OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Foreign Policy Analysis is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Domestic Groups’ Testimonies at US Foreign Aid Hearings from 1980 to 2020: Findings from a New Dataset	31
Faith Renewed: Validation of the LTA_Classic Conceptual Complexity Coding Scheme	18
National Identity, Social Preferences, and Foreign Policy Attitudes: Experimental Evidence from Japan	12
Economic Actors as Human Rights Watchers: The Effects of Government Sexual Violence on Foreign Direct Investment	12
Narrating Security, Preserving Identity: Japan’s Discursive Securitization without Militarization	11
Political Leaders, Economic Hardship, and Foreign Aid Allocation	11
What (Who) Is Moderate Islam for? Malaysia's Ontological Security Seeking in the Post-September 11 Global Order	10
Reliable Contributors? Leadership Turnover, Regime Type, and Commitments to Peacekeeping	10
Does External Threat Unify? Chinese Pressure and Domestic Politics in Taiwan and South Korea	8
The Unlevel Playing Field: Gender, Discrimination, and Global Attitudes toward Trade	8
Diversifying the Federal Foreign Office: The German Foreign Policy Discourse on Credibility	8
Ideology and the Red Button: How Ideology Shapes Nuclear Weapons’ Use Preferences in Europe	8
Polarization, Political Turnover, and the Stability of Democratic Foreign Policy	7
Who Stands Up for the ICC? Explaining Variation in State Party Responses to US Sanctions	7
Top-Category Inflation in Ordered International Relations Outcomes	7
Role Spillover: Roles’ Impacts across Contexts and the EU’s Struggle for Arctic Council Observer Status	7
Between the West and Russia: Explaining Individual Foreign Policy Preferences in the Small States	6
The Role of Foreign Aid in Procuring Civil War Party Consent to Peacekeeping	6
Unlocking Public Support: How Communication about Program Design Affects Public Perception of IMF Interventions	6
Status Seeking through Peacekeeping: Ukraine's Quest for a Positive Social Identity in the International System	6
How Is the American Foreign Policy Establishment Structured? A Multiple Correspondence Analysis of the US China Field	6
Can’t Buy Me Love (with Foreign Aid)	5
Assessing the Effects of International Sanctions on Conflict-Induced Refugee Flows	5
Weathering the Storm: Discordant Learning about Reputations for Reliability	5
The Paradox of Cooperative Migration Diplomacy in the Global South: Inter-Sending State Cooperation, Multilevel Diplomacy Strategies, and the Philippine State	5

“Just Right”: The Goldilocks Theory of Sanctions Busting’s Causes	5
Prospect Theory, Groupthink, and Amplified Frames of Loss: Making Sense of Russia's Decision to Invade Ukraine	5
Communicating State Repression to the International Community: A Case Study of How China Frames Its Policies in Xinjiang Online	5
Crisis at Home, Exit Abroad: Coups, Civil Wars, and Coalition Defection	5
External Threat and Nuclear Preferences: Micro-Level Insights from the Iran–Israel Confrontation	5
Ending Economic Sanctions in the Shadow of Bargaining Problems	4
Binary Role Theory and Modeling the Superpower Confrontation in Ukraine	4
Leadership Styles and International Agenda-Setting: Understanding Small-State and Middle-Power Leadership on the Responsibility to Protect	4
Foreign Policy Alignment and Russia's Energy Weapon	4
The Operational Codes of Pacific Island Countries’ Leaders: Beliefs about the World amidst Climate Change	4
All Things Work Together for Good: How Bilateral Investment Treaties Affect the Allocation of Foreign Aid	4
Introducing the International Treaty Ratification Votes Database	4
Intersectionality in International Religious Freedom Policies	4
The Political Economy of Peacekeeping: Civil–Military Resource Substitution through International Brokerage	4
Populist Leadership, Opportunistic Decision-Making, and Poliheuristic Theory: Cristina Kirchner's Decision to Defy “The Vultures”	4
Mass Mobilization, Elite Competition, and Diversionary Use of Sanctions	4