Populist leaders unfold anti-elite rhetoric to sustain the 'in-group'morale of the 'people'they
represent. Populist projects contain an 'us' versus 'them'dimension constituted by the …

This article provides a conceptual framework for understanding middle powers based on
foreign policy role theory. It argues that role theory helps to reconcile existing approaches …

International Relations literature often refers to states' motivations as revisionist or status-
quo oriented. Such attributions are especially prevalent in discourse on the power-transition …

The article reviews cooperation between the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China
and South Africa) and their collective efforts to promote reform of international financial …

How do intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) evolve? Cooperation through IGOs is
difficult to maintain, as membership dynamics change dramatically over time, leading to …

While it has been well-documented when and how leaders matter in foreign policy, there is
still no clear roadmap on how to connect and investigate the different possibilities that …

Role theory scholarship in politics and international relations (IR) seeks to understand
decision-making from the perspective of the decision maker. That said, role theory …

Scholars debate the ambitions and policies of today's 'rising powers' and the extent to which
they are revising or upholding the international status quo. While elements of the relevant …

How can we know a country, such as the United States or China, is revisionist, that is,
whether it intends to upset the international order? What motivates states to act the way they …

Recent trends demonstrate that states with sufficient capabilities to be granted regional
power status by its peers (primarily other states within their region) can nonetheless …