The International Spectator

Great news for #ECD scholars: @intl_spectator will be on‑site at #EISAPEC25. Thrilled to have @intl_spectator partnering with us. Looking forward to fruitful conversations in Bologna! 🤝📚✨

The @intl_spectator, IAI's peer-reviewed journal, has launched the #GlobalVoicesAward 2025 One article published in the journal during the year will be granted full access free of charge to the author! 🔗 Learn more: shorturl.at/IRbz5

Performing and (re)producing the contested state: George Sebastian Fartan & @BourisDimitris on the case of Transnistria @intl_spectator tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

⚠️New #openaccesarticle online! 🗣️ Performing the (Contested) State: A Critical Discourse Analysis of #Transnistria’s Political Elites 🔍 Find out more here: shorturl.at/Uky81 ✒️ George Sebastian Fartan & @BourisDimitris (@UvA_Amsterdam)

📍Come visit us in Bologna! 📚TIS Team will be attending the #EISAPEC25 (@europeanisa), the 18th Pan-European Conference on IR! 🏛️We will be there as partners, and you can find us there from 25 to 29 August 2024 at @Unibo, Italy 📩More info here: shorturl.at/NNJ4h

📍Come visit us in Bologna! 📚TIS Team will be attending the #EISAPEC25 (@europeanisa), the 18th Pan-European Conference on IR! 🏛️We will be there as partners, and you can find us there from 25 to 29 August 2024 at @Unibo, Italy 📩 More info here: shorturl.at/NNJ4h

🔍 How does the case of #Sweida challenge the state-centric understandings of securitisation theory? Find it out reading "From Subjects to Agents: Spatialising Security and Reverse Securitisation in Sweida's Uprisings", the new article online by @r_aldoughli (@LancasterUni) for…

⚠️New #article online! ⚙️#CriticalRawMaterials, #Economic Statecraft and #Europe’s Dependence on #China 🔍Is China’s dominance over critical mineral supply chains a strategic threat to #EU’s green transition? Find out more here: shorturl.at/wjTas ✒️ @johnfseaman (@IFRI_)

⚠️New #article online! 🌱Greening the #BeltandRoad Initiative and the #2030Agenda: #China’s #EnvironmentalDiplomacy Discourse in Focus 🔍Find out here: shorturl.at/OGFgp ✒️ @Agnieszka_Nitza @longhurstkerry @KatarzynaSkiert (@CollegiumC)

📢 New #Issue Online! 👉 Focus on #China’s Economic Statecraft and #Europe’s Response, Unpacking Western and Chinese Approaches to the #GlobalSouth, Contested Discourses in the #PostSoviet Space, and more! 🔗 tandfonline.com/toc/rspe20/60/2

⭐️ The International Spectator welcomes #SpecialIssue proposals for 2027-2028! 💡 If you like the idea, please have a look at our website for more info and the form for #submitting a proposal 🔎 shorturl.at/fJa1p

⚠️New #article online! 🛡️From Subjects to Agents: Spatialising Security and Reverse Securitisation in #Sweida's Uprisings 🔍How does the case of Sweida challenge the state-centric understandings of securitisation theory?shorturl.at/XG9ba ✒️@r_aldoughli (@LancasterUni)

The @intl_spectator, IAI's peer-reviewed journal, announces the #GlobalVoicesAward 2025 One article published in the journal during the year will be granted full access free of charge to the author! 🔗 More info here: shorturl.at/IRbz5

⚠️New #article online! 🌐 From Engaging to Containing #China: #US Attempts to Fill Power-role Gaps (2000-2018) 🔍 What has been the US strategic behaviour towards China's rising relative power? Find out more here: shorturl.at/79IzU ✒️ @YzdZakiyeh (@UnivOfTehran)

⚠️New book review! 📗Contesting Pluralism(s): Islamism, Liberalism, and Nationalism in Turkey and Beyond, @FisherOnar 🔗shorturl.at/BT6c0 ✒Arianna Zomparelli

⚠️New #article online! 🇪🇺Politicising #EuropeanIntegration: Emmanuel #Macron, Cleavage Unfreezing and Party System Transformation in #France 🔍Is EU politicisation transforming national politics? shorturl.at/0T9sQ ✒️@ggoodliffe1 (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México)

⚠️New #article online! 🌐The Evolution of Chinese FDI in Europe and Its Implications for Technological Interdependence: A Geoeconomic Perspective 🔍Is EU prepared for the consequences of Chinese investment in its green technologies? shorturl.at/MCqQz ✒️ Niky Brugnatelli

⚠️New #article online! 🌐 Assessing Western Discourse on ‘Chinese Neocolonialism’ in the #GlobalSouth 🔍To what extent does Western discourse on China’s engagement in the Global South reflect ideological bias? shorturl.at/VRhjJ ✒️ @ndegliesposti (@unipadova)

The @intl_spectator, IAI's peer-reviewed journal, announces the #GlobalVoicesAward 2025! One article published in the journal during the year will be granted full access free of charge to the author! 🔗 More info here: shorturl.at/IRbz5

⚠️New #article online! 🌐 Shadowboxing: The #PeoplesRepublicofChina’s Use of Informal Trade Restrictions as a #RisingPower 🔍How is #China using informal trade restrictions as a vector to pursue its national interests? Find out more: shorturl.at/nowm9 ✒️ @SaraVanHoey