Volume 21, Issue 2: Spring 2026

The Spring 2026 issue was published online in May 2026.

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Masthead & Editor's Note: Spring 2026 (Volume 21, Issue 2)
Masthead & Editor's Note: Spring 2026 (Volume 21, Issue 2)

It is our pleasure to announce the brilliant collection of scholarly work that makes up the Yale Journal of International Affairs Spring 2026 issue.

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¡Aguas! A Warning for US-Mexico Water Sharing
Spring 2026, Latin America
¡Aguas! A Warning for US-Mexico Water Sharing
Spring 2026, Latin America
Spring 2026, Latin America
Czechia’s Missed Dual-Use Pivot
Spring 2026, Europe
Czechia’s Missed Dual-Use Pivot
Spring 2026, Europe
Spring 2026, Europe
Micro-Drama as Soft Power: China's Short-Drama Export Pipeline and U.S. Policy
Spring 2026, Global, Security
Micro-Drama as Soft Power: China's Short-Drama Export Pipeline and U.S. Policy
Spring 2026, Global, Security
Spring 2026, Global, Security
How the WHO Can Improve Its 2025 Amendment: The Global Pandemic Patent Fund
Spring 2026, Global Health
How the WHO Can Improve Its 2025 Amendment: The Global Pandemic Patent Fund
Spring 2026, Global Health
Spring 2026, Global Health
Schools as Frontiers of Peace: Child Recruitment, Organized Crime, and the Limits of Citizen Security in Latin America
Spring 2026, Latin America
Schools as Frontiers of Peace: Child Recruitment, Organized Crime, and the Limits of Citizen Security in Latin America
Spring 2026, Latin America
Spring 2026, Latin America
Assurances Are Not Guarantees: Budapest's Lesson for Nonproliferation
Spring 2026, Europe
Assurances Are Not Guarantees: Budapest's Lesson for Nonproliferation
Spring 2026, Europe
Spring 2026, Europe
Selective Legalism and China’s Ordercraft: How Beijing Mobilizes Law while Resisting Binding Verdicts
Spring 2026, Asia
Selective Legalism and China’s Ordercraft: How Beijing Mobilizes Law while Resisting Binding Verdicts
Spring 2026, Asia
Spring 2026, Asia
Population, Power, and Security: Demographic Pressures Shaping U.S.-China Strategic Competition
Spring 2026, Asia, China
Population, Power, and Security: Demographic Pressures Shaping U.S.-China Strategic Competition
Spring 2026, Asia, China
Spring 2026, Asia, China
The Erosion of Mutual Vulnerability: Conventional Counterforce and the Transformation of Deterrence
Spring 2026, Global, Security
The Erosion of Mutual Vulnerability: Conventional Counterforce and the Transformation of Deterrence
Spring 2026, Global, Security
Spring 2026, Global, Security
When War Never Ends for Refugee Women: How Protracted Displacement Reveals Gaps in Global Refugee Policy
Spring 2026, Asia
When War Never Ends for Refugee Women: How Protracted Displacement Reveals Gaps in Global Refugee Policy
Spring 2026, Asia
Spring 2026, Asia
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