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Events

Security Policy and Practice Working Group annual general meeting

13 October 2025, Zoom, Online

Book talk: Queering Governance and International Law

14 October 2025, Online, zoom

Postgraduate masterclass: Pacifism and critical international political theory in a time of genocide and war

15 October 2025, Zoom, Online

New Undergraduate Network for International Relations and Foreign Policy

15 October 2025, Zoom, Online

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Latest from BISA

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Call for conveners: Global Politics and Development Working Group

Join the GPD Working Group convener team!

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An update from the European Journal of International Security

Our journal bring you updates on new associate editors and FirstView articles.

#BISA2026 conference keynote announced

The keynote speaker for #BISA2026 will be leading scholar, Professor Kimberly Hutchings.

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Take Five - 3 October 2025

Eve Harrison-Taylor gives you a rundown of the 5 best IR podcasts and articles this fortnight.

Nominations for Academy of Social Science Fellowships

Put forward distinguished scholars as fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS).

Panellists on a South East Europe Working Group panel at the BISA 2025 conference in Belfast

A year in working groups - 2024/25

Find out what each of our working groups achieved in 2024/2025 academic year.

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Beyond frameworks: Alternative pathways for AI governance in a fragmented world

A blogpost about supplementing AI frameworks with alternative governance systems.

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Call for papers: Worlding from South East Europe, remaking international relations

Submit an abstract for the South East Europe Working Group annual workshop.

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