Student Strategy & Security Journal - 3SJ

The Student Strategy and Security Journal is glad to present its fifth release of The Hot Take!

The Hot Takes gives authors an opportunity to concisely and anonymously share opinions on globally relevant events in Politics and IR.

The contributions have taken on different perspectives, highlighting why these political issues can be so divisive. We hope that by reading opinions that may differ from your own, we can start a dialogue that leads to innovative solutions in the future.

We want to thank everyone who contributed and we look forward to hearing similarly dynamic responses in the future.

Question 1: De-colonising an Evil Empire: Is it for the best if the Russian Federation falls apart? -> https://3sjournal.com/?page_id=1467&et_fb=1&PageSpeed=off
Question 2: Feminist Foreign Policy – another fad or substantial progress? -> https://3sjournal.com/?page_id=1479&et_fb=1&PageSpeed=off

RFK Jr. on Ukraine: We're Being Told Russia Is Losing, But They Cannot Afford To Lose Democratic 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. explained more detail about his anti-war position with regard to Ukraine during an interview Friday with the "All-In" podcast. "The Russians cannot lose this war. We are being told they are losing, but they cannot afford to lose this war.....

Research Highlight with Wayne Cox Professor Wayne Cox (International Relations) discusses his current research.

The West Is Preparing for Russia’s Disintegration Amid war in Ukraine, some strategists are setting their eyes on the “decolonization” of Russia itself.

❗️CALL FOR PAPERS❗️

The Board of the Student Strategy & Security Journal (3SJ) is glad to announce the launch of the Call for Papers for our Third Volume, Issue 1. Applications are open to students and researchers in the field of International Relations, Strategic & Security Studies. We particularly encourage submissions from applicants adopting critical perspectives including, but not limited to, international political economy, global governance, peace and conflict studies, feminism and post-colonial studies, and cybersecurity.

If you have a paper that you are proud of and would like to see published in a peer-reviewed academic journal, do not hesitate any further and submit your piece to [email protected]. 3SJ accepts pieces that have been submitted as part of university coursework.

Important information:
Papers should count approximately 2500 - 6000 words
Remember to include a brief abstract and your contact information (name & email address) upon submission
Deadline: May 12, 2023

For more information on our submission guidelines, take a look here: https://3sjournal.com/contributor-guidelines/

To check out our previous editions, see here: https://3sjournal.com/journal/

A committee will review all submissions before the peer-reviewing process begins.

If you have any questions or concerns, get in touch with us at [email protected].

Journal | The Student Strategy & Security Journal OUR JOURNAL March 2023 Second Volume Third Issue This issue’s twelve articles are grouped into four thematic sections. The first two papers focus on Türkiye’s and the Gulf Cooperation Countries’ efforts to reshape the modern Middle East by overcoming colonial legacies. The following three art...

David Smith on Twitter “Great panel on Russian domestic politics. 's Federica Prina speaking on Russia's ontological (in)security: domestic values vs external enemies ”

❗❗CALL FOR HOT TAKES ❗❗

Do you like to practice writing a catchy and well-informed op-ed that everyone will want to read? Express your anonymous opinion about a current security-related event?

Have your anonymous piece published in the Fifth Edition of The Hot Take! 🔥

Free of academic paraphernalia, The Hot Take allows for unedited*, anonymous opinions on current topics on security, international relations, and politics.

The questions for the next issue are as follows:

1) De-colonising an Evil Empire: Is it for the best if the Russian Federation falls apart?
2) Feminist Foreign Policy – another fad or substantial progress?

The guidelines for The Hot Take are simple:

- Provide a pointed TITLE.
- Keep it SHORT: 300-700 words.
- Keep it SIMPLE: no abstract, keywords, visuals, or in-text referencing.
- Keep it ENLIGHTENED: provide a list of at least 4 references that you used to build your opinion.
- Keep it SPICY!
Although you must show intellectual rigour and comply with academic ethics, this is not a piece of scholarship. It is an opportunity to find your ‘op-ed voice’ – develop your writing skills!

*CAVEAT: We hope that by providing a platform for opinion pieces free of academic paraphernalia, we can spark informed dialogues around some of today's most contentious issues. That said, the anonymity offered through the Hot Take should not be exploited and contributions should remain informed and enlightened. 3SJ retains the right to withdraw any content that goes against our guidelines of respect and non-discrimination. Preparing an exciting read, The Hot Take reserves the right to change headlines and improve language where necessary.

Submit your opinion piece here:

https://forms.gle/bpo9Jdf4QtCN8NGLA

DEADLINE: 19th April 2023
Successful contributors can receive references via LinkedIn from the journal’s editors upon request!

❗❗ Our New edition is out now ❗❗

This issue’s twelve articles are grouped into four thematic sections. The first two papers focus on Türkiye’s and the Gulf Cooperation Countries’ efforts to reshape the modern Middle East by overcoming colonial legacies. The following three articles address various methods deployed by nationalising states such as the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and Ukraine to manage their national minorities. The next three contributions unpack the Russo-Ukrainian conflict by examining the continuities in the intelligence services of the USSR and the Russian Federation; analysing the balance of apparent and effective military power between Russia and Ukraine; and dissecting Russian elites’ interventions in Ukrainian foreign and domestic politics, all grounded in an innovative theory of ontological security. The final four articles focus on US military strategies in the planning and pursuit of war across three centuries – from a counter-factual narrative of Confederate strategy during the Civil War, to US and Soviet targeting of their respective population centres with their conventional and nuclear arsenals during the Cold War, and finally to complementary realist and idealist perspectives on the causes and outcome of the 2003 US military intervention in Iraq.

Read More -> https://3sjournal.com/journal-edition-vol-2-issue-3-6th/

W.H.O. Accuses China of Hiding Data That May Link Covid’s Origins to Animals Genetic research from China suggests to some experts that the coronavirus may have sprung from a seafood market in Wuhan. Now the data are missing from a scientific database.

🎊 Congratulations to the 7 undergraduate and graduate students of Queen's Department of Political Studies who were published in the latest issue of The Student Strategy & Security Journal - 3SJ: Bella Aung, Ghazaleh Darini, Madison Farhood, Matthew Garofalo, Julian King, Brooke Lewinsky, and Claire Parsons.
https://3sjournal.com/journal-edition-vol-2-issue-3-6th/

🙏🏽Thank you to Drs. David Haglund and Wayne Cox for their encouragement!

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