International Political Science Review (IPSR)

The latest issue of the International Political Science Review (IPSR) for March 2023 (Volume 45, Number 2) features a special issue on the War in Ukraine, consisting of four articles and an introduction. In the opening contribution, Tan (2024) examines the role of regime type on conflict behaviour using the theory of democratic peace. In a conceptually related analysis, Ferraro (2024) analyzes regime type, specifically how Vladamir Putin has used the invasion of Ukraine as a regime legitimation tool to further consolidate his grip on power in Russia. 

The third article, by Wenzel et al., (2024) identifies Russian disinformation strategies applied to the invasion of Ukraine and deployed in Central European countries. The collection’s final article, by Ruzhelnyk (2024), focuses on football fans and their influence in the Maidan Revolution and the war in Donbas. She describes the trajectory of football fans, from marginalized hooligans or thugs before the Maidan Revolution, to respected actors in the time of the Maidan Revolution and the ensuing fighting against Russia.

Along with this special collection, the second issue features four excellent articles in the field of public opinion, legislative behavior and voter preferences. Albrecht et al. provide insights into state-society relations under stress, using the Middle East as a case study and the COVID-19 pandemic as an example. The next article, by Garry et al., focuses on imaginative policy surveys, which include videos and imagined policy dialogue, together with traditional survey questions. The following research by Koskimaa et al. presents the first comprehensive analysis of the emergence and development of legislature-based future institutions. The final piece, by Lees and Praino, argues that voters prefer older candidates.

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Special Issue: Change in Armed Conflict

Change in armed conflict: An introduction
Annette Idler

Changing responses to a frozen conflict: The Republic of Cyprus soft balancing vis-à-vis Turkey
Oya Dursun-Özkanca

Conflict shapes in flux: Explaining spatial shift in conflict-related violence 
Annette Idler, Katerina Tkacova

Multidimensional poverty and conflict events in Nigeria over time 
Ricardo Nogales and Christian Oldiges

The patch as method: The arts’ contribution towards understandings of conflict
Daniele Rugo

New insights into the psychology of individuals and large groups in a world of changing conflicts
John Lord Alderdice

Original Research Articles

Public support for the use of force in non-Western and non-major powers: The case of a China–Taiwan war
Charles K.S. Wu, Austin Horng-En Wang, Yao-Yuan Yeh and Fang-Yu Chen

Pathways to democracy after authoritarian breakdown: Comparative case selection and lessons from the past
Jean Lachapelle and Sebastian Hellmeier