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🖋️British Journal of Politics and International Relations.

📍A Political Studies Association journal edited by a team at POLIS, University of Leeds.

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We are delighted to announce that the winner of the #BJPIR John Peterson Best Article Prize for 2024 is Johanna Rodehau-Noack for her article ‘Counting bodies, preventing war: Future conflict and the ethics of fatality numbers’.

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'The masculine threat: Hegemonic masculinity and gendercide in communal warfare' by Tobias Tseer & Promise Frank Ejiofor

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November 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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This article is now out in @bjpir.bsky.social! In it, we explain why government action to tackle the ecological crisis at Lough Neagh has lagged behind the apparent rhetorical consensus about its importance. Has Muir been set up to fail? #LoughNeagh #openaccess journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The environment as a second policy dimension in a deeply divided society: The politics of Northern Ireland’s Lough Neagh crisis - Timofey Agarin, Laurence Cooley, Elliott Hill, 2025
Environmental concerns are often marginalised in post-conflict societies. Especially under power-sharing, political parties tend to prioritise their ethno-natio...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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🚨New paper alert! 🚨

My co-authored paper presenting some key insights from the research project on AI and the far-right riots in the UK has just been published in the @bjpir.bsky.social and is open access!

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November 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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'International relations theory and US–China competition: A theoretical exploration' by Kai He & Huiyun Feng

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November 24, 2025 at 9:41 AM
We know that China ran a domestic propaganda campaign supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—but did it work? This article explores how effective the campaign was in persuading the Chinese public and which segments of the population were more vulnerable to its influence.
November 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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'Enforcement of international human rights law: A comparative exploration of alternative public opinion channels' by A Burcu Bayram, Eric Keels & @efetokdemir.bsky.social

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November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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'Historicising Mauritian self-determination at the International Court of Justice' by Zaki Nahaboo

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November 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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'The enemy behind the scenes: How China’s propaganda shores up support for Russia’s war in Ukraine' by @taomanchester.bsky.social & Han-yu Hsu

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November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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'The suspect citizen: Institutional Islamophobia, prevent, and the British Muslim experience' by Judith Bruchhaus & Tahir Abbas

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November 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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'Prudence from the left: Economic restraint and UK social democracy since 1945' by Colm Murphy & Patrick Diamond

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November 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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This paper was in development for two years before DeepSeek's arrival. It's a challenge to keep pace with the breakneck speed of AI, but fortunately, the key argument has stood the test of time and is even supported by the latest tech. Thrilled to finally share it.
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'ChatGPT as a security threat: US–China security dilemma in the generative AI race' by @jinghanzeng.bsky.social

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November 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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'Reframing centre-left neoliberalism: New Keynesian theory, Third Way ideology, and the construction of an elite consensus in the US, Britain, and Australia' by Brent Toye & @dillonwamsley.bsky.social

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November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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'Why do parties (not) support Universal Basic Income? The case of the UK Liberal Democrats' by @pjsloman.bsky.social

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November 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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'Reframing internationalism and patriotism: The Labour Party and the Ukraine–Russia war' by Jasper Miles

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November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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'ChatGPT as a security threat: US–China security dilemma in the generative AI race' by @jinghanzeng.bsky.social

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November 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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'Identity, cyber-sovereignty, and Ukraine: Towards an ontological security theory of cyberwarfare' by Roman Kolodii.

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November 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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'“Technology” in UK Conservative Party rhetoric, 1979–2019: An integrative dual-method conceptual and ideological analysis' by David Threlfall

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November 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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'Carving up the territorial integrity of the United Kingdom and blaming the European Union for it: The United Kingdom’s narration of Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trading status' by Paul Copeland & @marzmac.bsky.social

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November 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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'Bureaucratic burdens and bureaucratic injustice' by Johann Go

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The political effects of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone - Andrew McNeil, Frieder Mitsch, 2025
The unexpected defeat of the Labour Party in a recent by-election has been attributed to the expansion of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ). Employing a d...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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'The political effects of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone' by Andrew McNeil & Frieder Mitsch

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The political effects of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone - Andrew McNeil, Frieder Mitsch, 2025
The unexpected defeat of the Labour Party in a recent by-election has been attributed to the expansion of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ). Employing a d...
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November 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
👀 Check out this special issue of #BJPIR - European responses to the Russia-Ukraine War - Volume 27, Issue 4 (November 2025)

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October 31, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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The @bjpir.bsky.social special section on European responses to the Russia-Ukraine war, co-edited by Benjamin Martill and @susmonika.bsky.social, has now been assigned to an issue. Almost all contributions, including my own (see below), are #openaccess articles: journals.sagepub.com/toc/bpia/27/4.
October 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Indeed, don't miss it!
📝 Don't miss one of our most cited #openaccess #BJPIR articles!

'Personalisation at the top of civil societies? Legitimation claims on civil society elites in Europe' by @nklsaltrmrk.bsky.social, Milka Ivanovska Hadjievska & Håkan Johansson.

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October 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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European responses to the Russia-Ukraine war - the whole special issue is now available here:

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October 31, 2025 at 9:03 AM
📝 Don't miss one of our most cited #openaccess #BJPIR articles!

'Personalisation at the top of civil societies? Legitimation claims on civil society elites in Europe' by @nklsaltrmrk.bsky.social, Milka Ivanovska Hadjievska & Håkan Johansson.

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October 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM