory movements in the post-socialist Balkans and populism in International Relations.

What do current geopolitical and technological developments mean for JIRD? At the beginning of their editorial tenure, @dagmarvorlicek.bsky.social and @matthiasleese.bsky.social look both back and ahead, connecting the journal’s history with future endeavors. Read their editorial here: rdcu.be/ea1O7

How can structural factors that explain interethnic violence also work in favor of peace? Drawing on research conducted in Baljvine, a village that remained peaceful during the last BiH war, Faris Kočan, Janja Vuga Beršnak & Rok Zupančič trace the answer to the local “peace mosaic” ▶️ rdcu.be/eaeaP

After our Associate Editors, we are now happy to also introduce you to our Managing Editors! First up is @ajdah.bsky.social, who is a researcher and a teaching assistant at the University of Ljubljana.

Can foreign aid foster democracy? Next up in our 🏆 Top 10 of 2024 🏆 series is a joint article by Ida Bastiaens & Laura Seelkopf. Read their article for free to learn more about the effect of foreign tax assistance on democracy in the Global South ▶️ rdcu.be/eadTo

This week, we are thrilled to introduce our new Associate Editor, Florian Weiler. He is an Associate Professor at CEU's Department of Public Policy (@weareceu.bsky.social). His recent academic work focuses on environmental issues and stakeholder strategies to influence policy processes.

How do IO country offices shape the translation of policy templates, and when do they fail? In her article, Seila Panizzolo draws on direct observations, interviews, and text analysis to answer this question. Read her article for free as part of our 🏆 Top 10 of 2024 🏆 series here ▶️ rdcu.be/eadHN

Next in our❗️Meet the New Editors❗️series, we are excited to introduce our Associate Editor, @profonderco.bsky.social! He is a Professor of International Relations at Erasmus University Rotterdam and an Affiliate Researcher at Charles University Prague.

How could computational power and interpretive expertise work together? Next in our 🏆 Top 10 of 2024 🏆 series is a joint piece by Scott Robert Patterson and Vincent Pouliot. The authors suggest a combined computational-interpretive method for ML-based text analysis. Read it here ▶️ rdcu.be/d9yHd

This week, we are thrilled to introduce our new Associate Editor, @birgitpoopuu.bsky.social! She is an Associate Professor of International Relations and co-director of the Central and Eastern European Security Hub (@securityhub.ee) at Tallinn University.

Introducing our new Associate Editor, @michelpoiccard.bsky.social! He is an Associate Professor of International Relations at the Metropolitan University in Prague and Editor-in-chief of the Czech Journal of International Relations (cjir.iir.cz).

Next in our❗️Meet the New Editors❗️series is our Associate Editor, @monikameislova.bsky.social. She is an Associate Professor at Masaryk University in Brno, CZ, a Visiting Professor at Aston University in Birmingham, UK, and the holder of the Jean Monnet Chair in EU Digital Diplomacy.

In our 🏆 Top 10 of 2024 🏆 series, we present you last year’s most downloaded JIRD articles. First up, we have Julio Galindo-Gutiérrez critical examination of why the World Bank now “talks the talk” of private development finance but not yet “walks the walk.” Read online here: rdcu.be/d8JQg

First up in our❗️Meet the New Editors❗️series is our associate editor, Marko Lovec. He is an Associate Prof. of IR at the University of Ljubljana. His research interests include European integration, IPE, political theory, and Central and Eastern Europe ▶️ tinyurl.com/bdz889yc

Hello 👋👋 We are the Journal of International Relations and Development, and we are happy to be here! Please follow, retweet, and stay tuned to meet our new editors and learn more about the journal over the coming weeks ▶️ www.palgrave.com/gp/journal/4...