All Research Papers Published In Journal of International Relations and Development

Research Article
10.1057/s41268-025-00348-7

Arms embargo monitoring at the UN Security Council: expert cliques, recognition cycles, and the emergence of new practice

Apr 14, 2025
Journal of International Relations and Development
Aurel Niederberger

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10.1057/s41268-024-00338-1

Mothers’ grief and love in war and resistance: visuals, aesthetics and storytelling

Mar 28, 2025
Journal of International Relations and Development
Amya Agarwal

Research Article
10.1057/s41268-025-00342-z

Profiting from prestige: the political economy of mega-events in Azerbaijan

Feb 13, 2025
Journal of International Relations and Development
Jody Laporte

Why do rentier states seek out hosting rights for major international events? This article investigates this question through a qualitative case study of mega-events programs in Azerbaijan. Since gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, hydrocarbon exports have formed the backbone of the country’s economy and the main source of rents for ruling elites. Focusing on the development of Azerbaijan’s events industry in the 2000’s and 2010’s, the article uses available evidence and process tracing techniques to develop the hypothesis that Azerbaijan’s elites sought out hosting rights, at least in part, to diversify their sources of private rents. By problematising the direction of causality between mega-events and rent-seeking behaviour, this analysis expands current theories on states’ motivations for hosting these events and contributes to existing understandings about how these proceedings serve to support and sustain rentier regimes.

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10.1057/s41268-024-00331-8

When structural factors that cause interethnic violence work in favour of peace: The story of Baljvine, a warless Bosnian-Herzegovinian peace mosaic

May 13, 2024
Journal of International Relations and Development
Faris Kočan + 2 more +2

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10.1057/s41268-023-00308-z

How individuals shape informal institutions: Analyzing contending norm promotion in the Global South

Sep 01, 2023
Journal of International Relations and Development
Michal Kolmaš + 1 more +1

Addendum
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10.1057/s41268-023-00307-0

Correction to: What my body taught me about being a scholar of Ukraine and from Ukraine in times of Russia’s war of aggression

Aug 30, 2023
Journal of International Relations and Development
Darya Tsymbalyuk

In the original publication of the article, the name of bell hooks was spelled incorrectly and the name has been corrected. Publisher's Note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

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10.1057/s41268-023-00300-7

Responsibility not to be silent: Academic knowledge production about the war against Ukraine and knowledge diplomacy

Aug 14, 2023
Journal of International Relations and Development
Natalia Chaban + 1 more +1

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10.1057/s41268-023-00297-z

‘We are at war’: Reflections on positionality and research as negotiation in post-2022 Ukraine

Jul 13, 2023
Journal of International Relations and Development
Vera Axyonova + 1 more +1

Research Article
10.1057/s41268-023-00295-1

Stratification gone awry: system rigidity, agency restraint and tiered membership in intergovernmental organizations

May 08, 2023
Journal of International Relations and Development
Sebastian Knecht

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10.1057/s41268-022-00286-8

Is European enlargement policy a form of non-democracy promotion?

Jan 07, 2023
Journal of International Relations and Development
Dušan Pavlović