<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear colleagues,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The International Political Science Association (IPSA) and the <i><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/home/iab" target="_blank">International Political Science Abstracts</a></i> seek articles for the journal's <b><i>Trends in International Political Science</i></b> rubric. Every year, <i>International Political Science Abstracts</i> receives over 30,000 articles from around the globe, providing us with an unparalleled access to articles published in and around our discipline. Trends seeks to build on this material, determining six burgeoning currents in political science, and <span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">publishing articles written by leading experts on these trending topics. We provide a bibliography and seek articles of approximately 3500-4000 words, </span>taking into account a bibliography we provide<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">. </span>After the revision process, the Trends article is then published as the first chapter of each bi-monthly issue of the <i>International Political Science Abstracts</i> and distributed to libraries around the world in both print and database editions. <span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The project has been a great success, in some cases leading to over 12,000 downloads within 18 months of publication.</span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(38,38,38)"><span style="font-kerning:none">We are currently soliciting authors to write articles on the following subjects:</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(38,38,38)"><span style="font-kerning:none">1) Elite behavior in authoritarian regimes; </span><span style="font-kerning:none"><br></span><span style="font-kerning:none">2) Regime change;</span><span style="font-kerning:none"><br></span><span style="font-kerning:none">3) Proxy wars;<br></span>4) Politics of Intersectionality; <br>5) Deglobalization</p><p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,38,38)">If you are interested in writing an article in English on one of these topics, we ask that you please send an email to express your interest by <b>August 1 2025</b> to <a href="mailto:Trends.IPSA@gmail.com" title="mailto:Trends.IPSA@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(16,60,192)">Trends.IPSA@gmail.com</span></a> with copy to Stephen Sawyer < <a href="mailto:ssawyer@aup.edu" title="mailto:ssawyer@aup.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(41,101,168)">ssawyer@aup.edu </span></a>> and Daniel Stockemer < <a href="mailto:daniel.stockemer@uottawa.ca" title="mailto:daniel.stockemer@uottawa.ca" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(41,101,168)">daniel.stockemer@uottawa.ca</span></a> >. Kindly include a CV that highlights your expertise (i.e., publications, teaching or research). We will contact selected authors with the relevant article titles and abstracts and expect a first draft of the <i>Trends</i> article by <b>November 10, 2025</b>. </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,38,38)">Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or need any further information.<br> <br>Stephen W. Sawyer<br>Co-Editor, International Political Science Abstracts<br> <br>Daniel Stockemer<br>Co-Editor, International Political Science Review</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">Jacob Bromberg<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">Managing Editor, Trends in International Political Science</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><div><a href="https://www.ipsa.org/publications/abstracts" target="_blank">https://www.ipsa.org/publications/abstracts</a><br></div><div><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/home/iab" target="_blank">https://journals.sagepub.com/home/iab</a></div></div>