Latest Research in International Relations and Foreign Policy

66 research papers · 2026 median publication year

Top Research Topics in International Relations and Foreign Policy

Highest-Cited Papers

  1. Maritime Migration and Search and Rescue in the Indian Ocean Region: Towards a Research Agenda
  2. Beyond forbearance? Mapping and assessing the EU’s emergent compliance promotion architecture
  3. Indonesia's Search for Network Centrality in the Indo‐Pacific
  4. Unconventional Indo-Pacific Actors: Emerging Patterns of Regional Engagement
  5. Platformization Without High Commitment: The Institutional Resilience and Functional Limits of the Quad
  6. RETHINKING DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE AND INCLUSION OF LOCAL GGOVERNMENT IN POLITICS IN NIGERIA
  7. China’s security presence in Africa and the horn of Africa: Ethiopia as a key strategic partner
  8. RETHINKING DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE AND INCLUSION OF LOCAL GGOVERNMENT IN POLITICS IN NIGERIA
  9. Criteria for Determining the Unlawfulness of Personality Rights Infringements Arising from Media Coverage of Public Figures
  10. Mapping power and strategy in the Indo-Pacific: a bibliometric analysis of geopolitics, policy, and regional development
  11. Strategic desecuritization under asymmetry: from security opportunity to security trap
  12. Stephen Miran, the intensifying internal war economy of Trump 2.0, and the new architecture of coercion
  13. The Last Contract: Diogenes Protocol / Последний контракт: Протокол Диогена
  14. Invalid leverage? Reassessing the ‘aid-for-votes’ mechanism amid U.S.–China competition
  15. Towards a Communicative Theory of Organizational Consent: Two Case Studies of Consent Contracts in Body Work
  16. The U.S. and Chinese Competition in Latin America in the 21st Century
  17. A Comparative Analysis of the China Policies of Japan and South Korea Amid Sino–US Confrontation, 2017–2024: An Ontological Security Perspective
  18. How National Security Drives the Coevolution of International Relations and International Business Policy: Evidence From the Belt and Road Initiative
  19. Trilaterals and the Reorganisation of Northeast Asia’s Regional Order
  20. Endgame Taiwan: KMT's Civil Defense Media and the Emergence of a Cybernetic Aesthetic
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International Relations and Foreign Policy

66 papers

Top Topics (10)

International Relations and Foreign Policy5
Maritime Security and History4
International Development and Aid4
European Union Policy and Governance4
Nuclear Issues and Defense3
African Education and Politics2
Global Security and Public Health2
Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration2
Crime Patterns and Interventions2
Public Policy and Administration Research2

Top Publications (20)

1.Maritime Migration and Search and Rescue in the Indian Ocean Region: Towards a Research Agenda2.Beyond forbearance? Mapping and assessing the EU’s emergent compliance promotion architecture3.Indonesia's Search for Network Centrality in the Indo‐Pacific4.Unconventional Indo-Pacific Actors: Emerging Patterns of Regional Engagement5.Platformization Without High Commitment: The Institutional Resilience and Functional Limits of the Quad6.RETHINKING DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE AND INCLUSION OF LOCAL GGOVERNMENT IN POLITICS IN NIGERIA7.China’s security presence in Africa and the horn of Africa: Ethiopia as a key strategic partner8.RETHINKING DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE AND INCLUSION OF LOCAL GGOVERNMENT IN POLITICS IN NIGERIA9.Criteria for Determining the Unlawfulness of Personality Rights Infringements Arising from Media Coverage of Public Figures10.Mapping power and strategy in the Indo-Pacific: a bibliometric analysis of geopolitics, policy, and regional development11.Strategic desecuritization under asymmetry: from security opportunity to security trap12.Stephen Miran, the intensifying internal war economy of Trump 2.0, and the new architecture of coercion13.The Last Contract: Diogenes Protocol / Последний контракт: Протокол Диогена14.Invalid leverage? Reassessing the ‘aid-for-votes’ mechanism amid U.S.–China competition15.Towards a Communicative Theory of Organizational Consent: Two Case Studies of Consent Contracts in Body Work16.The U.S. and Chinese Competition in Latin America in the 21st Century17.A Comparative Analysis of the China Policies of Japan and South Korea Amid Sino–US Confrontation, 2017–2024: An Ontological Security Perspective18.How National Security Drives the Coevolution of International Relations and International Business Policy: Evidence From the Belt and Road Initiative19.Trilaterals and the Reorganisation of Northeast Asia’s Regional Order20.Endgame Taiwan: KMT's Civil Defense Media and the Emergence of a Cybernetic Aesthetic
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