About the Journal

Journal Profile at a Glance

Objective and Editorial Vision

JCS is dedicated to advancing critically-oriented scholarship on contemporary international issues. The journal is committed to no particular theoretical paradigm, epistemological stance, or methodological approach, and embraces the field in all its intellectual diversity, welcoming contributions from the plural communities and research traditions that constitute the study of international relations, security studies, and governance.

JCS is not looking for short, undocumented papers that consist primarily of opinion and advocacy. The journal is interested in serious analyses of complex theoretical and conceptual questions. Manuscripts are most likely to receive serious consideration if they offer:

• Originality — new and interesting conclusions, new evidence, or new information.
• Challenge to the conventional wisdom — articles that offer fresh perspectives on accepted academic or policy thinking.
• Coverage of broad topics of major and enduring interest.
• Accessibility — articles readable by intelligent non-specialists as well as academic experts in a particular field.

Thematic Scope

JCS invites original research, conceptual papers, and policy critiques. The journal welcomes a variety of methodological, epistemological, theoretical, normative, and empirical approaches to the study of traditional and non-traditional security issues, with particular focus on the politics of South Asia, Central Asia, and the Global South, as well as emerging trends reshaping the international security environment. JCS publishes contributions across the following thematic categories, which overlap to some extent:

Category	Description
Policy	Analyses of contemporary security and governance policy issues at the national and international level.
Theory	Articles that propose, test, refine, or apply theories of international relations relevant to security, conflict, and global order.
History	Articles that offer new information on or interpretations of historical events shaping contemporary international affairs.
Technology & Non-Traditional Security	Analyses of the scientific, technological, and human dimensions of international security, including cyber security, artificial intelligence, and nuclear issues.
Geo-economics & Development	Research on development, regional connectivity, migration, and the transition from geopolitics to geo-economics in South and Central Asia in particular, and worldwide in general.
Governance & Public Policy	Institutional reform, democratization, state resilience, human rights, and social justice in the developing world.
Climate Change & Human Security	The security-climate-migration nexus, environmental policy, and ecological sustainability in fragile states.

 

Open Access*     

This is an open access journal, which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.