Our fourth and final issue of 2026 is out now, and you can find everything from sabotage to trolling to robotics within! 🌎🤖💥
cambridge.org/core/journals/…
The Emma Hutchison Book Prize for Emotions in World Politics!
Super thrilled and grateful to @MYBISA and @BISAWG_Emotions.
Details below and more to follow on the BISA website.
‼️🏆Introducing the Emma Hutchison Book Prize for Emotions in World Politics
A new prize from the @MYBISA Emotions in Politics and International Relations (EPIR) Working Group, established in collaboration with Professor @rbleiker.
📩Nominations: EPIR.group@bisa.ac.uk
Today, 35 international journals joined an initiative supprting Intellectual Authorship over Artificial intelligence. Read statement and see our fellow signatories here iaoverai.org
Authors can find our policy on AI here: tinyurl.com/3ysaa9mf@MYBISA@EdinburghPIR
A phenomenal moment in the Senate.
Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta.
Smith denies it.
Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury.
Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland.
Watch the whole thing:
I am not given to hyperbole when it comes to university industrial relations, but this feels like an existential event. The heart of the university is being torn out, with long-lasting consequences. These strikes are a last-ditch attempt to stop that. Will anyone listen?
ALT Conference 2027
Manchester, UK
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Fragmenting orders, shared futures:
Global politics in turbulent times
Submission deadline: Friday 6 November
Website: conference.bisa.ac.uk
Note change of date!
30 June - 2
July
Oasis behind on their planning creates sh*tstorm supernova for your favourite plucky int’l studies conference but don’t book back in anger — just come a couple weeks later
📣 #BISA2027 date change - 30 June - 2 July 📣
Recently announced Oasis concerts coinciding with original conference dates have had a significant impact on hotel availability and prices for delegates. The move will help keep the conference accessible
👉 bisa.ac.uk/news/important-an…
ALT Conference 2027
Manchester, UK
Fragmenting orders, shared futures:
Global politics in turbulent times
Call for papers out now
Website: conference.bisa.ac.uk
Submissions open:
28 September
NEW DATES!!
30 June - 2
July 2027
🇨🇳 NEW: "Security provider meets security seekers: Explaining the support for China’s Global Security Initiative through role alignment" by Sebastian Biba (@goetheuni) & Julia Gurol.
📑👉 Open access - read here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…
🇬🇧 NEW: "Political myth and the generation of ontological security: The case of UK responses to terrorism" by Xander Kirke (@NorthumbriaUni).
📚👉 Open access - read here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…
📣 Our #BISA2027 call and homepage is OPEN NOW 📣
'Fragmenting orders, shared futures: Global politics in turbulent times' 🌍
Have a look at our call down below - submissions for papers open on the 28th of September 🌟
Find out more here 👉 ow.ly/Irtg50ZMtXe
ALT BISA logo, Manchester skyline, Conference 2027
Manchester, UK
Fragmenting orders, shared futures:
Global politics in turbulent times
Call for papers out now
Website: conference.bisa.ac.uk
Submissions open:
28 September
16-18 June
Michael Magcamit, 'Neocolonial decoloniality?: Ontological (in)security and the Pantayong Pananaw master fantasy', Review of International Studies cambridge.org/core/services/…
Carney: "Our rail cars on our long distance and remote routes are more than 70 years old. They were built when the NHL had six teams. Goalies wouldn't wear masks. The Leafs would win the cup. That's a long time ago."
Meet our new associate editor! Georg Löfflmann (@gloefflmann)'s research sits at the intersection of IR and Critical Security Studies, exploring how identity, security narratives and discourse shape politics, with a focus on US foreign policy, populism and political psychology!
ALT BISA
Studies
Association
Virtual Conference 2027
Conflict and cooperation in a changing world
11-13 January
Online via Zoom
Register now!
Website: virtualconference.bisa.ac.uk
#VirtualBISA2027
For folks interested in both an empirically accurate and politically helpful examination of the US university in this moment: bu.edu/bulawreview/2026/07/3…