Vol. 21 No. 2 (2021)

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This issue marks twenty years since the first issue of IAPSS Politikon. The editorial looks back on the journal’s development into a journal for scholars at all career stages, reports on a year of editorial work, and announces the 2021 IAPSS Politikon Best Article Award.

Three research articles follow. Carol-Ann Rouillard and Mireille Lalancette analyze how the media covered gender parity in Canada’s federal and provincial cabinets. Esther Ng K.H. argues that a fuller account of practice and reflexivity allows ontological security to explain change in International Relations. Oxana Pimenova shows how the subsidiarity principle can serve as a tool for dialogue between EU institutions and national parliaments.

Two research notes complete the issue. Fernando Ursine Braga Silva traces the breakup of the Democratic Party of Japan and the realignment of the opposition. Paul Fricker examines how rivalry between the United States and China in Djibouti affects counterterrorism operations.

The issue was originally published as Volume 49 (June 2021). It was renumbered in October 2026 under the journal’s year-based numbering. Its DOIs are unchanged.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.49
Published: 2021-06-30

Full Issue

Editorials

  • Editorial Note

    Editorial Board; Max Steuer
    4-9
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.49.0

Research Articles

  • Gender Parity in Cabinets Towards the Mediatization of a Public Problem in Canada?

    Carol-Ann Rouillard, Mireille Lalancette
    10-32
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.49.1

  • Accounting for Change in IR The Application of Ontological Security Considerations to IR Theory

    Esther Ng K.H.
    33-52
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.49.2

  • Discussing Subsidiarity in Terms of Justification Some Practical Issues of the EU Legislative Process

    Oxana Pimenova
    53-70
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.49.3

Research Notes

  • Family Feud, or Realpolitik? Opposition Parties, Breakups and Realignments in Contemporary Japan

    Fernando Ursine Braga Silva
    71-89
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.49.4

  • Sino-American Tensions and Their Effects on Counter-terrorism Operations in Djibouti

    Paul Fricker
    90-109
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.49.5