Vol. 21 No. 3 (2021)

This issue opens with an editorial on the role of students and junior scholars in academic publishing. It draws on a panel that members of the editorial team joined at the 2021 IPSA World Congress of Political Science.

Three research articles follow. Luca Doll uses securitization theory and regional security complex theory to explain why cooperation remains absent in the Eastern Mediterranean despite new resource discoveries and a growing maritime arms race. Marco Improta maps the identity and electoral performance of Italian southernist parties from 1945 to 2020, a group of parties largely overlooked in research on regionalism. Camila Saute Torresini compares two middle-power partnerships, IBSA and MIKTA, to explain why one has been more effective in promoting sustainable development.

The issue was originally published as Volume 50 (September 2021). It was renumbered in October 2026 under the journal’s year-based numbering. Its DOIs are unchanged.