Politics & International Relations

Useful links

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New in Feb 2024! Think Tank reports on the invasion of Ukraine

Reading Lists

Key Starters for Essays and Dissertations

Finding Articles

For most assignments, our Discovery Service will give you enough sources to work with. This short video shows you how to get the best from Discovery for Politics/IR.

Sometimes you may want to try specific databases or journals - perhaps your lecturer has recommended particular names as a good way of finding articles. This section lists key sources for Politics and International Relations.

• Why use journal articles?

• Journals Covering IR

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• British Journal of Politics & International Relations

A top, peer-reviewed journal covering British politics and Britain's relationship with Europe and the wider world.

• The Conversation - Politics + Society

Search and browse, or sign up to the daily newsletter, for an independent source of news analysis and informed comment written by academic experts working with professional journalists to reach a wider audience. The Conversation aims to provide the expert insight needed to better understand current affairs and the complex issues we face.

• European Journal of International Relations

A highly rated, peer-reviewed journal covering IR subjects and theories of interest to researchers around the world.

• International Affairs

Britain's leading, peer-reviewed journal of international relations. This lively, provocative journal will keep you up-to-date with critical thinking on the key issues shaping world economic and political change.

• International Peacekeeping

Examines the theory and practice of peacekeeping and peace operations as instruments of policy at an international level. This peer-reviewed journal also reflects debates about peacebuilding and monitoring of agreements, preventive deployments, sanctions, international policing, protection of aid in internal disputes, and the relationship between peacekeepers, state authorities, rival factions, civilians and non-governmental organizations.

• International Security

A top, American, peer-reviewed journal covering the full range of contemporary security issues from traditional topics such as war and peace, to more recent dimensions of security, including the growing importance of environmental, demographic, and humanitarian issues, and the rise of global terrorist networks.

• Review of International Studies

A top, peer-reviewed journal covering IR and related fields - very popular with Portsmouth students.