International Studies Association Research Articles

Community and governance beyond the nation-state in the 21st century: introduction to the special issue on the legacy of Ernst B. Haas

ABSTRACT Ernst B. Haas was a leading authority on international relation theory who pioneered the fields of European integration and supra-national governance. This Special Issue re-evaluates the significance of his work for the present time and explores lesser known research areas opened by the founder of neo-functionalism. Two workshops at the European University Institute, Florence, in 2023 and the International Studies Association in 2024, produced original articles by scholars whose work builds on and engages with Haas’ approach. They address topics ranging from the role of expertise in politics, and the tension between liberalism and nationalism, to the rise of policy areas such as environmental change, human rights and migration. Haas’ work on these themes makes a crucial contribution to understand current global challenges. To complement this picture, an essay by Peter Haas links Ernst Haas’ intellectual development to his life experience.

Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Professional Associations: Experiences from Security Studies

Abstract The International Security Studies Section (ISSS) of the International Studies Association aims to promote the study of global, international, regional, and national security—broadly conceived. Over the past decade, ISSS has also sought to improve diversity and inclusion for its membership, culminating in its Taskforce on Diversity in Security Studies. In this forum, taskforce organizers, researchers, and participants examine the ways in which ISSS has collected data and then acted to improve both experiences and outcomes for historically excluded scholars, using an intersectional approach but with a specific focus on race. By critically reflecting on the role of professional associations in combatting racism in academia, using the case study of ISSS, the forum has two aims. First, we hope that by sharing ISSS experiences and processes, we may encourage other professional associations to self-reflect on how they may contribute to racial injustice, as well as how they can reveal and counteract racial oppression. Second, rather than solely focusing on goals and outcomes, the forum also gives voice to personal perspectives of researchers and participants to highlight how it is people who ultimately make up the heart of efforts to challenge racism and discrimination.

No voice for the Global South – analysing the Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA)

The article contributes to the postcolonial and decolonial debate on epistemic inequality in International Relations (IR) research by analysing the global representation of universities at the Annual Convention of the International Studies Association in Toronto in 2019. The results are fourfold. First, the overwhelmingly represented Western countries are mostly located at universities in North America and Europe. Second, universities located in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) are largely underrepresented compared to their population size and number of universities. Third, even in so- called Global South panels, the representation of scholars from the Global North is much higher than that of academics from the Global South. Fourth, the representation gap also holds true when analysing researcher mobility and individual publication records. The implications of the case study results shed light on the difficulties of analysing epistemic violence without contributing oneself to the prevalent asymmetries.

Forum: Navigating the Global South Landscape: Insights and Implications for Representation and Inclusion in ISA Journals

Abstract The International Studies Association (ISA) is widely recognized as an American-European-centric professional organization, with Global South scholars traditionally representing a minority of its membership. This pattern largely reflects the development of the International Relations (IR) discipline and its publication trends. In this Forum, we examine the progress made in the representation of Global South scholars within the IR discipline over the past decade, specifically focusing on the ISA as the primary professional body for IR scholars. We tackle some issues the Global South Task Force (GSTF) highlighted to a more assertive representativeness of the Global South within the ISA. Our analysis concentrates on ISA's journals data tracking to capture the current state of affairs and foster dialogue on developing inventive solutions to enhance diversity, intellectual plurality, and scholarly cultures within the IR discipline. Rather than resorting to outright criticism, we adopt a constructive stance, discussing attempted solutions and proposing steps to advance the discipline.

International Studies and Struggles for Inclusion

Abstract In the 3 years between the 2019 and 2022 International Studies Association (ISA) meetings, the profound state of global economic, social, and political upheaval around the world has become unavoidably evident for much, if not most, of the world. Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, movements for inclusion and resulting backlashes sprang up across the globe. As scholars of international affairs, the members of the ISA seek to understand and contextualize world events. However, our members and the organization itself are not passive observers of history. These struggles directly influence the personal experiences of many of our members, within and beyond our profession. For these reasons, ISA leadership felt that it was important to mark the 2022 meeting with a Sapphire Series panel to discuss ``International Studies and Struggles for Inclusion.'' The panel brought together ISA members from various sections and backgrounds to offer diverse perspectives on a host of topics: How does the field of international studies understand these developments? How do struggles for inclusion affect our members and community of social scientists? And perhaps most importantly, what should the ISA be doing about them, in terms of both scholarship and organizational decisions?

English School Special Section

This is a series of solicited articles requested by the editors of Vol. 51, emerging from a roundtable discussion held at the 2022 International Studies Association Convention. Each short contribution seeks to demonstrate the newest research of the English School of International Relations. These contributions tackle key questions including: the decline of liberal hegemony, the rise of China, the divide between soldaristic and pluralistic ethics, the engagement of the English School with Area Studies, theoretical approaches to grounding English School research and an investigation of the English School’s intellectual legacy. Section spéciale École anglaise

International politics of migration in times of ‘crisis’ and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic

AbstractA much-anticipated end of the COVID-19 pandemic is on the horizon. It is important to reflect on the ways in which the pandemic has impacted the international politics of migration and especially on the migration-security nexus, which is still little understood but affecting policies and population movements with future implications. How the pandemic has shaped tradeoffs between securitization of migration, health, and economic concerns in governing migration? What are the new trends emerging from the pandemic on the migration-security nexus? And how can we study these in the coming years? This Research Note features insights from scholars associated with the British International Studies Association’s working group on the ‘International Politics of Migration, Refugees and Diaspora’. They argue that the pandemic has exacerbated tendencies for migration control beyond reinforcing nation-state borders, namely through foregrounding ‘riskification’ of migration discourses and practices, adding to an earlier existing securitization of migration considered as a ‘threat’. Digital controls at borders and beyond were ramped up, as were racial tropes and discrimination against migrants and mobile persons more generally. These trends deepen the restrictions on liberal freedoms during a period of global democratic backsliding, but also trigger a counter-movement where the visibility of migrants as ‘key workers’ and their deservingness in host societies has been enhanced, and diasporas became more connected to their countries of origin. This Research Note finds that enhanced controls, on the one side, and openings for visibility of migrants and transnational connectivity of diasporas, on the other, are worthy to study in the future as political trends per se. Yet, it would be also interesting to study them as interconnected in a dual movement of simultaneous restriction and inclusion, and in an interdependent world where the power of nation-states has been reasserted due to the pandemic, but migrant transnationalism has remained largely intact.

<i>Intercultural Communication Under New Challenges</i>. The 14<sup>th</sup> RISA Convention

MGIMO University started a new academic year with the 14th Russian International Studies Association (RISA) Convention. Held on October 13th–15th the Convention invited leading scholars to discuss historical, socio-economic, political, and legal aspects of shaping a new world order. Its traditional interdepartmental panel Intercultural Communication this year brought together speakers from Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Uruguay, and Iran to discuss cultural diversity under new challenges. An interdisciplinary array of 52 reports by philosophers, culturologists, linguists, political scientists, regionalists, religious scholars, art historians and specialists in the field of media studies presented a vivid picture of modern research in the sphere of intercultural communication. The reports and exchange of opinions encouraged scientists to investigate related academic fields and expand their theoretical horizons by getting acquainted with the achievements of interdisciplinary research in related fields of knowledge. Among the most discussed topics that aroused keen interest of the audience are the following: a new linguistic reality of intercultural interaction on the example of the evolution of the Spanish language, the preservation of the cultural heritage of peoples in the context of globalization, various ways of visualizing culture and their influence on the formation of regional and national identity, philosophical understanding the challenges facing traditional manifestations of culture and much more. The session demonstrated that intercultural communication lying at the intersection of multiple parties’ interests remains flexible and adaptable and the dialogue of cultures is a reciprocal and ever-important process.

Ask a Political Scientist: A Conversation with Cynthia Enloe about Gender and Global Politics

Ask a Political Scientist: A Conversation with Cynthia Enloe about Gender and Global Politics

Analysis of Transaction Volume and Stock Return on the Indonesia Stock Exchange

This study is intended to examine the Rupiah Exchange Rate, Inflation, Oil Price as part of macro fundamental variables and Return on Equity, Firm Size, Debt to Equity Ratio, Dividend Payout Ratio, Foreign Value as part of micro fundamentals on Stock Transaction Volume and its implications for Stock Returns. The objects in this study are automotive companies and their components listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the period 2011-2017 by using panel data regression in conducting the analysis. The variables in the first research model that have a significant effect are Rupiah Exchange Rate, Oil Price, Dividend Payout Ratio with a negative correlation to Stock Transaction Volume, while Return on Equity, Debt to Equity Ratio have a positive correlation. In the second research model. References Simpson, Christopher. (1988) BlowBack: America’s Recruitment of Nazis and its Effects on the Cold War. New York: Wheatland Corporation. "Israel Arms Control and Proliferation Profile." The Arms Control Association (July 2013). Goldblat, Jozef (2002). Arms Control: A Guide to Negotiations and Agreements (London: Sage Publications Ltd., 2004). Smith, Roger K. "Explaining the Nonproliferation Regime: Anomalies for Contemporary International Relations Theory," Spring 1987. International Organisation 41, no.2. 253. Jozef Goldblat, F. Barnaby, B. Jasani, and J. Rotblat ed.(2020). Nuclear Energy and the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. 302. Londres: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Chari, P.R. (March 2011). "From CTBT to FMCT: India's Nuclear Debate." IPCS Issue Summary. Walsh, Jim (2005). Learning from Past Achievements: The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Future of Non-Proliferation (Stockholm, Sweden: Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission. 2013 "Fact Sheet: North Korea's Nuclear and Ballistic Missile Programs" by Kim, Duyeon. Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Center. "Israel Arms Control and Proliferation Profile." (2013) Association for Arms Control. New York: Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (2005). (2-27 May, 2005). Keller, William W. Janne E. Nolan (Winter 1997-98). Foreign Policy, "Proliferation of Advanced Weapons: A Threat to Stability." "Communication Received from Several Member States Regarding Export Guidelines for Nuclear Materials, Equipment, and Technology" (1978) February Circular INFCIRC/254 from the International Atomic Energy Agency. Rudney, Robert. and Anthony T.J. (1996). Beyond COCOM: A Comparison of Five National Export Control Systems and Their Implications for a Multilateral Non-Proliferation Regime Comparative Strategy 15, no. 1 (January/March 1996), pp. 41-57. Young, Oran R. (1986) "International Regimes: Toward a New Theory of Institutions," World Politics, vol. 106, p. 106. Tertrais, Bruno (ed) Henry D. Sokolski. Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College. Houston Wood (2008) Alexander Glaser and Scott Kemp, "The gas centrifuge and the proliferation of nuclear weapons," 61 Physics Today (3). Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye, Power and Interdependence (1977). Little, Brown, in Boston Bhonsle Rahul K. Ved Prakash and Kulwant Rai Gupta, (2007) "Indo-U.S. Civil Nuclear Agreement," Atlantic Publishers & Distrib. 33. India's economy is expanding faster than China's at present (2015) The Economist, nineteen February. Keohane In Power and Interdependence, Robert O. and Joseph S. Nye (2001) wrote "Realism and Complex Interdependence." 23. Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye, editors. New York: Longman. Stein, Arthur A., "Coordination and collaboration: regimes in an anarchic world," in International Regimes, edited by Stephen D. Krasner (New York: Cornell University Press, 1983), 117. International Responses to Technology: Concepts and Trends, by John Gerard Ruggie. Summer 1975 issue of International Organization, volume 29, number 3: 570 pages. The shrewdness of Andreas. Integrating Theories of International Regimes. Peter Mayer and Volker Rittberger, 2000. British International Studies Association, Review of International Studies, volume 26, number 1 (January), pages 3–33. Haas, Ernst (1980) "Technological Self-Sufficiency for Latin America: The OAS Contribution." Autumn 1980 issue of International Organization, number 4: 553. Jervis, Robert. "Security Regimes," in International Regimes, edited by Stephen D. Krasner, 186, Cornell University Press, New York, 1983. Keohane Robert 0. Lisa L. Martin (Summer, 1995). Institutionalist Theory's Prospects. International Security, volume 20, issue 1: 39-51. Has, Ernst B. (1983). "Words Can Hurt: Who Said What to Whom About Regimes," in International Regimes, edited by Stephen D. Krasner, New York: Cornell University Press, pp. 38-39. Rebecca Johnson. (2014) "Time warps in Nuclear Non-Proliferation." Liberal Democracy.

A Policy Perspective on Multilateral Export Control Regime (MECR): Theoretical Discourse

A Policy Perspective on Multilateral Export Control Regime (MECR): Theoretical Discourse

XIII RISA Convention: <i>Intercultural Communication</i> Section

On October 15–16 the 13th Russian International Studies Association Convention took place in MGIMO, Moscow. The Department of Philosophy named after A. F. Shishkin and the editorial board of the journal Concept: Philosophy, Religion, Culture hosted the Intercultural Communication section with the great support of the organizers of the Convention. Researchers that took part in the Section represented many countries such as Abkhazia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Spain, Iran, Moldova, Serbia and the USA, and many Russian cities — Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Chita, Rostov-on-Don, Vladimir, Nizhny Novgorod, and Irkutsk. Online streaming gathered a wide audience from all over the world from Russia to Uruguay and Japan. Specialists from various academic backgrounds in social and cultural studies discussed intercultural communication in several sessions. Philosophers, linguists, political and cultural reseactors, specialists in arts, media, and regional studies were engaged in active debates on the presented reports and talks. The exchange of viewpoints and perspectives is beneficial for both experts in their field and interdisciplinary research: it introduces inspiring ideas, impressive results, and new visions. Moreover, the dialogue itself was an example of intercultural communication with the academic community involved in a fruitful and engaging conversation on the most exciting topics in the field.

Vietnam as a Linchpin Between Russia and ASEAN

The article presents an overview of the international conference Russia and ASEAN in Asia-Pacific Region: Dynamic of Cooperation, Regional Processes and the Global Context that was held at MGIMO University on October 15-16, 2021. The event was a part of the 13th Russian International Studies Association (RISA) Convention. This year the conference was dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Russia-ASEAN Dialogue Partnership and 30th anniversary of their bilateral relations. The overview is focused on the presentations, covering Russia-Vietnam relations and the role of Vietnam in ASEAN-Russia partnership, as well as Vietnams position within the region.

Eurasian Regionalism as a Research Agenda. Interview with Dr. Mikhail A. Molchanov, University of Salamanca, Spain

Mikhail Aleksandrovich Molchanov is a prominent Canadian political scholar, professor and publicist. He has worked as a senior policy analyst for the Government of Canada and a professor of political science at several Canadian universities. He held a visiting professor appointment at the American University of Sharjah, UAE, and several visiting research appointments at the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies, Waseda University and Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, Japan, and at the United Nations University Institute of Comparative Regional Studies (UNU-CRIS) in Brugge, Belgium. Dr. Molchanovs research focuses on international relations in Eurasia and international political economy of regional integration. His research projects have been supported by the United States Institute of Peace, The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, the United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS), the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS), Japan Foundation, Soros Foundations, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation. In 2011, he was awarded the Japan Foundations prestigious Japanese Studies Fellowship, and in 2012, elected Foreign Member of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine. He is the winner of the inaugural Robert H. Donaldson prize of the International Studies Association for the best paper study of the post-communist region. He sits on the Board of the Global and International Studies Program, University of Salamanca, Spain. Dr. Molchanov has published extensively on comparative politics and international relations of the post-communist states. He has authored and co-authored 7 books and nearly 120 articles and book chapters, including, most recently, Eurasian Regionalisms and Russian Foreign Policy [Molchanov 2016a], and Management Theory for Economic Systems [Molchanov, Molchanova 2018], as well as Eurasian Regionalism: Ideas and Practices [Molchanov 2015], Russias Leadership of Regional Integration in Eurasia [Molchanov 2016b], The Eurasian Economic Union [Molchanov 2018a], New Regionalism and Eurasia [Molchanov 2018b], Russian Security Strategy and the Geopolitics of Energy in Eurasia [Molchanov 2019], and Eurasian Regionalisms and Russias Pivot to the East: The Role of ASEAN [Molchanov 2014]. In his interview Dr. Molchanov talks about the formation of Eurasian studies in the U.S., Europe and the post-Soviet states, leading scientists in this area and periodicals. Special attention is paid to the perception of the Eurasian space in Western countries, to the prospects for further institutionalization of the Eurasian Economic Union, to the partnership between Russia and China and to Russia - EU relations.

Революция В России И Меняющийся “Баланс Сил” В Европе: Преемственность И Новизна (1917–1925 Гг.) (Russian Revolution and Evolving “Balance of Power” in Europe: Continuity and Change (1917–1925))

Russian abstract: Рассматривая Российскую революцию 1917 г. как одну из ключевых вех истории XX в., автор стремится выявить ее краткосрочные последствия по одному из немаловажных параметров – трансформация «баланса сил» в Европе с момента Октябрьских событий до Локарнских соглашений 1925 г. Исходя из тезиса о неабсолютном характере любого, даже революционного «разрыва» исторического процесса, ставится вопрос о чертах преемственности и новизны в ситуации на континенте до 1914 г. и после 1917 г. В условиях текущей нестабильности в Европе изучение постреволюционного периода призвано дать дополнительный эмпирический материал для потенциального прогнозирования современной ситуации, а также рассмотреть значение Революции 1917 г. под новым ракурсом, что отвечает растущему интересу в общественных и академических кругах к событиям столетней давности. Статья построена на анализе корпуса дипломатических и военных документов, характеризующих деятельность ведущих европейских стран в заявленный период с помощью классических методов исторической дисциплины, которые, однако, дополняются концепциями из сферы политологии и исторической социологии. Рассматривая «баланс сил» преимущественно в его «статическом» измерении (баланс как соотношение «потенциалов мощи»), автор вместе с тем учитывает и его «динамический» аспект при анализе оценок желаемого «европейского равновесия», которые выдвигали различные государственные и политические деятели в рассматриваемый период. По результатам проведенного исследования было выявлено три ключевых трансформации «баланса сил», непосредственно связанных с Революцией 1917 г.: 1) ослабление позиций Советской России по сравнению с Российской империей; 2) возникновение новых государств на Востоке Европы, ликвидировавших общую довоенную российско-германскую границу; 3) усиление роли идеологического фактора и его влияния на стратегические расчеты и политику европейских государств. Вместе с тем каждая из указанных трансформаций осталась относительной по своему значению. При всей ослабленности Советской России, новое государство, сохранив значительные территории, людские и природные ресурсы, продолжало играть важную роль в общеевропейском и глобальном «балансе сил»; новый барьер на западных границах России и на восточных границах Германии не выглядел абсолютно прочным и неизменным, что подтачивало его значение; наконец, идеологический фактор, смягчаемый надеждами на «эволюцию» большевизма, не препятствовал попыткам выстраивания отношений, исходя из стратегических расчетов, хотя и никогда не исчезал полностью. English abstract: Viewing the Russian revolution of 1917 as one of key points of the international history in the XX century, author tries to discern its short-term influence on important aspect of international evolution, namely, “balance of power” and its transformation from October uprising to Locarno agreements of 1925. Basing on thesis that even revolutionary “rupture” of historical process is not absolute, this article asks the question about continuity and change in European situation before 1914 and after 1917. Actual conditions on European continent of the XXI century characterized by dangerous instability stimulate to research the post-revolutionary period which have potential prognostic function giving a new empiric material to envisage future developments. Rising attention to the history of 1917 in the Russian society and academia propelled by the centenary of Revolution stimulates to analyze its significance and consequences in the light of a new theoretical approach and methodology. This article combines classic historical narrative based on the analyses of the diplomatic and military documents throwing light on strategic policies of Great Powers, and methodological approaches borrowed from political neo-realism and historical sociology. Author analyses “balance of power” chiefly in its “static” form (as force ratio) but adds “dynamic” dimension to it speaking about estimates of “European equilibrium” made by the decision-makers during the period under research. This article concludes that there were three major transformations in the European “balance of power” linked to the Revolution of 1917: first, the positions of new, Soviet Russia were weaker than those of its predecessor; second, the new states which emerged in the East of Europe created a “fosse” between Russia and Germany, limitrophes before the First World War; finally, impact of ideological factor on “balance of power” became more pronounced and it was directly included in the important strategic estimates. In the same time each of these changes didn’t have absolute character. Though Soviet Russia was weaker, it managed to conserve huge territories, reservoirs of manpower and resources which gave its weight on the international scene and role in the post-war European and global “equilibrium”. New “eastern barrier” on the Western frontiers of Russia and Eastern frontiers of Germany wasn’t regarded as very solid and fixed which lessened its role, and even ideological enmity though staying in the background didn’t prevent the Realpolitik basing on the strategic interests and calculations. Paper presented at the XI Convention of the Russian International Studies Association (RISA) (Moscow, September 2017)

Presentation: The emerging powers and the contemporary world order: dilemmas, tensions, and possibilities

We present the special issue “The emerging powers and the contemporary world order: dilemmas, tensions, and possibilities”, organized and published by the journal Sociedade e Cultura from the University of Goias. The debates that have been done in the last years in the Research Group on Middle Powers (GPPM) and the Research Group in Asia-Pacific (GEPAP/UEPB) has called attention to the necessity to organize events and publications that strand together some thoughts concerning such topic. Henceforth, workshops and panels were organized in academic meetings on National Association of Graduate Studies and Research in Social Sciences (ANPOCS), on the Brazilian Association of International Relations (ABRI), and on the International Studies Association (ISA); and now, we are glad to organize this special issue, which represents an important moment of synthesis of some reflections regarding the emergence processes of new middle powers and their impacts to the contemporary world order.

R. Scott Appleby: From a Footnote to a Distinguished Scholar Award Winner

This essay is a reminder of the briar path towards recognition of religion as an essential factor in International Relations (IR) and in its major academic organization, the International Studies Association (ISA). To positivists in IR, religion stands in sharp contrast to reason and is not to be taken seriously. A significant review article published in World Politics in 2008 is cited here as an example. It refers to the work of R. Scott Appleby and others as literature “in the public sphere”—which is “outside of the concerns of political science” and “not of interest”—and thus it is only mentioned in a footnote. In 2019 the ISA’s Religion and International Relations Section gave its Distinguished Scholar Award to Professor Appleby, which is in part a statement of a recommitment to keep challenging this attitude.

Introduction: Essays in Honor of R. Scott Appleby

This essay serves as an introduction to a special symposium of essays in The Review of Faith & International Affairs in honor of R. Scott Appleby, one of the pioneers and luminaries in the field of religion and international affairs. The essay also discusses the reasons why R. Scott Appleby received the Distinguished Scholar Award of the Religion and International Relations Section of the International Studies Association (ISA).

The Visual International Relations Project

Abstract International studies, which in the twenty-first century exists as a global, multifaceted and interdisciplinary enterprise, is ready for a turn toward graphic communication. Evidence is mounting that the complexity of international studies is over and beyond what can be managed, intellectually speaking, through an approach that relies overwhelmingly on the exchange of words. Effective communication throughout international studies requires a turn toward graphic means. Thus, the Visual International Relations Project (VIRP) is introduced in this article as a pathway toward more effective conveyance between and among sectors of international studies. Work within the VIRP focuses on creation of an archive that will be available to members of the International Studies Association (ISA). Work proceeds in six sections. The first section provides an overview of the communication-related challenges facing international studies as scholarship becomes increasingly global in scope and diverse with regard to theorizing and methods applied. Section two makes the case for a visual approach to combat intellectual isolation that is intensifying as a result of communication through words alone. Along with a few alternatives in section three, the foundation for a recommended graphic turn, systemism, is introduced. Systemism emphasizes completeness and visual representation of theorizing. Section four applies a graphic method based on systemism to depict works of scholarship in a common format. Value added from visual representation of these scholarly works is demonstrated in section five, within which communication takes place between and among them. Section six sums up the contributions of the graphic approach based on systemism and explores future directions for research.

Re-visioning International Studies: Innovation and Progress

Abstract The 2019 theme for the International Studies Association's sixtieth annual convention was “Re-visioning International Studies: Innovation and Progress.” This theme challenged scholars to reflect on and overcome the methodological and theoretical differences that threaten to cloister international studies scholarship into silos. Communicating across these divides will not only facilitate progress in international studies scholarship but will also help to convey scholarly findings to policy circles and to have a positive impact on how local and global orders are constructed. The articles in this special issue identify opportunities to reenvision established theoretical and methodological assumptions, find common ground across different perspectives, and propose ways to incorporate and unify diverse approaches to international studies.