Irish Studies in International Affairs
Irish Studies in International Affairs has been published since 1979 as the leading Irish-based, peer-reviewed, journal in the discipline, with an increasing international reputation and circulation. Each issue includes contributions on a special theme and other original articles related to Ireland and international affairs broadly defined, to include issues such as development aid, conflict resolution, trade and human rights.
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Edited by Professor John Doyle and Dr Mervyn O'Driscoll
Print ISSN: 0332-1460
Online ISSN: 2009-0072
Frequency: 1 Annually
Free compilation issue to mark 100 years of Irish foreign policy
A special online supplement of Irish Studies in International Affairs has been produced to mark the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Irish state and its Department of Foreign Affairs. The volume, which includes twelve articles that were previously published in Irish Studies in International Affairs, is available as a free download.
Free compilation issue to mark the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement
A special online volume of Irish Studies in International Affairs has been produced by the Royal Irish Academy to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. The volume, which gathers together ten articles published in the journal between 1994 and 2018, is available as a free download.
Subscription information:
Institutional subscriptions available via Project MUSE. Please email JRNLCIRC@jh.edu
Individual 1 year subscription available here.
Individual 3 year subscription available here.
Individual 1 year subscription (student rate) available here.
To purchase individual hardcopy issues contact publications@ria.ie.
Editors and Editorial Board
Instructions to Authors
The archive for Irish Studies in International Affairs (ISIA) is available in JSTOR
Current content is available with a 3 year moving wall.
Irish Studies in International Affairs has been published since 1979 as the leading Irish-based, peer-reviewed, journal in the discipline, with an increasing international reputation and circulation. Each issue includes contributions on a special theme and other original articles related to Ireland and international affairs broadly defined, to include issues such as development aid, conflict resolution, trade and human rights.
We welcome articles from all disciplinary backgrounds related to the study of international affairs including politics and international relations, history, law, economics, sociology, communications.
Theme issues that the journal has dealt with over the years include:
- Conflict resolution in South Asia
- Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
- The Changing Face of Africa
- Democratisation and New Media
- International Politics And The Global Economic Crisis
- The ‘War on terrorism’
- The rise of Asia in international affairs
- A responsibility to protect? Sovereignty vs Intervention.
As is the practice in good quality journals, all articles submitted for publication are peer reviewed, double-blind. That is, authors will not be identified in the copies given to reviewers, and reviewers will not identify themselves in their review. We aim to review with 10 weeks.
Irish Studies in International Affairs continues to be an outlet for established academics and others in Ireland and internationally, but also a forum supporting postgraduates and others embarking on careers in international affairs research to present their work. Contributors to the journal have included: Garret FitzGerald, Robert Fisk, Mary Robinson, Patrick Keatinge, John Bowman, Martti Ahtisaari, John Bruton, Noel Dorr and Patrick Honohan.
ISIA is now indexed in Scopus and Google Scholar and in addition to being published in paper format is available in full text format via Project Muse ensuring that published articles reach a wide audience and have long-term impact.
Anyone wishing to submit a paper for consideration should send the manuscript by email to mervyn.odriscoll@ucc.ie. The journal is published each December and typically for publication in a calendar year manuscripts need to be submitted for review no later than 30 April each year.