Academic Journal
Q2Alternatives
About Alternatives
Alternatives is a scholarly journal published by SAGE Publications Inc.. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q2, with an SJR of 0.583 and H-index of 53.
Coverage: 1975-2026. Research categories: Political Science and International Relations (Q2); Sociology and Political Science (Q2).
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Topics in published research
Global Peace and Security Dynamics; International Relations and Foreign Policy; International Development and Aid; Peacebuilding and International Security; Political Conflict and Governance; Global Security and Public Health.
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3,650.00 USD; 2,676.00 GBP
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Truth, Justice, and Agonism? Asymmetrical Recognition and the Reorganization of Peace Activism in Palestine/Israel
Yifat Gutman
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2026-09-16 · DOI: 10.1177/03043754261489032Imagining the Relational Through Speculative Fiction: Survival, Possibility, and Creativity
Daniel Clausen
2026-08-31 · DOI: 10.1177/03043754261483423Queer Agonistic Peacebuilding: Pluralisation, Destabilisation, and Interlinking in Post-Agreement Northern Ireland
John Nagle
2026-08-31 · DOI: 10.1177/03043754261484205Beyond Securitisation: A Gendered Peace Studies Approach to Violent Extremism in Kenya
Michaelina Jakala, Sahla Aroussi, Fathima Azmiya Badurdeen
2026-08-27 · DOI: 10.1177/03043754261483421Human Migrations and Borderland Dynamics: Mapping Research Problems Using Systematic Literature Review
Wojciech Opioła, Karolina Czabanowska, Bartosz Czepil
2026-07-13 · DOI: 10.1177/03043754261462599From Stigma to Solidarity: The Rearticulation of Islamo-Leftism in South Korean Palestinian Solidarity Movements
Soojeong Yi
2026-06-29 · DOI: 10.1177/03043754261465533The Middle Power Paradox: Material Capabilities and the Crisis of Multilateralism
Hakan Mehmetcik
2026-06-29 · DOI: 10.1177/03043754261464391Book Review: The World Politics of Disco Elysium The World Politics of Disco Elysium, edited by CastroVicKierseyNicholas, London: Routledge, 2025; 278, pp., £145.00 (hardback), ISBN 9781032583631.
Mariana Alves Tavares de Araújo
2026-06-17 · DOI: 10.1177/03043754261460524Securing the Frontier: Policy Frameworks for U.S. Competitiveness in Green Energy Markets
Umud Shokri
2026-05-20 · DOI: 10.1177/03043754261453161The Struggle for Land and the Paradox of Peace: The Post-Liberal Character of Indigenous Peace Mechanisms in the Cordillera Administrative Region and the Indigenous Peoples in Mindanao
Juichiro Tanabe, Rogelio P. Bayod, Gleemoore C. Makie, Charlie M. Dagwasi et al.
2026-05-13 · DOI: 10.1177/03043754261449646From Reassurance to Assertion: Continuity and Change in China’s UNGA Foreign Policy Rhetoric (1991–2025)
Kenan Dagci
2026-05-06 · DOI: 10.1177/03043754261449654‘Amidst the Hardships of Life, COVID Did Not Affect Us, nor Were We Scared of It’: The Politics of Contagion, Agency, and Narratives From Bengaluru’s Home-Based Female Sex Workers
Debangana Chatterjee
2026-04-27 · DOI: 10.1177/03043754261445790Evolution Without Progress? Tracing the Contested Expansion of Women, Peace, and Security Agenda (WPS) in International Organizations With Evidence From the UN, EU, and NATO
Gonca Oğuz Gök, Ayda Sezgin
2026-04-25 · DOI: 10.1177/03043754261445791What if Contingency Is the Norm? A Buddhist Intervention in Doing IR and Practising Global Ethics
Kosuke Shimizu
2026-04-20 · DOI: 10.1177/03043754251362584Corrigendum to “Toward an Affective-Relational Ontology of Peace”
2026-04-17 · DOI: 10.1177/03043754261441358Institutional Overlap in the Disaster Relief Regime Complex: The Case of ASEAN and the ADPC
Yoram Z. Haftel, Shirley Lukin
2026-04-11 · DOI: 10.1177/03043754261439216Navigating Power: Joint Naval Exercises as a Lens Into China–Gulf Relations
Brendon J. Cannon, Li-Chen Sim
2026-03-31 · DOI: 10.1177/03043754261441053The Criminalization of Solidarity in the EUropean Border Regime
Jules Soupault
2026-03-19 · DOI: 10.1177/03043754261433634Decentring EU Foreign Policy Analysis Through Ethnography: The Heuristic Virtue of Fieldwork Relocation
Léonard Colomba-Petteng
2026-03-12 · DOI: 10.1177/03043754261433639Reviews
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