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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/19…

How has election monitoring evolved over time? Yukawa & Sakamoto’s 2024 study uses text analysis of monitoring reports to show a shift toward broader scrutiny beyond just election day activities. academic.oup.com/fpa/article/20…

How do leaders’ emotions influence international rivalries? Thiers’ 2024 study examines Evo Morales’s changing emotional responses to Chile and their impact on Bolivia’s foreign policy behavior. academic.oup.com/fpa/article/20…

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/20…

Do arms embargoes reduce violence against civilians? Jadoon & Early’s 2024 study finds that while embargoes aim to limit conflict, they may lead governments to increase civilian repression—unless alternative suppliers offset the restrictions. academic.oup.com/fpa/article-ab…

🚨 New article🚨 How is diversity linked to credibility in foreign policy? Färber’s 2025 study finds that German foreign policy discourse frames equal representation as essential to being seen as a credible actor abroad. academic.oup.com/fpa/article/21…

🚨 New article🚨 Do economic sanctions affect sovereign credit ratings? Biglaiser, Lee & Lektzian’s 2025 study finds that sanctions raise borrowing costs and lower bond ratings in developing countries. academic.oup.com/fpa/article/21…

🚨 New article🚨 How does China manage border disputes while maintaining its peaceful rise? Hou (2025) explores China's use of strategic deception—blending ambiguity, inducement, and limited coercion. academic.oup.com/fpa/article-ab…

Huang’s (2023) analysis shows that ASEAN’s consensus-building in the South China Sea compels China to institutionalize restraint, driven by identity and legitimacy concerns. academic.oup.com/fpa/article/19…

How can role theory help us understand the U.S.–Russia confrontation over Ukraine? Walker and Malici apply binary role theory to model how each superpower constructed its foreign policy identity from NATO expansion in 1994 to Russia’s 2022 invasion. academic.oup.com/fpa/article/21…

What drives elected officials to engage with foreign security policy in democracies? Walter C. Ladwig III shows that in India’s Lok Sabha, electoral security, party affiliation, and social identity shape parliamentary attention—not just public salience. academic.oup.com/fpa/article/21…

Vignoli and Baraldi (2024) show that left-wing governments secure higher parliamentary backing, and that inclusive, humanitarian missions face less opposition than strategic ones. academic.oup.com/fpa/article/20…

🚨 New article 🚨 What role does the current level of nuclear latency play in U.S. influence over allies’ capabilities? Yang (2025) finds that initial U.S. backing helps build capacity, but becomes a constraint once a protégé nears weapons-ready status. academic.oup.com/fpa/article/21…

🚨 New article🚨 Fritzler, Grøn, and Wivel (2025) show that these states shape international norms through processual leadership, especially by enabling deliberative spaces around the R2P. academic.oup.com/fpa/article/21…

🚨 New article📷 When do firms stay in sanctioned states during wartime? Phạm (2025) shows that firms with high economic vulnerability, especially in extractive sectors or with major assets, are less likely to exit Russia after sanctions. academic.oup.com/fpa/article/21…

🚨 New article🚨 Fracalossi de Moraes (2025) shows Brazil banned anti-personnel mines but not cluster munitions due to lower perceived military and economic adjustment costs. academic.oup.com/fpa/article/21…

Dörfler (2025) argues that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was driven by groupthink and loss-framed risk amplification among Putin’s inner circle, consistent with prospect theory. academic.oup.com/fpa/article/21…

How do publics respond to coercive vs. persuasive foreign messaging? Davies, Edney, and Williams (2025) find that even mild persuasive messages from China on UK nuclear investment backfired—security threat perceptions consistently fueled public resistance. academic.oup.com/fpa/article/21…

Oestman and Passmore (2024) show that while leadership change often disrupts peacekeeping contributions, democracies maintain more consistent commitments due to institutional constraints and overlapping domestic preferences. academic.oup.com/fpa/article/20…

Cadier (2024) argues that populist governments politicize foreign policy by opposing predecessors, instrumentalizing diplomacy for domestic battles, and prioritizing internal political incentives over external strategic logic. academic.oup.com/fpa/article/20…