🍸 Will you be at #ISA2026? We hope to see you at the BISA, RIS, and EJIS drinks reception on Sunday 22 March at 7.15-8.15pm at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Columbus!
Details here: www.cambridge.org/core/browse-...
The 7th article in our special issue ‘Kidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international security’ is out in @ejisbisa.bsky.social. Barak Kushner explores how authoritarian states in 20th-century East Asia sought to reeducate captives for security reasons. doi.org/10.1017/eis....
A great opportunity: the winner of BISA Global Nuclear Order Working Group's first Paper Prize for Early Career Researchers will receive a *guaranteed* peer review at EJIS! 🚀
🇨🇳🚨 NEW: "Security ties between autocracies: Insights into authoritarian alignment through the case of China" from @drmokry.bsky.social.
📚👉 Read more here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🪖📚 NEW: "The emotional politics of sovereignty: On dignity, state personhood, and kidnappings" from @nckc.bsky.social & @minseonku.bsky.social.
👉 Open access and available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🚀🚨 Essential reading: "Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and the fog of war at the strategic level: Defence industrial production in Russia" from Oldřich Krpec, Martin Chovančík, and Adriana Ilavská.
🇷🇺 Open access - read now: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Cover of the "European Journal of International Security" with text highlighting the latest issue.
The latest issue from @ejisbisa.bsky.social can be found here -
https://cup.org/49vhA9e
South-South Security Cooperation and the (Re)Making of Global Security Governance - Volume 11 - Special Issue 1 - February 2026
#OpenAccess
The emotional politics of sovereignty: On dignity, state personhood, and kidnappings
My co-authored article with @nckc.bsky.social is published in @ejisbisa.bsky.social with #openaccess!
We theorize captivity/kidnapping as a sovereignty violation, and states respond with emotional performativity to protect their dignity, constructing personhood.
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The sixth article in the special issue ‘Kidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international security’ that I have co-edited with @rjsamuels.bsky.social has now been published in @ejisbisa.bsky.social
🪖📚 NEW: "The emotional politics of sovereignty: On dignity, state personhood, and kidnappings" from @nckc.bsky.social & @minseonku.bsky.social.
👉 Open access and available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Reminder also that our sister journal is also on Bluesky 🦋⬇️
One of the best analyses of Israel's post-Oct 7 actions I have come across. Highly recommend!👇
The fifth article in our special issue "Kidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international security" is now out in @ejisbisa.bsky.social! The article, written by Roger Petersen explores how emotions such as contempt and anger affects hostage recovery.
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⏳ Final reminder: Submissions close 28 Feb
Early Career Researcher Paper Prize with @ejisbisa.bsky.social
Winner receives guaranteed external peer review and will present at the @mybisa.bsky.social GNO Online Conference (15–16 April 2026)
Eligibility & details: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
🪖 MUST READ: "How anger and contempt affect hostage recovery policy: Understanding Israel’s response to Gaza" from Roger Petersen.
📚 Open access and available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🌎🚨 NEW: "Ground control to Elon Musk: Stability implications of satellite mega-constellations" from Jonas Vidhammer Berge.
📚👉 Read in full here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🇰🇵🚨 First View: "Between power and powerlessness: Families and politicised captivity" by @anhphnguyen.bsky.social & Todd H Hall, is the fourth article from our latest special issue.
📚👉 Read more here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
I’m very excited to share that my co-authored article with Todd Hall is now published in the @ejisbisa.bsky.social !
Many thanks to @profgustafsson.bsky.social and @rjsamuels.bsky.social for organising the special issue and for their guidance throughout the process.
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The 4th article in the special issue I have co-edited with @rjsamuels.bsky.social on "Kidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international security" is out in @ejisbisa.bsky.social! The article, written by @anhphnguyen.bsky.social & Todd Hall explores the role of families in captivity dramas.
🌊 NEW: "‘Friendshoring’ the seabed: Securing submarine cables through network centrality" from Samuel Bashfield & @becstrating.bsky.social .
📚👉 Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🚀 NEW: "Political captivity and the weaponisation of emotions in international relations" from @simonkoschut.bsky.social.
📰👉 Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🔔 Reminder — Early Career Researcher Paper Prize with @ejisbisa.bsky.social is still open for submissions.
Winner receives guaranteed external peer review and will present at the @mybisa.bsky.social GNO Online Conference (15–16 April 2026).
Eligibility and details: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Can't wait to read this special issue of @ejisbisa.bsky.social edited by @profgustafsson.bsky.social and @rjsamuels.bsky.social.
🚨🪖 Key read: "Kidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international security" from @profgustafsson.bsky.social & Richard J. Samuels introduces a very special issue...
👉 More here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
My co-authored (with Richard Samuels) special issue introduction 'Kidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international security', has just been published open access in @ejisbisa.bsky.social. The forthcoming special issue will contain 9 articles that will soon be published.
cup.org/45Q7Q7i
My article 'Deterrence through captivity: China's use of detention to dissuade threats to regime security' has been published in @ejisbisa.bsky.social
It is part of the forthcoming special issue (co-edited with Richard Samuels) 'Kidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international security'.
Did you know that RIS is published by Cambridge University Press?
They are also on Bluesky 🦋 be sure to give them a follow: @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org Follow our sister journal, @ejisbisa.bsky.social as well!
Must-read: "What do we owe soldiers? Evidence from the UK Armed Forces Covenant" from @blagdendavid.bsky.social, Ronald R. Krebs, and Robert Ralston.
Open access - read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🚀 NEW: "Victory or frozen conflict? Assessing the feasibility of Ukraine’s victory-oriented strategy to conflict termination" from @nuclearjan.bsky.social.
📑👉 Open access & available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
