Aims and Scope

 

Political Science and Security Studies Journal is an international, peer-reviewed academic journal that provides a pluralistic platform for advancing theoretical and empirical research in security studies, defense policy, and geopolitics.

The journal focuses on contemporary challenges to national, regional, and global security, including military strategy, defense governance, international security architectures, hybrid and asymmetric threats, and the political economy of security.

In support of interdisciplinary inquiry, the journal welcomes contributions from related fields such as political science, international relations, economics, law, sociology, public administration, strategic studies, and data-driven security analysis.

Aims of the Journal

The aim of the journal is to promote high-quality scholarly discussion on political and security processes, defense policy, geopolitical transformations, and the institutional development of national and international security systems.

The journal seeks to support the development of evidence-based approaches to security governance, strategic decision-making, democratic resilience, defense transformation, and the study of contemporary conflict.

Scope and Areas Covered

The journal publishes research in the following areas:

• political science and theory of political systems;
• security studies and strategic studies;
• national, regional, and international security;
• defense policy, defense planning, and defense governance;
• military strategy and civil-military relations;
• geopolitics and geoeconomics of security;
• hybrid warfare, asymmetric threats, and information confrontation;
• cybersecurity policy and digital security governance;
• intelligence studies and analytical support to decision-making;
• international relations and security architectures;
• NATO, EU, and regional security cooperation;
• political economy of security and defense resources;
• law, public administration, and institutional security;
• societal resilience, democratic stability, and crisis governance;
• quantitative, qualitative, and data-driven methods in security analysis.

Types of Contributions

The journal accepts the following types of manuscripts:

• original research articles;
• theoretical and conceptual articles;
• empirical studies;
• comparative political and security analyses;
• policy-oriented articles;
• review articles;
• case studies;
• methodological papers.

Journal Information

Journal type: international peer-reviewed open access scholarly journal.

Academic profile: political science, security studies, defense policy, geopolitics, and interdisciplinary security research.

Target audience: researchers, lecturers, analysts, policymakers, defense and security professionals, postgraduate students, and experts in political and security studies.

Open Access

All articles published in the journal are freely available immediately after publication. The journal supports open scholarly communication and the dissemination of research results to the international academic community.

Peer Review

Submitted manuscripts undergo scholarly peer review. The review process is intended to ensure academic quality, methodological soundness, originality, relevance, and compliance with publication ethics standards.

Publication Ethics

The journal adheres to the principles of academic integrity, transparency, editorial independence, and responsible research publication. Authors, reviewers, and editors are expected to follow internationally recognized standards of publication ethics.

Licensing

Articles are published under an open access license that permits users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, cite, or link to the full texts of articles, provided proper credit is given to the authors and the journal.

Note: The scope of the journal is interdisciplinary; however, submitted manuscripts should have a clear connection with political science, security studies, defense policy, geopolitics, or related security-oriented research.