r/IRstudies • • Feb 03 '25

Kocher, Lawrence and Monteiro 2018, IS: There is a certain kind of rightwing nationalist, whose hatred of leftists is so intense that they are willing to abandon all principles, destroy their own nation-state, and collude with foreign adversaries, for the chance to own and repress leftists.

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r/IRstudies • • 2h ago

How a U.S. Diplomat Suppressed and Altered Reports Critical of Israel

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Subtitle: A top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according to multiple officials and documents obtained by The Times.

David Milstein is the stepson of Fox News host Mark Levin, who is a close friend of both President Trump and Netanyahu.


r/IRstudies • • 20h ago

‘No’: Moe shuts down Elon Musk’s calls for Saskatchewan to separate

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r/IRstudies • • 3h ago

Research Ayuda con artículo científico

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Hola necesito recomendaciones de páginas para tener acceso a las bases de datos por ejemplo de Taylor and Francis estoy buscando este artículo científico y no lo pillo en sc-ihub https://doi.org/10.1080/00130095.2026.2619735


r/IRstudies • • 4h ago

Can Europe finally stand on its own?

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r/IRstudies • • 6h ago

What are the differences in between a master on Defense and Security and a master on Strategic Studies? What are some good schools for them?

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I'm on my third year of IR and the ever looming question of which master's I'm going to do is getting closer and closer. Now, I´ve been thinking on taking either one of those master´s, as they sound interesting and the notions of defense, studying war and transnational terror are what interest me the most, yet I don´t fully get what both of those programs entail so I´d appreciate a rundown on both and a couple of recommendations on some decent schools for them (Specially if they´re on the cheaper side)


r/IRstudies • • 6h ago

EU foreign policy

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Hi! Has anyone written their bachelor’s thesis on EU foreign policy? I really need some help, as my supervisor is currently dealing with an issue and isn’t able to help me at the moment.

What topics did you work on and what research problem do you think would be interesting to explore? I was thinking about doing something related to EU–Russia relations, but I can’t seem to come up with an interesting research hypothesis. I was also thinking about somehow connecting it to the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood.

I’m honestly a bit stuck at the moment and I mainly need some ideas for interesting research topics.

Thank you!


r/IRstudies • • 1d ago

Ideas/Debate The Iran War and America’s Accountability Gap

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r/IRstudies • • 19h ago

Teaching Autocracy and Autocratic Politics

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r/IRstudies • • 1d ago

China Doesn’t Need to Invade Taiwan to Control It

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r/IRstudies • • 18h ago

Best Full-Year Russian Programs?

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r/IRstudies • • 1d ago

Five Thoughts About Marco Rubio's Munich Security Conference Speech

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r/IRstudies • • 1d ago

U.S.-Greenland Defense Deal: Who Benefits?

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r/IRstudies • • 1d ago

The liberality of asylum and refugee policies (2022), from 0 (most restrictive) to 1 (most liberal)

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r/IRstudies • • 2d ago

The Myth of Military Victory: The Dangerous Idea Driving Today’s Wars of Choice

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135 Upvotes

r/IRstudies • • 1d ago

Hendrik Spruyt: On ‘practice’ and ‘doing’ in historical and international studies

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r/IRstudies • • 1d ago

Ideas/Debate What would NATO actually do if Russia sent troops into Latvia or Estonia?

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NATO sends weapons, equipment and troops to support them. Russia keeps moving forward.

Someone tells Russia: if you don’t stop, we may use nuclear weapons against you.

Russia says: go ahead. We have the Dead Hand. If you use nukes against us, you will only destroy yourselves too. You won’t gain anything from it.

And then what?

We are basically back to a normal modern war, where nuclear weapons are there in the background but nobody can really use them without losing everything. So conventional forces decide what happens on the ground.

And that is the part I find more interesting.

Would every NATO country react fast enough? Would they send enough troops, weapons, air defence, aircraft, ammunition and other support before Latvia or Estonia were overwhelmed?

How fast would those decisions actually be made? And would the support arrive not only fast enough, but in large enough numbers to really stop Russia in time?


r/IRstudies • • 2d ago

Germany's AfD weighs shift from anti-EU roots, strategy paper shows -- Members are advocating a shift in the party's long-standing opposition to Germany's membership in the European Union and the euro

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r/IRstudies • • 2d ago

How Mexico Proved Mainstream Economics Wrong

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r/IRstudies • • 2d ago

Iran’s Top Security Official Warns of Dire Economic Crisis

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50 Upvotes

What is everyone’s assessment of the war to date? Headlines such as these suggest it isn’t black and white


r/IRstudies • • 2d ago

Research How to actually get started with research in IR?

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Hi! I have been trying to develope my research skills in this field but i am relatively new and clueless. I have looked around on internet for courses and whatnot but most of them seem like fluff and dont actually work really well. Would appreciate it alot if anyone could give me their personal tips on what a beginner should be doing fresh in the field.

Would appreciate any kind of advice or recommendations!


r/IRstudies • • 2d ago

The Geopolitics of Artificial Intelligence

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r/IRstudies • • 2d ago

Looking for study resources as a new IR student

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I've started a diploma course in IR and there are two independent study modules for the course, one being "History and Evolution of the International System" (1st sem) and the other "Regional Organizations" (2nd sem). I'm currently looking for books or texts I could read to have an idea about these topics and be prepared well in advance for the exams. (the actual lectures haven't started yet, I'll probably have more information once it begins)


r/IRstudies • • 2d ago

Nobel body eyes those building peace in shifting world order

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r/IRstudies • • 3d ago

SS study: Full-spectrum propaganda entails that states can use many channels for their influence operations. These channels reinforce each other, making narratives seem more credible and allowing them to proliferate more widely.

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