Threats from NATO's dominant ally also cause a decline in public support for NATO cooperation, and a growing demand for national security autonomy in Europe.

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Now on #FirstView, from @hannahjakobbarrett.bsky.social tt.bsky.social and
@egen97.bsky.social

What happens when the US threatens to withdraw from NATO commitments? This new paper shows that public support for defense spending spikes 🚀

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Convergent Flexibility: How International Law Keeps Pace with Technological Change - https://cup.org/4bLca9S

- @jcanfil.bsky.social

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(On the last day of winter) our winter 2026 issue is out!

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"How does racism structure the patterns of cooperation and contestation in international relations?"

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Institutional Racism in International Relations - https://cup.org/4cpj5Yh

- @lipscy.bsky.social & @jiajia.bsky.social

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International Financial Institutions and the Promotion of Autocratic Resilience - https://cup.org/4bjlp1U

- @ccottiero.bsky.social & Christina J. Schneider

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In Feb 2025, the Trump administration temporarily suspended enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). In a recent @iojournal.bsky.social piece, we show markets reacted allocating ~39B to firms tied to past or ongoing bribery investigations.

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🎉I'm excited to share my new article with @cjschneider.bsky.social, now online at International Organization @iojournal.bsky.social: “International Financial Institutions and the Promotion of Autocratic Resilience.” Open access: doi.org/10.1017/S002...
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Thread from @fgenovese.bsky.social on the tensions related to "climate realism." See her and @jeffcolgan.bsky.social's essay for more:

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Now on #FirstView, Sung Eun Kim and Krzysztof Pelc on how the geographic concentration of industries alters the politicdal response to layoffs.

US Foreign Policy Is Now Medieval The search continues for a framework to make sense of, or at least label, the baffling state of world affairs since Donald Trump took his second oath of office as president of the United States. And n...

From @bloomberg.com, discussing Stacie Goddard & @abenewman.bsky.social's recent work on neoroyalism. (The IO essay: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...)

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Can a fear of opening a "Pandora's Box" of widespread revisionism restrain leaders' territorial ambitions?

Now on #FirstView @kschultz.bsky.social & @jamie_hintson argue yes, but only under restrictive conditions that have historically been difficult to meet.

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Excited to share a new article in @iojournal.bsky.social with @mchorowitz.bsky.social! We evaluate the risk of states using automated nuclear launch systems to facilitate revisionist coercive efforts. Unfortunately, we find the danger is real and should be taken seriously
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Automated nuclear weapons systems are not just a Hollywood plot device.

In this #Firstview article, @joshschwartz.bsky.social and @mchorowitz.bsky.social evaluate how they could impact the credibility and effectiveness of nuclear threats.

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Delegating Destruction: Coercive Threats and Automated Nuclear Systems - https://cup.org/49YGNct

- @joshschwartz.bsky.social & @mchorowitz.bsky.social

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Opinion | This Theory Explains Trump’s Baffling Foreign Policy

The NYT essay: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...

In the @nytimesoped.bsky.social , Stacie Goddard & @abenewman.bsky.social discuss neoroyalism as a way of making sense of Trump's foreign policy.

For a 4000-word discussion of their theory, see this open access #IOFoGG special issue essay:

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What are the implications of the Trump presidency for climate politics? Listen to the @goodauth.bsky.social podcast with @fgenovese.bsky.social & @jeffcolgan.bsky.social, and read their #IOFoGG short essay!

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In light of current events, this seems an apt moment to revisit our article with @jeremymoulton.bsky.social "The New Age of Myth" in @iojournal.bsky.social. Do we now witness the rise of a political myth of a new age of empires?

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Now on #FirstView, Calvert Jones explores whether reforms undertaken by authoritarian governments improve foreign publics' perceptions of their legitimacy.

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"Wellesley College’s Stacie Goddard and Georgetown University’s Abraham Newman call this emerging order “neo-royalism,” and describe it as a global system dominated by rivalries between a small group of leaders and allied “hyper-elites,” all looking to gain wealth or status."
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The white man’s burden, Trump edition America’s president is repudiating the postwar world fashioned by the US

Great piece by @edwardluce.bsky.social on how to understand the emerging international order. And nice shout out: "strongly recommend this short but seminal paper on “neo-royalism” by Stacie E Goddard and Abraham Newman"
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Yes. A long-term trend @sdhyde.bsky.social & I discuss in this @iojournal.bsky.social piece is the decline of broadcast news in the cable era, which meant a lot of people didn't encounter news incidentally anymore (see Markus Prior's "Post-Broadcast Democracy"). www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

And this article by @soyounglee.bsky.social in @iojournal.bsky.social "The presence of capitalintensive resources-such as oil or minerals-raises concerns about how the benefits of acquiring the territory would be distributed within the nation." www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Reminder to those (like me) who are trying to figure out how to teach international relations this spring. @iojournal.bsky.social special issue- The Future of Global Governance and World Order- includes 16 non-technical ~4000 word essays by experts. #IOFoGG
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Included on @dandrezner.bsky.social's annual list of the best work in IPE is Stacie Goddard and @abenewman.bsky.social's article on neoroyalism in IO's #FOGG special issue. Congrats!

With Great Power Comes Great Insecurity Why stronger states are more fearful than weaker ones.

In this December 2025 Foreign Affairs article, Caleb Pomeroy discusses the policy implications of his #OpenAccess IO article, "The Damocles Delusion: The Sense of Power Inflates Threat Perception in World Politics".

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Will the global trading system weather Trump 2.0? Trump’s 2025 tariff shock marks a sharp turn toward a near-isolationist US trade policy. Yet given that US protectionism is expected to ease, Andreas Dür and Alessia Invernizzi argue that the internat...

💰 Trump’s 2025 tariff shock marks a turn toward a near-isolationist US #TradePolicy.
💱Yet, in their piece based on @iojournal.bsky.social research,
@andduer.bsky.social & @ainvernizzi.bsky.social argue the international trading system is likely to weather the storm.
#TrumpTariffs
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Our final issue of 2025 is out!

On this episode of @goodauth.bsky.social, @erikvoeten.bsky.social talks with @abenewman.bsky.social and Stacie Goddard about their recent IO special issue piece on neoroyalism.

Article:
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Podcast:
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