The ''Cambridge Review of International Affairs'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed

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, particularly in the fields of

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, and international political economy. It is published by

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Background

The journal was conceived in 1985 by

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s in the Centre of International Studies (now part of the Department of Politics and International Studies) at the University of Cambridge. Its first issue was published in 1986. It is staffed by

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s from the university and its current editorial team is headed by

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Italo Brandimarte and Martin Kirsch.

Notable articles

Most cited articles include ''Globalisation or 'glocalisation'? Networks, territories and rescaling'' by

Erik Swyngedouw Erik Achille Marie Swyngedouw (; born 30 July 1956) is professor of geography at the University of Manchester in the School of Environment, Education and Development and a member of the Manchester Urban Institute. Background Born in Dutch-speaki ...

, ''Does capitalism need the state system?'' by

Alex Callinicos Alexander Theodore Callinicos (born 24 July 1950) is a Rhodesian-born British political theorist and activist. An adherent of Trotskyism, he is a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and serves as its Internati ...

and ''Europe's others and the return of geopolitics'' by

Thomas Diez Thomas Diez (born 2 February 1970) is a German professor of Political Science and International Relations at the Institute for Political Science, University of Tübingen. He was formerly Professor of International Relations Theory in the Department ...

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2019

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of 1.366, ranking it 45th out of 95 journals in the category "International Relations", and 94th out of 181 in "Political Science".

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://cria.polis.cam.ac.uk/ International relations journals Routledge academic journals Quarterly journals English-language journals Publications established in 1986