International Studies Quarterly

FYI: Due to the holidays/winter break, ISQ will not be processing new submissions between December 19, 2020 and January 3, 2021.

Why do some men and women disengage from violence while others stay and continue fighting? Find out in
with new research by Rachel Schmidt on framing and desertion during the Colombian insurgency: https://academic.oup.com/isq/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/isq/sqaa075/5936132?redirectedFrom=fulltext

New research on leadership turnover and risk of war:

Same as the Old Boss? Domestic Politics and the Turnover Trap Abstract. Leadership turnover brings to office new leaders with private reputational incentives to bluff about their resolve, incentivizing both incumbents and

Interested in peace processes? Check out new research on peace plans as tools for conflict resolution:

Give Peace a Plan: Peace Plans as Diplomatic Tools and Textual Agents in Conflict Areas Abstract. Various conflict areas have faced situations of deadlock after repeated rounds of violence and failed negotiations. In such cases, international acto

Congrats to the authors of the top 10 most cited articles in from 2017-2018, which influenced our 2019 impact factor and ranking! https://academic.oup.com/isq/pages/highly_cited

Lots of new research about to be published in ISQ:

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If you haven't seen the articles in issue 2 of ISQ, check them out!

Volume 64 Issue 2 | International Studies Quarterly | Oxford Academic Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide

PSA: International Studies Quarterly is taking a hiatus from new submissions beginning July 1st and lasting the full month of July. Authors, be sure to submit your manuscripts before this date. We wish everyone a great and productive summer!

We are happy to announce International Studies Quarterly's second issue this year (63/2) is published online! This issue covers a broad range of topics across so click below to find an article you are interested in. A big thank you to the authors!

Volume 63 Issue 2 | International Studies Quarterly | Oxford Academic Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide

Did views of racial and cultural difference determine how the United States treated its military proxies? In "Arming the Other: American Small Wars, Local Proxies, and the Social Construction of the Principal-Agent Problem," Eric Rittinger argued that they did. Now, in our (last?) online symposium, Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, Tarak Barkawi, Srdjan Vucetic, & Alexandra Gheciu discuss his arguments and its implications for principal-agent theory, security studies, and proxy wars.

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Interested in EU policy after the recent elections? Check out this article by Olof Larsson and Daniel Naurin - Split Vision: Multidimensionality in the European Union's Legal Policy Space

Split Vision: Multidimensionality in the European Union's Legal Policy Space Abstract. The European Union (EU) offers an example of deep judicialization, where highly salient political values are adjudicated on a regular basis. In such