Focus and Scope

Scope and Topics

The journal welcomes original research articles, conceptual analyses, and policy-oriented reviews that address fundamental and emerging issues in international affairs. The scope encompasses, but is not limited to, the following thematic areas:

  • International Relations Theory & Foreign Policy: Structural realism, liberalism, constructivism, post-colonial perspectives, and comparative foreign policy analysis.

  • Diplomatic Practice & Global Governance: Multilateral negotiations, bilateral diplomacy, digital diplomacy, international organizations, and the role of transnational institutions.

  • Global Security & Strategic Studies: Geopolitics, conflict transformation, peacebuilding, non-traditional security threats (cyberwarfare, environmental degradation, pandemics), and intelligence studies.

  • International Political Economy (IPE): Trade regimes, global financial architecture, economic statecraft, sanctions, and the political dimensions of sustainable global development.