State personhood and ontological security as a framework of existence: moving beyond identity, discovering sovereignty

NC Krickel-Choi - Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
The concepts of 'self'and 'identity'are often implicitly conflated in constructivist research,
limiting our understanding of important theoretical issues. The Ontological Security Studies …

Tactical hedging as coalition-building signal: The evolution of Quad and AUKUS in the Indo-Pacific

K Koga - The British Journal of Politics and International …, 2025‏ - journals.sagepub.com
How are the rise, fall, and evolution of minilateralism in the Indo-Pacific region explained?
To address this question, I examine the cases of the Quad and AUKUS, and argue that they …

Exploring global Korea scholarship as a public diplomacy tool

KJ Ayhan, M Gouda, H Lee - Journal of Asian and African …, 2022‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Through international student mobility programs, such as Global Korea Scholarship (GKS),
countries aim to influence international students' beliefs about and attitudes toward the host …

Exchange diplomacy: theory, policy and practice in the Fulbright program

M Bettie - Place branding and public diplomacy, 2020‏ - Springer
Educational and cultural exchanges are a highly regarded form of public diplomacy, aimed
at the promotion of mutual understanding and fostering international goodwill through …

Thousands of dormant ambassadors: Challenges and opportunities for relationship-building between Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) recipients and South Koreans

E Varpahovskis - Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia, 2022‏ - koreascience.kr
Abstract Through the Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) program, the government of the
Republic of Korea annually invites over a thousand international students to learn the …

The diplomacy of post-Soviet de facto states: ontological security under stigma

A Pacher - International Relations, 2019‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Why do post-Soviet de facto states (such as Abkhazia and South Ossetia) regularly interact
with remote Pacific islands or Latin American countries, even though they are not bound by …

When international rituals go wrong: How ritual failure undermines peaceful change in NATO

S Koschut - Cooperation and Conflict, 2024‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Recent International Relations scholarship has emphasized the significance of ritual and
emotion in international politics. Much less attention has been paid to instances of ritual …

Rituals of world politics: on (visual) practices disordering things

T Aalberts, X Kurowska, A Leander… - Critical Studies on …, 2020‏ - Taylor & Francis
Rituals are customarily muted into predictable routines aimed to stabilise social orders and
limit conflict. As a result, their magic lure recedes into the background, and the unexpected …

Up in the air: Ritualized atmospheres and the global Black Lives Matter movement

T Solomon - European Journal of International Relations, 2023‏ - journals.sagepub.com
How did the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement of 2020 resonate at a global level? And
how did the ritual practices of the movement spread internationally? International Relations …

One-upmanship and putdowns: the aggressive use of interaction rituals in face-to-face diplomacy

SS Wong - International Theory, 2021‏ - cambridge.org
When leaders meet in person, they perform a wide range of interaction rituals. They dress for
the occasion, greet each other and shake hands, exchange pleasantries and gifts, arrive at …