r/IRstudies • u/Cuddlyaxe • 11h ago

Subreddit for international relations memes

r/IRstudies • u/smurfyjenkins • 13h ago

When State Building Backfires

broadstreet.blog

r/IRstudies • u/braintrucks • 2h ago

Tech + IR hybrid fields

r/IRstudies • u/smurfyjenkins • 1d ago

APSR study: Nonviolence is more likely to be effective when it's practiced by dominant ethnic groups. When minority ethnic groups engage in nonviolent resistance, they are perceived to be violent and perceived to require more policing.

cambridge.org

r/IRstudies • u/Silver-Skirt-1036 • 12h ago

Ideas/Debate IR + Psychology?

r/IRstudies • u/GlobalKnots • 14h ago

Ideas/Debate Why is US foreign policy so bad?

r/IRstudies • u/smurfyjenkins • 1d ago

APSR study: Does State Repression Spark Protests? Evidence from Secret Police Surveillance in Communist Poland

cambridge.org

r/IRstudies • u/smurfyjenkins • 1d ago

JOGSS study: Security studies journals mostly publish studies of armed conflicts in Africa, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. The selectivity bias reflects (1) institutional connections between the field of security studies and Western foreign policy; and (2) sociology of the field.

academic.oup.com

r/IRstudies • u/FarGarage • 1d ago

Where to start when considering an international affairs/intel PhD?

r/IRstudies • u/smurfyjenkins • 1d ago

JEH study: "From 1580, the Jesuits introduced European sciences to China―an autarkic civilization whose intelligentsia was dominated by Confucian literati... On average, the literati’s scientific works increased four times in prefectures with Jesuit scientists after 1580."

cambridge.org

r/IRstudies • u/mitchbelcher94 • 1d ago

Bachelor Thesis topic help (Environment & Society, Iceland, Norway)

r/IRstudies • u/derekdroplighter • 1d ago

Profile Evaluation: PhD in Political Science (IR track)

r/IRstudies • u/smurfyjenkins • 3d ago

Forum 28 on The Importance of Paul Schroeder’s Scholarship to the Fields of International Relations and Diplomatic History

issforum.org

r/IRstudies • u/smurfyjenkins • 3d ago

Carlo Edoardo Altamura: Latin America's military regimes became heavily dependent on capital provided by international banks in the 1970s. When the 1982 debt crisis severed these links, they aggravated the economic crisis but also fostered democratic change. (Business History Review, July 2020)

cambridge.org

r/IRstudies • u/smurfyjenkins • 4d ago

Paper: South Korea changed its foreign exchange and trade policies in the mid-1960s, becoming a major exporter. It did so because the US withheld financial assistance and pressured South Korea to devalue its currency and reform its foreign exchange regime.

r/IRstudies • u/smurfyjenkins • 4d ago

Age of Invention: Plague of the Sea

antonhowes.substack.com

r/IRstudies • u/dg098sdcb • 4d ago

Evidence from Xi Jinping or PLA indicating "String of Pearls"?

r/IRstudies • u/drydenboulevard • 5d ago

Canadian IA/IR Programs - NPSIA, GSPIA, or Balsillie (MAGG/MIPP)?

r/IRstudies • u/smurfyjenkins • 6d ago

I saw your RCT and I have some worries! FAQs (Macartan Humphreys)

r/IRstudies • u/smoothasababysbutt • 7d ago

Peace and Conflict Studies Programs

r/IRstudies • u/smurfyjenkins • 7d ago

How do companies avoid paying international taxes?

piie.com

r/IRstudies • u/yerimieserv • 7d ago

recommended books?

r/IRstudies • u/smurfyjenkins • 9d ago

American Spies Are Fighting the Last War, Again: When the Cold War ended, the intelligence community failed to adapt. Today it faces a similar challenge. (Amy Zegart)

theatlantic.com

r/IRstudies • u/43433 • 9d ago

I've been told that the term "COMBLOC" is outdated. What other term to use?

r/IRstudies • u/Aggravating-Lawyer50 • 9d ago

Books worth reading for an IR enthusiast