‘The EU has adopted regulatory instruments despite ongoing disagreements over the meaning and goals of technological sovereignty’, writes @catherinehoeffler.bsky.social. Read more about the EU’s approach to digital policy in our latest special section: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag085

In their latest article, Paul Bacon and @edoy12.bsky.social interview 12 leading Japanese experts on EU-Japan relations and security. Read it #openaccess in our special section on security provision in and beyond Europe: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag046

‘The Brexit-induced disconnection from the EU’s intelligence network has had catastrophic security consequences’, writes @luciafrigo.bsky.social. Read her #openaccess article in our latest special section on security provision in Europe: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag047

Our latest special section dives into transformations in security provision in and beyond Europe. 📖 Read the introduction Sarah Wolff, @karolinapomorska.bsky.social & @rgwhitman.bsky.social to learn how fluidity and flexibility are key in moments of transition: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag090

🚨NEW ISSUE ALERT! 🌍Special section on Security provision in & beyond Europe 1️⃣5️⃣ articles on China’s special envoys, nuclear disarmament, gender apartheid & more! 📝Policy paper on NATO amid full spectrum drone warfare 1️⃣8️⃣ reviews of the latest IR books Read here: academic.oup.com/ia/issue/102/4

To have meaningful impact in the Middle East, the UN must rebuild credibility by moving beyond inherited structures and functions and embrace a genuine regional perspective. Alexander Costy and Adam Day’s (@adamdaygeneva.bsky.social) IA policy paper: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag054

⚖️ The interplay of loyalty, ego and necessity reflects the continual rebalancing of the moral economy that underpins strategic practice in warfare, writes @tom-waldman.bsky.social (@lborouniversity.bsky.social). Read his #openaccess article: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag042

What can we learn from the cooperation and escalations in the Chile–Bolivia and Chile–Peru rivalries? @consuelothiers.bsky.social focuses on the period of 2006-2014 to identify how a leader’s personal characteristics shape foreign policy decisions: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag031

How have China & Russia attempted to mitigate implications of the EU’s shifting alignments and geopolitical distancing? Read @luissimonn.bsky.social (@csds.bsky.social) and Olivia Cheung’s #openaccess article to learn more about damage limitation strategies: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag044

👩‍⚖️ How do rule-makers claim authority to unilaterally make laws for other states? Helen Nesadurai focuses on the implications of the EU Deforestation Regulation and mandatory supply chain due diligence laws on sovereignty: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag036

We attended the @mybisa.bsky.social conference in Brighton last week. Along with an exhibit booth, we were on 4️⃣roundtables: ➡️ Ask me Anything: IR Journal Publishing ➡️ Meet the Editors ➡️ Maximizing Impact: Communicating Research to Diverse Audiences ➡️ Bridging Academia and Policy in a Changing World

🗺️ The US’s strategy in the Indo-Pacific has seen a significant realignment to re-engineer the rimland. How does this impact the US’s domestic politics and its strategies towards China? Learn more: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag038

‘Networks of maritime security agencies can bridge legal gaps, but only to an extent.’ 🛰️ Learn about AI and information-sharing platforms in maritime domain awareness in Christian Schultheiss’ latest #openaccess article: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag037

The use of evidence by gender experts is the outcome of strategic framing of the knowledge needed to establish authority and secure policy influence in international organizations. Read here: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag045

🤝 In our May issue, May Farid (@ucsandiego.bsky.social) & Hui Li understand strategic variation in transnational advocacy under authoritarian and multipolar conditions. Read more about international NGOs’ engagement with China: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag040

‘Ignorance—like knowledge—is power.’ As we move towards an increasingly transformative future, understanding how ignorance is produced and maintained in the international order is crucial. Read @karimeltaki.bsky.social (@rug.nl) #openaccess article: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag048

🔍 In our May issue, Brice Didier analyses the EU’s strategies since 1995 to unpack how the region has navigated the US-China rivalry. Read more about the EU’s strategic pragmatism: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag030

Nuclear deterrence is the ‘ghost pillar’ at the heart of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, argues Lyndon Burford (@basicint.bsky.social) in his latest article. Learn more about how this creates a fundamental political problem for nuclear governance: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag035

🖥️ In our May Issue, Kayla Blomquist (@oii.ox.ac.uk) identifies patterns and strategies that AI great and middle powers use to navigate technological competition: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag028

🚆 In our May issue, Keren Zhu & Karl Yan conceptualise a state-enabled globalization framework to better understand the factors contributing to China’s global engagement capacity: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag043

🌎 Trump’s first presidency offered an unprecedented policy window for attitude shifts towards China’s Latin America policy, argues Diego Leiva Van de Maele (@griffith.edu.au). Read more: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag029

🚨New issue is out now! 🌍 Is there a future for the UN in the Middle East? 💻 Have technologies revolutionized maritime security? 👀 How does ignorance shape world orders? Read research on these topics and much more, along with 20 book reviews, in our May issue: academic.oup.com/ia/issue/102/3

In our latest issue, Na Yang, Yiyi Chen and Zikang Chen explore AI technology transfer practised by the US and China, and the implications for the technological advancements for the global South. Read the full article here: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiaf268

‘The OSCE endures because of its contradictions, not in spite of them.’ Bernardo Teles Fazendeiro, Maria Raquel Freire & Daniela Nascimento examine the OSCE’s dual nature as an enterprise association and civil association based on sovereign equality. https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiaf267

The afterword to our latest special section on multiplexity 2.0, written by Amitav Acharya, is now FREE to view for 2️⃣ weeks! Read it now: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag025

What do the people of small and medium powers think about their countries’ relations with China and the US? redeker.bsky.social, Bastian van der Neut, Ingmar Sturm & Fee-Sofie Cohausz analyse public opinion in the global South and eastern Europe: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiaf277

In our latest issue, @lefteleven.bsky.social examines how Moscow’s colonialist practices at the height of Russian expansionism reveal a range of claims to imperial legitimacy: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiaf270

‘Health systems worldwide are in crisis.’ hanrieder.bsky.social (of @lseid.bsky.social) explores the politics of health system crisis and its contentious interpretation in Colombia, where the issue is highly politicized: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiaf266

What role do digital influencers play in the consolidation of Bolsonarism in Brazil? Caio Gontijo argues that online organic intellectuals channel popular discontent into cultural and moral narratives that ultimately stabilize Brazil’s neo-liberal order: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiaf269

Before the 1980s, only peoples represented by a nation-state could participate regularly at the UN. @pablobarnierkhawam.fr assesses whether Indigenous Peoples’ participation reflects real progress on inclusion and human rights for non-state actors at the UN: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiaf273