The International Journal of Politics and Security (IJPS) aims to advance cutting-edge scholarship in the fields of International Politics and Security Studies by publishing original, theoretically grounded, and methodologically rigorous research. The journal provides a global and interdisciplinary platform for critical engagement with contemporary and conceptual debates shaping international politics, security practices, and the evolving global order.

IJPS welcomes contributions that explore security beyond its traditional military understanding, including but not limited to critical security studies, ontological security, political violence, war and peace, international institutions, global governance, strategic culture, technology and security, disasters and societal resilience, norms, identity, discourse, and power relations. The journal encourages pluralism in theoretical perspectives and is open to qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research, as well as conceptual and normative analyses.

JPS is an open-access, fully online academic journal published biannually in May and October by the Association of International Politics and Security Studies (INTPOLSEC). The journal follows a no-fee policy for both submission and publication, ensuring unrestricted access to scholarly knowledge.

The International Journal of Politics and Security (IJPS) publishes scholarly work that offers substantive theoretical, empirical, and methodological contributions to the study of international politics and security. The journal covers a broad yet clearly defined intellectual space within International Relations and Security Studies, with particular attention to research that advances conceptual debates, refines analytical frameworks, or provides empirically grounded insights into global and regional political–security dynamics.

IJPS welcomes submissions addressing, but not limited to, the following areas:

• International Relations theory and contemporary debates
• Security Studies, including traditional, critical, and emerging security approaches
• International, national, regional, and global security dynamics
• Foreign policy analysis and strategic decision-making
• Area and regional studies with a clear international or security dimension
• International organizations, global governance, and international law
• Security strategies, military affairs, war studies, and peace research
• Conflict resolution, mediation, and post-conflict processes
• Terrorism, intelligence, and counterterrorism studies
• Emerging and non-traditional security challenges, including hybrid, cyber, and transnational threats

The journal encourages interdisciplinary research that bridges political science with related fields such as law, sociology, history, strategic studies, and area studies, provided that submissions maintain a strong analytical and conceptual grounding in international politics and security. Methodologically diverse approaches—qualitative, quantitative, comparative, and mixed methods—are welcomed, as long as they demonstrate academic rigor and originality.

IJPS publishes research articles, review articles, meta-analyses, case reports, and book reviews, all subject to a rigorous double-blind peer-review process.

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