European Journal of International Security

🎊 A New Chapter Begins! 📖 We're thrilled to announce a new editorial team at The European Journal of International Security - and some BIG changes to come! 🚀 Stay tuned as we unveil our vision for advancing scholarship and shaping the future of security research! #EJIS @MYBISA

“Politicians often leverage the public’s fascination with hostages and captives for political advantage, weaponising the drama of kidnapping incidents to criticise opponents, win elections, and pursue other political objectives,” write MIT professor of political science Richard Samuels and SSP alum @AckertNick. Read their full exploration of the “sorcerer’s apprentice affect” via @EJIntSec: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

🚀 NEW: "Kidnapping politics: The sorcerer’s apprentice effect", from Nick Ackert and Richard J Samuels, looks at how leaders manipulate public emotions during kidnapping crises to advance political goals. 📚👉 Read more here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

I want to highlight the extraordinary work of @DrJadeMcGlynn in and for Ukraine, especially on the deportations of children and Ukrainian resistance in occupied areas, often putting herself in harm’s way. An inspiration for every academic, activist and freedom-loving person.

🇯🇵🚀🇨🇳 NEW: "Political captives in East Asia: Thought reform and national security" from Barak Kushner is this week's must-read article. 📚👉 More here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

🚀 "Capturing the minds: The role of child deportation in maintaining Russian authority over Ukraine’s occupied territories" by @DrJadeMcGlynn & Anastasiia Romaniuk is the eighth article of our special issue on kidnapping - and OUT NOW: 🇺🇦 cambridge.org/core/journals/…

🍸 Will you be at #ISA2026? See you at the BISA, RIS, and EJIS drinks reception on Sunday 22 March at 7.15-8.15pm at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Columbus! Details here: cambridge.org/core/browse-su… @MYBISA

🌎 The winner of BISA Global Nuclear Order Working Group's first Paper Prize for Early Career Researchers will receive a *guaranteed* peer review at EJIS! 🚀 📚 Deadline extended, enter NOW: bisa.ac.uk/members/workin…

🇨🇳🚨 NEW: "Security ties between autocracies: Insights into authoritarian alignment through the case of China" from Sabine Mokry. 📚👉 Read more here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

🪖📚 NEW: "The emotional politics of sovereignty: On dignity, state personhood, and kidnappings" from Nina C. Krickel-Choi & Minseon Ku. 👉 Open access and available here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Join us in Ohio at #ISA2026‼️ Showcasing our 2 journals along with @CUP_PoliSci at our BISA, @RISjnl and @EJIntSec 🌟 Register for free today! 👉 bisa.ac.uk/events/bisaris… #BISAISA26 @JulietDryden

🚀🚨 Essential reading: "Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and the fog of war at the strategic level: Defence industrial production in Russia" from Oldřich Krpec, Martin Chovančík, and Adriana Ilavská. 🇷🇺 Open access - read now: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

🪖 This week's must-read: "How anger and contempt affect hostage recovery policy: Understanding Israel’s response to Gaza" from Roger Petersen. 📚 Open access and available here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

🌎🚨 NEW: "Ground control to Elon Musk: Stability implications of satellite mega-constellations" from Jonas Vidhammer Berge. 📚👉 Read in full here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Out now!

🇰🇵🚨 First View: "Between power and powerlessness: Families and politicised captivity" by @anhng85 & Todd H Hall, is the fourth article from our latest special issue. 📚👉 Read more here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Our new article in @EJIntSec (with Todd Hall) is out! Many thanks to Karl Gustafsson & Richard J. Samuels for organising the special issue. bit.ly/3Ovmc72

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🌊 NEW: "‘Friendshoring’ the seabed: Securing submarine cables through network centrality" from @SamuelBashfield & @becstrating. 📚👉 Read here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

🚀 NEW: "Political captivity and the weaponisation of emotions in international relations" from @SimonKoschut. 📰👉 Read here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…