War and security foreign policies 152 Why states prefer certain military/strategic options over
others: the role of strategic culture 157 Preventing war: creating stable balances of power …

In July 2014 during the sixth BRICS summit, the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and
South Africa launched the Fortaleza Declaration and Action Plan, suggesting a further …

Abstract Research on the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has often privileged
analyses on voting patterns, that is, how countries position themselves whenever a …

This article explores the first declaredly populist and Eurosceptical Italian government's role
as a potential driver of de-Europeanization dynamics in Italian foreign policy. After …

The question of whether intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) have a socialization effect
on member state preferences is central to international relations. However, empirical studies …

Existing research suggests that European Union member states are increasingly able to act
in concert in the United Nations General Assembly. Based on several hundred co-ordination …

Abstract The European Union (EU) has laboured hard to gain the right to make oral
interventions in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in pursuit of a more active …

Traditionally, international organizations (IOs) are arenas for state–state cooperation, but
more often than not regional organizations and groups (ROs) can acquire formal status …

This paper offers an intertemporal statistical analysis employing ideal point estimates based
on the United Nations General Assembly roll− call data to investigate the European Union's …

Following the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty and the changes in the European Union (EU)
external representation, the EU sought to upgrade its status via the adoption of the …