Pleased to share a new collection of undergraduate student work from my course, The Political Psychology of Global Affairs. Students apply leadership profiling to explore how personality and beliefs shape foreign policy. Read here consuelothiers.com/political-psychology-leader-profiles-2025-26.pdf

📣 FPA colleagues, two award deadlines are coming up fast on 15 July 2026 📅 🌱 Emerging Scholar Award 📝 Alexander George Best Paper Award Self-nominations are welcome. Send nominations to Valerio Vignoli or Jennifer Spindel. Details on the ISA FPA Section page.

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Foreign Policy Analysis Section ISA | 6 followers on LinkedIn. The Foreign Policy Analysis section of the International Studies Association. | The Foreign Policy Analysis Section of the International ...

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Call for Papers – Christian and Christian Democratic Approaches to International Politics www.martenscentre.eu/event/call-f...

Call for Papers – Christian and Christian Democratic Approaches to International Politics

<p>This is a call for paper submissions for a conference taking place on 3–4 December 2026, with a submission deadline of 20 August 2026. The conference invites contributions examining Christian and C...

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📢 Don't miss the upcoming FPA Section award deadlines! 15 July: 🏆 Emerging Scholar Award 📄 Alexander George Best Paper Award 31 July: 🔍 Margaret Hermann Award 📚 Best Book in Foreign Policy Analysis Award Details: www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa...

The 2026 ISA Annual Convention in Columbus is just a few weeks away. Time to celebrate some great scholarship. 🎉 We are excited to announce the 2026 FPA Section Award winners and highlight a few events you will not want to miss. 🧵

@fpa-isa.bsky.social @isamidwest.bsky.social Delighted to share the news about a new book on understanding conflict and war, co-authored with Patrick James. Have a look at -- www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/con...

Degrees of Rivalry: U.S. Paradiplomacy and the Weaponization of Education Policy against Japan and China @fpa-isa.bsky.social Paul Musgrave academic.oup.com/fpa/article/...

Degrees of Rivalry: U.S. Paradiplomacy and the Weaponization of Education Policy against Japan and China

Abstract. Both education and subnational governments have been stereotyped as promoting cooperation and soft power in international relations. In 2023, how

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⏰ Last call: FPA Section travel grants for #ISA2026 (Columbus) — two awards of $750. Priority: grad students, Global South scholars, and those with limited institutional support. Send CV + motivation letter by 1 Oct 2025. Details: www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa...

All Things Work Together for Good: How Bilateral Investment Treaties Affect the Allocation of Foreign Aid @fpa-isa.bsky.social Zhiyuan Wang, Jun Xiang academic.oup.com/fpa/article/...

All Things Work Together for Good: How Bilateral Investment Treaties Affect the Allocation of Foreign Aid

Abstract. Bilateral investment treaties’ (BITs) intended effects can hardly be achieved independent of other policy instruments. We argue that foreign aid

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🌎 #JavierMilei is not merely shifting Argentina's foreign policy but dismantling it's diplomatic institutions, argues @consuelothiers.bsky.social. 💭 As ideology replaces expertise, #Argentina is a stark example of how personalist leadership can upend international relations. 👉 buff.ly/oJPgD5y

Milei’s Argentina and the unmaking of diplomacy

Consuelo Thiers argues that Javier Milei is not merely shifting Argentina's foreign policy but dismantling its diplomatic institutions. As ideology replaces expertise, and institutional norms…

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Asadzade (2025) shows, survey data from Iran before and during the 2024 Iran–Israel confrontation reveal a sharp rise in support for nuclear weapons, driven mainly by security concerns and deterrence needs. academic.oup.com/fpa/article/...

The easiest way to check out candidate symbols and electoral lists for the Moldovan legislative election is www.alegeri.md, which is run by the Adept think tank. One logo made me laugh because it illustrates how rushed the pro-Russian electoral bloc was ...

Have you registered for the BISA-ISA Joint workshops in #Newcastle 2025? The pre-registration deadline is August 15th!! We hope you'll join us in Newcastle, Oct 10-12! buff.ly/iZ4GsxF

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Imanishi (2025) shows that U.S. emergency aid increases not just with media volume, but especially when coverage is diverse in framing—revealing that “attention diversity” significantly shapes bureaucratic responsiveness. academic.oup.com/fpa/article-...

Heimann and Kampf (2025) examine how interpersonal diplomatic offenses, such as degradation and marginalization, disrupt state relations and call for integrating these micro-level interactions into International Relations theory. academic.oup.com/fpa/article/...

🏆 The FPA Section is now accepting nominations for: 🔹 Distinguished Scholar Award (10 June) 🔹 Alexander George Best Paper Award (10 June) 🔹 Best Book in FPA Award (31 July) 🔹 Margaret Hermann Award for Best Text Analysis Paper (31 July) Details: isanet.org/Programs/Award…

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International Studies Association@isanet.bsky.social · last yr.

Leadership in #Africa & the #MiddleEast is complex. Join us to discuss oz7777.bsky.social & drcanbolat.bsky.social's award-winning book, where they profile 14 leaders, explore connections between #Political ideologies & offer insights into #Negotiations: buff.ly/TRVjCdX

Registration is open for a @isanet.bsky.social webinar on Theorizing Emotions in World Politics in memory of Emma Hutchison. 5 June 2025 14:00h GMT. Thanks to chair/participants: @aslifc.bsky.social @freyberg-inan.bsky.social Zaynab El Bernoussi Jessica Auchter isanet-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: In Memory of Emma Hutchison: Theorizing Emotions in World Politics. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Despite its centrality to world politics, emotions were rarely acknowledged as a significant point of engagement and theorization in the discipline of International Relations. That begin to change wit...

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In the face of Trump’s dramatic new trade barriers, Latin American countries are getting more creative, writes Catherine Osborn.

Latin America Jumps up the Priority List

Ten thinkers on the start of the U.S. president’s second term.

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Testing the Waters: Exploring Why Democracies Have More Maritime Conflict @fpa-isa.bsky.social @chaselaspisa.bsky.social @sbmitche.bsky.social academic.oup.com/fpa/article/...

Testing the Waters: Exploring Why Democracies Have More Maritime Conflict

Abstract. While the democratic peace literature finds that pairs of democracies face lower risks for interstate conflict than other regime pairings, the ma

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Binary Role Theory and Modeling the Superpower Confrontation in Ukraine @fpa-isa.bsky.social Stephen G Walker Akan Malici academic.oup.com/fpa/article/...

Binary Role Theory and Modeling the Superpower Confrontation in Ukraine

Abstract. On February 24, 2022, Russian forces invaded Ukraine. Washington responded with economic sanctions and significant military arms and intelligence

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Injustices and Insecurities: Victimhood in Rodrigo Duterte's Populist Script of Philippine Foreign Policy | @fpa-isa.bsky.social Enrico V Gloria academic.oup.com/fpa/article/...

Injustices and Insecurities: Victimhood in Rodrigo Duterte's Populist Script of Philippine Foreign Policy

Abstract. Philippine foreign policy under Rodrigo Duterte is notorious for its abrupt pivot to China and the unraveling of the country's longstanding allia

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Visceral reactions play a role in foreign policy decision-making. Houghton & Mendez’s 2023 study uses somatic marker theory to examine how internal sensations influenced key U.S. decisions from McKinley to Rice. academic.oup.com/fpa/article/...

Do inducements improve the success of military threats? Kwon’s 2024 study finds that combining incentives with compellent threats increases the likelihood of conflict resolution. academic.oup.com/fpa/article/...

🚨 It’s time to put political psychology back at the center of global analysis. My new commentary out today with @rusi.bsky.social : "Bringing the Leader Back In: The Case for Political Psychology in International Affairs" Understanding who leads matters more than ever @edinburghpir.bsky.social

RUSI@rusi.bsky.social · last yr.

Amid rising geopolitical tensions and the resurgence of personalist rule, how essential is it to recenter leaders in strategic analysis? Dr Consuelo Thiers explores this question further in the latest RUSI Commentary.

This promises to be a very timely event in light of global trends. Do join our colleague @dresztersimon.bsky.social who will be co-hosting this event on 6 May. @fpa-isa.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social

Dr Eszter Simon@dresztersimon.bsky.social · last yr.

I'll be co-chairing this @isanet.bsky.social + @trust-ir.bsky.social virtual event w/ @drdavidjwilcox.bsky.social. We've a stellar line-up of speakers: @andrewkydd.bsky.social, Deborah Larson, Nick Wheeler, @vckeating.bsky.social. Register here: tinyurl.com/2dr5n9by. #Trump, #trust, #globalpolitics

@juliacalvert.bsky.social & I argue the importance of leaders in International Political Economy, examining windfall profit taxation in Ecuador & Peru, in @ripejournal.bsky.social

Julia Calvert@juliacalvert.bsky.social · last yr.

Can leadership traits help us explain the way that political leaders manage their economies? We use political psychology and windfall taxes in South America to show that they can. Check out our article on the Profits of Personality doi.org/10.1080/0969...

Meet our newly elected FPA Section Executive Council! 🎉 🔹 President: Burcu Bayram 🔹 VP & Program Chair: Jordan Tama 🔹 At-large Officers: Consuelo Thiers, Jen Spindel, Adriana Boersner & Mariya Omelicheva 🔹 Past President: Falk Ostermann Congrats to all! 🎊 #FPA