A journal of the International Studies Association (ISA). Publishes cutting-edge research on global security and global aspects of debates in security studies.
"Understanding Torture Practices during Armed Conflict: The Case of Peru" recently published open access with @journalofgss.bsky.social @monashuniversity.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jogss/articl...
Understanding Torture Practices during Armed Conflict: The Case of PeruAbstract. What does torture look like during armed conflict, and what factors account for different torture practices? We analyze torture drawing on quantiacademic.oup.com
Our new article is out in the JoGSS! We look at why armed groups use extreme forms of violence like beheadings and find that irregular leadership successions are a big factor in explaining escalation to extreme tactics. But groups deescalate as new leaders consolidate power. It's open access👇
Journal of Global Security StudiesWhy do armed groups use extreme forms of violence? Read this #JOGSS article on how leadership transitions can shape the strategic use of extreme and costly violence, including beheadings, by jihadist organisations. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
Why do armed groups use extreme forms of violence? Excited to share this new open access article! Analyzing beheading attacks conducted by jihadist groups, we examine the impact of leadership succession, targeting, and tenure on organizational tactics academic.oup.com/jogss/articl...
Leadership succession and jihadist beheadingsAbstract. Why do armed groups use extreme forms of violence? Existing research argues that ideological beliefs, organizational alliances, and efforts to geacademic.oup.com
The Journal of Global Security Studies is at #ISAPretoria2026 Our roundtable discussion is on Wednesday 2:30pm. Come and find us! #ISA @journalofgss.bsky.social Editorial team: Ulrich Petersohn; @jamespattison.bsky.social @birtegippert.bsky.social, Reed Wood; Belgin San-Akca and Dr Georgina Holmes
Very happy to note my new article with the brilliant Jayme Schlesinger at @journalofgss.bsky.social. We examine how threats and follow-through (and more importantly lack thereof) by intervening states in asymmetric conflicts influences attacks by rebel groups.
Bigger Costs Than Audience Costs? Studying the Dynamics of Audience Costs Theory in Asymmetric ConflictsAbstract. Audience costs theory suggests that leaders face “costs” in terms of a loss public support when failing to follow through on publicly made threatacademic.oup.com
🚨 Publication Alert 🚨 My first solo article is out! "A Quest for Legitimacy: Drivers of Organizational Affiliation with Global Jihadist Networks" @journalofgss.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jogss/ogag016 Short Summary 👇
A Quest for Legitimacy: Drivers of Organizational Affiliation with Global Jihadist NetworksAbstract. Why do some locally oriented Islamist militant groups affiliate with global jihadist networks such as al-Qaeda or the Islamic State while othersdoi.org
As long as Galtung's triangle continues to be a standard in peace studies 101 classes, I think we need to also include its critiques and extensions. In my argument, the framework that so usefully makes systemic harm visible to new learners also makes responsibility and justice invisible.
Journal of Global Security StudiesWhat if "structural violence" isn’t always as faceless as we assume? @juliehawke.bsky.social's concept of institutional violence challenges Galtung’s classic triad of direct, cultural and structural violence by asking us to look more closely at attribution. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
Can civil-military relations scholarship provide prescriptive normative guidance for military leaders' appropriate behaviour in democratic backsliding? My new article in @journalofgss.bsky.social debates this civil-military conundrum academic.oup.com/jogss/articl... #CivMilSKy
New article on Johan Galtung´s 1967 article on sanctions against Rhodesia out at @journalofgss.bsky.social. I argue that the controversial peace scholar’s pessimism regarding sanctions was partly a product of his time.
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Do human rights sanctions truly protect the people they’re meant to help? Or do they inadvertently make things harder? I’m excited to share my latest article in @journalofgss.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/jogss/ogaf034
#ESSC2026 | Save the date! Thrilled to announce that the European Security Studies Conference is taking place on 11–12 June 2026 at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social The conference is jointly organised by COST Action NetSec, @eissnetwork.bsky.social , & @stockholm-uni.bsky.social eiss-europa.com/2026.html
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