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Editors-in-Chief
Joachim Koops, Leiden University
Alanna O’Malley, Leiden University

Editors
Andrew Gawthorpe, Leiden University (The Netherlands)
Aigul Kulnazarova, Tama University (Japan)
Joris Larik, Leiden University (The Netherlands)
Frank Mattheis, UNU-CRIS (Belgium)
Vineet Thakur, Leiden University (The Netherlands)
Inken Von Borzyskowski, University of Oxford (UK)

Global Forum Editor
Joris Larik, Leiden University (The Netherlands)

Managing Editor
Diego Salama, Leiden University (The Netherlands)

Book Review Editors
Audrey Comstock (Chief Book Review Editor), Arizona State University (USA)
Fanny Badache, Graduate Institute Geneva (Switzerland)
Markus Fraundorfer, University of Leeds (UK)
Emmy-Lou Nicolaï, UNICEF en République Démocratique du Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Editorial Board
Amitav Acharya, American University (USA)
Michael Barnett, George Washington University (USA)
Ilan Bizberg, El Colegio de México (Mexico)
Ingvild Bode, University of Kent (UK)
Gregory Chin, York University (Canada)
Roger Coate, Georgia College (USA)
Cedric de Coning, Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt (Norway)
Lorraine Elliott, The Australian National University (Australia)
Akiko Fukushima, Aoyama Gakuin University (Japan)
Kirsten Haack, Northumbria University (UK)
Eric Helleiner, University of Waterloo (Canada)
Monica Herz, Institute of International Relations at PUC-Rio (Brazil)
Ian Hurd, Northwestern University (USA)
Andrew Hurrell, University of Oxford (UK)
Christer Jönsson, Lund University (Sweden)
Margaret Karns, University of Dayton (USA)
Saori N. Katada, University of Southern California (USA)
Ai Kihara-Hunt, University of Tokyo (Japan)
Kent J. Kille, The College of Wooster (USA)
Charlotte Ku, Texas A&M University (USA)
Emmanuel Kwesi Aning, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (Ghana)
Ronnie D. Lipschutz, University of California, Santa Cruz (USA)
Edward Luck, University of San Diego (USA)
Karen Mingst, University of Kentucky (USA)
Deepak Nayyar, Jawaharlal Nehru University (India)
Daniel Nielson, Brigham Young University (USA)
Joel Oestrich, Drexel University (USA)
Heung-Soon Park, Sun Moon University (South Korea)
Leticia Pinheiro, Instituto de Relações Internacionais (Brazil)
Thomas Risse, Freie Universität Berlin (Germany)
Annika Bergman Rosamond, Lund University (Sweden)
Mills Soko, University of Cape Town (South Africa)
Ekaterina Stepanova, European University at St. Petersburg (Russia)
Ramesh Thakur, Australian National University (Australia)
Thomas G. Weiss, The City University of New York (USA)
Rorden Wilkinson, University of Sussex (UK)
Wang Yong, Peking University (China)
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