War and security foreign policies 152 Why states prefer certain military/strategic options over
others: the role of strategic culture 157 Preventing war: creating stable balances of power …

Abstract Research on the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has often privileged
analyses on voting patterns, that is, how countries position themselves whenever a …

In July 2014 during the sixth BRICS summit, the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and
South Africa launched the Fortaleza Declaration and Action Plan, suggesting a further …

The question of whether intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) have a socialization effect
on member state preferences is central to international relations. However, empirical studies …

This article explores the first declaredly populist and Eurosceptical Italian government's role
as a potential driver of de-Europeanization dynamics in Italian foreign policy. After …

Existing research suggests that European Union member states are increasingly able to act
in concert in the United Nations General Assembly. Based on several hundred co-ordination …

The last two decades following the AKP's coming to power in 2002 witnessed the advent of a
burgeoning relationship between Turkey and Africa. This study assesses to what extent the …

Abstract The European Union (EU) has laboured hard to gain the right to make oral
interventions in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in pursuit of a more active …

Traditionally, international organizations (IOs) are arenas for state–state cooperation, but
more often than not regional organizations and groups (ROs) can acquire formal status …

In many international institutions, contested norms pass via voting. Although votes express
national positions, dynamic vote shifts are a widespread phenomenon. Why do states …