Vol. 14 No. 2 (2014): Special Issue: The First IAPSS World Congress

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Correction: volume and issue numbering, 2023–2026

October 16, 2026

Volume numbers of IAPSS Politikon now correspond to the year of publication. The issues published between 2023 and 2026 have been relabelled, and their PDFs reissued. All DOIs are unchanged.

NEW SEMINAR: 11 May 2026 | Qualitative Comparative Analysis

April 6, 2026

On 11 May 2026 (10:00 GMT+1, London), Domenico Andrea Schiuma, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Milan, will present a seminar on Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). The talk traces the history and foundations of this method, developed by Charles Ragin in 1987 as a way to bridge the longstanding divide between qualitative and quantitative research traditions. Drawing on his own experience using QCA in comparative political research, Schiuma will explain how the method works and what makes it distinctive among mixed-methods approaches.

Call for Contributions | Dancing with dictators: Political leadership and the authoritarian trend

March 13, 2026

How are world leaders responding to the United States’ changing diplomatic posture? As Washington adopts a more transactional approach to alliances and engages more openly with authoritarian governments, political leaders across democratic and non-democratic systems face difficult choices. Some accommodate the shift, others resist it, and many attempt to navigate the tension between strategic partnership and the defence of democratic norms.

The Conversations section invites short analytical contributions that place political leadership at the centre of this debate. We welcome essays and reflections examining how individual leaders’ personalities, strategic visions, and domestic constraints shape their responses to an increasingly authoritarian-leaning U.S. foreign policy. Submissions (500–1,000 words) are due 15 April 2026.

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Research Articles

Brazilian National Housing Policy Institutional capacity and housing deficit

Freedom of Expression and Communicative Equality The Case for Regulation

Networks and Partnerships of Global Governance Two Missing Legitimacies

Why the frustration? Explaining civil society constrains in international climate politics

Global Governance and Control A Trade-Off Between Freedom and Security

Shanghai Cooperation Organization & NATO Regional Polarity And Global Governance

How to solve a crisis of legitimacy? Empirical insights into the WTO Public Forum

Votes, Clientelism, and Conditional Cash Transfer Programs A Case Study in Brazil

Cosmopolitanism – an alternative for Global Governance? A new model for a new international conflict line

Research Notes

Challenges that Global Governance Currently Confronts to Ensure More Secure, Prosperous and Democratic World