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INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE AUTHORS

Journal Međunarodni problemi (International Problems) publishes the following types of articles:

Original research article presents the results of research with clear contribution with a view of expanding and/or deepening of existing knowledge. It should be structured to include the following elements: general context and aim of research; theoretical background (review literature) clearly stated in the introduction; departing hypothesis or research question; applied methods; presentation and explanation of the results; conclusion discussing the main research findings departing hypothesis or research question.

Review article provides a comprehensive summary of research on a certain topic or a perspective on the state of the field by describing current areas of agreement as well as controversies and debates. Review article identifies gaps in knowledge and the most important but still unanswered research questions and suggest directions for future research.

Book review is a systematic description and/or critical analysis of the quality and significance of a book, edited volume, and textbook. Book review should include a general description of the topic and/or problem addressed by the work in question, summary of the book’s main argument, basic biographical information about the author, summary of contents, strengths and weaknesses, as well as a concluding statement summarizing reviewer's opinion of the book. Each book review should refer to at least three other academic sources.

Conference review is a systematic description and/or critical analysis of the quality and importance of an international or national scientific meeting, in which the main conclusions and scientific contributions are presented.

In preparing manuscripts authors are kindly requested to comply with the following rules:

FORMAT

All types of manuscripts should be submitted in Word and saved in .doc or .docx format.

Divide the article in two separate files:

(1) File „Cover page“, which contains:

a. Article title;

b. Authorship data (in accordance with the below-mentioned):

• Under the title, write your name and surname (all caps) with an accompanying footnote stating your position, full name of the institution where you are employed, city, country, email address, and ORCID ID in English.
• In case of two co-authors, the names should be written next to one another, with each containing the affiliation footnote. Although manuscripts co-authored by more than two researchers are untypical, they may be considered in rare occasions, depending on the scale of the research, its topic, main elements, structure and the extent of correspondence with the Editorial Policy.
• In the footnote, the author also provides all details regarding the project under which the research presented in her/his article is conducted and/or sources of financial and other support. The author also may point to readers that some of the views presented in the article express her/his own opinion and not the one of the institution she/he works for.
• Note: Upon publication, article metadata are stated once, on the first page of the respective manuscript, while the bibliography is listed once, at the end of the manuscript. Project information is provided after the main text of the manuscript.

Cover page example:

 

Title (font: Times New Roman, size 14, centered). I.e.:

The Russia-China strategic partnership

 

Author(s) name(s) (font: Times New Roman, size 12, last namecapitalized, centered, with a footnote). I.e.:

Ivona LAĐEVAC*

 

 

 

________________________________

* Senior Research Fellow, Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade, Serbia. E- mail: ivona@diplomacy.bg.ac.rs, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4052-4426.

The paper presents findings of a study developed as a part of the research project “Serbia in contemporary international relations: strategic development directions and strengthening the position of Serbia in international integrative processes – foreign-political, international economical, legal and security aspects“ (No. 179029) for the period 2011-2015, realized by the Institute of International Politics and Economics, and financed by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia.

 

(2) Anonymized file with the manuscript text

a. This file should contain (in the following order):

• Article title;
• Abstract and keywords (in English language);
• Manuscript text;
• Reference list (bibliography);
• Abstract and key words (in Serbian language - Cyrilic script).
• In case the author(s) do notspeak or write in Serbian, the Editorial Team will be in charge of translating the abstract in case of acceptance for publication.

Note: This file will serve for the double-blind review procedure. As such, it must not contain the authorship data, directly or indirectly, pertaining to the first/last name, gender, nationality, institution or any other relevant characteristic in that regard.

FONT, PAGINATION

Use Times New Roman font in size 12, with single-lined spacing, and with an empty line between paragraphs.

Use continuous line numbers starting on the first page, with page numbers on the right side of the bottom of the page.

LENGTH

Articles range from 6000–8000 words (excluding abstracts and bibliography). The length of book and conference reviews essays is up to 1500 words.

LANGUAGE

Authors submit their articles in English. 

Final versions of manuscripts (that have reached the acceptance stage) are translated into Serbian Cyrillic. Both language versions are published.

Please use the language consistently, coherently and adequately, having in mind the academic scope of the journal. Both British and American English are equally acceptable.

TITLE

Use bold for the article title (size 14).

The title should not only accurately describe the content of manuscript (i.e. convey the main topics of the study and highlight the importance of the research) but it should be concise.

ABSTRACT AND KEY WORDS

Below the author’s name include abstract of 150–200 words that describes the material presented in the manuscript.

In addition, the same abstract in Serbian Cyrilic script should be placed at the very end of the manuscript. In case of authors whose native language is not Serbian, the Editorial Team will organize the abstract translation into Serbian Cyrilic.

For original research article, the abstract must summarize the entire article, including theoretical background, the departing hypothesis or research question, the aim, a concise account of the methods, a clear description of the most important findings, and a brief presentation of the conclusions.

For review article, the abstract should include the primary objective of the review, the reasoning behind choice, the main outcomes and results of the review, and the conclusions that might be drawn, including their implications for further research, application, or practice.

The author provides up to 10 key words for the main idea of the article which can be used for indexing purposes. Key words should not repeat the title.

MAIN TEXT

The basic text should be justified.

Use no more than three levels of headings (all should be centered):

First-level headings – Heading

Second-level headings – Heading

Third-level headings – Heading

Do not number headings.

Each new paragraph, including headlines, needs to be indented. This doesn’t apply to the Abstract. Indents are made by placing the cursor at the beginning of the paragraph and pressing the Tab key once. Define all abbreviations at first mention in the abstract and in the main text by giving the full term, then the abbreviation in parentheses, and use them consistently thereafter.

Only the following form of quotation marks should be put in the text: “ ”. In case the additional quotation marks are to be put within these ones it should be done in the following way: ‘ ’.The text should be clear, readable, and concise. Manuscripts should be well presented, with correct grammar, spelling and punctuation. Please use gender-neutral language throughout the article. If the English language quality is unsatisfactory, the manuscript will be returned to the authors for correction without undergoing peer review.

Please use the spelling style consistently throughout your manuscript.

Latin, Old Greek and other non-English words and terms in the text should be italicised (e.g. status quo, a priori, de facto, acquis communautaire).

When citing dates in the text and bibliography (in accordance with the specific guidelines), use the month–day–year format (e.g., May 12, 2025).

CITATION STYLE

International Problems uses the author-date reference style based on The Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed). Sources are cited in the text, usually in parentheses, by the author’s surname, the publication date of the work cited, and a page number if necessary. Full details are given in the reference list (use the heading References).

When citing sources in Serbian, please use the Serbian Latin script for both in- text citations and the bibliography, following the same guidelines as for English references (for example, see the ‘Doctoral Dissertation’ section). Serbian-language sources should be kept in their original language and not translated into English.

The articles need to contain academically relevant, timely and verified sources (peer- reviewed, if feasible). Please refrain from inappropriate or biased citations that are disproportionately inclined towards a particular group, organization or publication. Likewise, please limit the number of self- citations to 2 (two).

In the text, the reference should be placed just before punctuation. If the author’s name appears in the text, it is notnecessary to repeat it, but the date should follow immediately:

Johnson and Axinn (2013, 136) argue that killing with emotions is morally superior to killing without emotions, because military honour demands a clear will to assume a risk of sacrifice of health and life.

If the reference is in parentheses, use square brackets for additional parentheses:

(see, e.g., Johnson and Axinn [2013, 133–136] on this important subject).

In text, separate the references with semicolons:

(Jabri 2007; Herman 2004; Rohrbach 2020)

If citing more than one work by an author, do not repeat the name:

(Jabri 2007; 2011; Gregory 2014a; 2014b)

Book

Reference list entry:

Jabri, Vivienne. 2007. War and the Transformation of Global Politics. Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave MacMillan.

Tadjbakhsh, Shahrbanou, and Anuradha Chenoy. 2007. Human Security: Concepts and Implications, 2nd ed. Oxon: Routledge.

Vasquez, John A., Sanford Jaffe, James Turner Johnson, and Linda Stamato, eds. 1995. Beyond Confrontation: Learning Conflict Resolution in the Post-Cold War Era. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Bentham, Jeremy [1907] 2018. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation. Reprint, London: Clarendon Press. www.econlib.org/library/Bentham/ bnthPML.html.

Dal Lago, Alessandro, and Salvatore Palidda, eds. 2010. Conflict, Security and the Reshaping of Society: The Civilization of War. Oxon and New York: Routledge.

Hayek, Friedrich A. 2011. The Constitution of Liberty: The Definitive Edition. Edited by Ronald Hamowy. Vol. 17 of The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek, edited by Bruce Caldwell. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988–.

In-text citation:

(Jabri 2007, 59)

(Tadjbakhsh and Chenoy 2007)

(Vasquez et al. 1995)

(Bentham[1907] 2018)

(Dal Lago and Palidda 2010)

(Hayek 2011, 258)

Journal article

Reference list entry:

Nordin, Astrid H.M. and Dan Öberg. 2015. “Targeting the Ontology of War: From Clausewitz to Baudrillard”. Millennium: Journal of International Studies 43 (2): 395–423.

Adams, Tracy, and Zohar Kampf. 2020. “‘Solemn and just demands’: Seeking apologies in the international arena”. Review of International Studies. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0260210520000261.

In-text citation:

(Nordin and Öberg 2015, 401)

(Tracy and Kampf 2020)

Article in edited volume

Reference list entry:

Herman, Michael. 2004. “Ethics and Intelligence After September 2001”. In: Understanding Intelligence in the Twenty-First Century: Journeys in Shadows,edited by Len V. Scott and Peter D. Jackson, 567–581. London and New York: Routledge.

Reference list entry:

(Herman 2004)

Conference paper (if not published in conference proceedings)

Reference list entry:

Korać, Srđan. 2016. “Human Security and Global Ethics: Can International Organizations be Moral Agents?”. Paper presented at the Third International Academic Conference on Human Security, Human Security Research Center (HSRC), Faculty of Security Studies, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, November 4–5.

Reference list entry:

(Korać 2016)

Book review

Reference list entry:

Firchow, Pamina. 2020. “Measuring Peace: Principles, Practices and Politics”, Review of Measuring Peace, by Richard Caplan. International Peacekeeping 27 (2): 337–338.

Reference list entry:

(Firchow 2020, 337)

Legal and official documents

International treaties

Reference list entry:

[PTBT] Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water. 1963. Signed by US, UK, and USSR, August 5. https://treaties. un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%20480/volume-480-I-6964-English.pdf.

[TFEU] Consolidated Version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. 2012. Official Journal of the European Union, C 326, October 26. http://eur- lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:12012E/TXT&from=EN.

[UN Charter] Charter of the United Nations, October 24, 1945. https://www.un. org/en/sections/un-charter/introductory-note/index.html.

In-text citation:

(PTBT 1963, Article III, para. 3)

(TFEU 2012, Article 87)

(UNCharter, Chapter X)

UN documents

Reference list entry:

[UNSC] UN Security Council. Resolution 2222, Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, S/RES/2222.May 27, 2015. http://www.un.org/en/sc/documents/ resolutions/2015.shtml.

[UNGA] UN General Assembly. Resolution 67/18, Education for Democracy, A/RES/67/18. November 28, 2012. https://undocs.org/pdf?symbol=en/A/RES/67/18.

In-text citation:

(UNSC Res. 2222)

(UNGARes. 67/18)

National legislation

Reference list entry:

[Constitution RS] Constitution of the Republic of Serbia. 2006. Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 98/2006.

Homeland Security Act. 2002. United States of America, 107th Congress, 2nd Session (November 25). https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/ hr_5005_enr.pdf.

In-text citation:

(Constitution RS 2006, Article 111)

(Homeland Security Act 2002)

Official reports

Reference list entry:

[YILC] Yearbook of the International Law Commission. 2014. Vol. 2, Part Two. https://legal.un.org/docs/?path=../ilc/publications/yearbooks/english/ilc_2014_v2_p2.pdf &lang=ES.

[The 9-11 Commission] U.S. National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States. 2004. The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Uponthe United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Publication Office.

US Congress. 1993. Nomination of R. James Woolsey to be Director of Central Intelligence: Hearing Before the Select Committee on Intelligence of the United States Senate. 104th Congress, 1st session, February 2–3, 1993. https://www.intelligence. senate.gov/sites/default/files/hearings/103296.pdf.

[USAFH] United States Air Force Headquarters. 2014. United States Air Force RPA Vector: Vision and Enabling Concepts: 2013–2038. www.af.mil/Portals/1/documents/ news/USAFRPAVectorVisionandEnablingConcepts 2013-2038.pdf.

In-text citation:

(YILC 2014, 321)

(The 9-11 Commission 2004, 437)

(US Congress 1993, 125)

(USAFH 2014)

EU legislation

Reference list entry:

Regulation (EU) No. 1052/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 establishing the European Border Surveillance System (Eurosur). Official Journal of the European Union, L 295, 6 November 2013. https://eur- lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32013R1052&from=EN.

[EC] European Commision. 2010. The EU Internal Security Strategy in Action: Five steps towards a more secure Europe, COM(2010) 673 final, Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council, November 22. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52010DC0673& from=GA.

Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of theuse of the financial system forthe purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directive 2006/70/EC (Text with EEA relevance), Official Journal of the European Union, L 141, 5 June 2015. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri= CELEX:32015L0849&from=EN.

In-text citation:

(Regulation [EU] No. 1052/2013, Article 11, para. 4)

(EC COM[2010] 673 final)

(Directive [EU] 2015/849)

Decisions of international courts and tribunals

Reference list entry:

[ICJ] International Court of Justice. Accordance with the International Law of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence in Respect of Kosovo, Advisory Opinion, 22 July 2010, ICJ Reports. https://www.icj-cij.org/files/case- related/141/141- 20100722-ADV-01- 00-EN.pdf.

[ICJ Order 1999] Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. United Kingdom). International Court of Justice, Order ICJ Rep. 1999 (June 2). https://www.icj- cij.org/files/case- related/113/113-19990602-ORD-01-00-EN.pdf.

[ICTY Indictment IT-98-32-A] Prosecutor v. Vasiljevic, Case No. IT-98-32-A. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Indictment, 30 October 2000. https://www.icty.org/x/cases/vasiljevic/ind/en/vasonly-ii000125e.pdf.

Costa v Ente Nazionale per l’Energia Elettrica, Case 6/64, [1964] ECR 585. https://eur- lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A61964CJ0006.

[CJEU Judgment T-289/15] Hamas v Council, Case T-289/15. Court of Justice of the European Union, Judgment, 6 March 2019, ECLI:EU:T:2019:138. http://curia. europa.eu/juris/documents.jsf?language=EN&critereEcli=ECLI:EU:T:2019:138.

[Opinion of AG Bobek] Région de Bruxelles-Capitale v Commission, Case C-352/19.P. Court of Justice of the European Union. Opinion of Advocate General Bobek delivered on 16 July 2020(1), ECLI:EU:C:2020:588. https://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?num=C- 352/19.

In-text citation:

(ICJ Advisory Opinion 2010, 411)

(ICJ Order 1999, para. 3)

(ICTY Indictment IT-98-32-A)

(Costa v ENEL)

(CJEU Judgment T-289/15, para. 23)

(Opinion of AG Bobek C-352/19 P)

Newspapers and magazines

Reference list entry:

Gibbs, Samuel. 2017. “Elon Musk leads 116 experts calling for outright ban of killer robots”, The Guardian, August 20.

Power, Matthew. 2013. “Confessions of a Drone Warrior”, GQ, October 22. https://www.gq.com/story/drone-uav-pilot-assassination.

Economist. 2015. “Who will fight the next war?” October 24. https:// www.economist.com/united-states/2015/10/24/who-will-fight-the-next-war.

In-text citation:

(Gibbs 2017, A10)

(Power 2013)

(Economist 2015)

Audio and visual media

Reference list entry:

Scott, Ridley. [1982] 2007. Blade Runner: The Final Cut. Directed by Ridley Scott. Burbank, CA: Warner Bros. Blue-Ray disc, 117 min.

Future Weapons. 2019. Waddell Media. Aired on August 7–16 on Discovery Science HD, 3 seasons, 30 episodes (43 min. each). https://go.discovery.com/tv- shows/future- weapons/.

Tech Legend. 2020. “Best Drones 2020 – Top 8 Best Drone with Cameras to Buy in 2020”. Uploaded on February 7, 2020. YouTube video, 27:20 min. https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Z6_4JU5Mspw.

In-text citation:

(Scott [1982] 2007)

(Future Weapons 2019)

(Tech Legend 2020)

Social media

Reference list entry:

National Library of Australia. 2020. “National Library of Australia’s Facebook Page”. Facebook, August 1, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/National.Library.of.Australia/.

Kruszelnicki, Karl (@DoctorKarl). 2017. “Dr Karl Twitter post.” Twitter, February 19, 2017, 9:34 a.m. https://twitter.com/DoctorKarl.

Trapara, Vladimir. 2018. “Victory or nil”. Unwrapping the Essence (blog). May 29, 2018. https://unwrappingtheessence.weebly.com/blog/pobeda-ili-nista.

In-text citation:

(National Library of Australia 2020)

(Kruszelnicki 2017)

(Trapara 2018)

Doctoral dissertation

Reference list entry:

Rohrbach, Livia. 2020. Beyond intractability? Territorial solutions to self- determination conflicts. Doctoral dissertation. Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen.

Petrović, Miloš. 2018. Nepotpuna integracija kao prepreka političkom razvoju Istočnog partnerstva Evropske unije. Doktorska disertacija. Fakultet političkih nauka, Univerzitet u Beogradu.

In-text citation:

(Rohrbach 2020)

(Petrović 2018)

Internet source

If citing an undated online document, give an access date and use the year of access as year of publication.

Reference list entry:

Oxford Library. 2012. “Library Strategy”. Oxford Library. Accessed June 3, 2012. http://www.ol.org/library/strategy.html.

Google Maps. 2015. “The British Library, London, UK”. Google. Accessed February 5, 2015. https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/The+British+Library/@51.5 29972,- 0.127676,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x48761b3b70171395:0x18905479de0fdb25.

IIPE [Institute of International Politics and Economics]. n.d. “Mission”. Accessed August 1, 2020. https://www.diplomacy.bg.ac.rs/en/mission/.

In-text citation:

(Oxford Library 2012)

(Google Maps 2015)

(IIPE n.d.)

Personal communication (letter, emails, telephone conversation)

Personal communications include conversations, interviews, lecture material, telephone conversations, letters and e-mail messages. Place references to personal communications such as letters and conversations within the running text and not as formal end references, because they do not contain recoverable data:

… as mentioned in an e-mail to me from Dr. Slobodan Jankovic, December 10, 2019 …

When in published collections, letters are cited by date of the collection, with individual correspondence dates given in the text:

In a letter to Mary Louise Green from University of Belgrade, May 13, 2017 (Green 2012, 34), …

Note: The author is responsible for obtaining the approval/permission from the person(s) quoted within the article. The process of obtaining permission should include sharing the article ahead of the submission, so that a person in question could verify the context in which they are being quoted. If permission cannot be obtained, the personal communication must be removed from the article. In cases where data are used in anonymized form, authors are expected to take appropriate measures to ensure compliance with ethical standards, confidentiality, and related requirements, and to ensure that all involved parties are familiar with and adhere to them.

Secondary source

If you read an article or book which cites or quotes some information that you want to use, always refer to both the original source and the source where you found the information:

In-text citation:

In his 1975 book Power [Macht], Luhmann bases his understanding of power mainly on the social exchange and community power literature (cited in Guzzini 2013, 79).

Reference list entry:

Guzzini, Stefano. 2013. Power, realism, and constructivism. Abingdon and New York: Routledge.

Archive sources

Archival sources are cited according to the following format:

[Acronym or abbreviation] Full name of the repository, [Acronym or abbreviation] Title of the fond, fond number, box number or title (if available), folder number, reference code (if available), “Title of the document” (if it is not available, provide a short description by answering the questions who? whom? what?), place, date or n.d. if no date is provided.

Please use commonly known acronyms of the institutions (MFA – Ministry of Foreign Affairs) or those listed on the institution’s website (AJ – Archives of Yugoslavia, TNA – The National Archives (United Kingdom)).

Reference list entry:

[AJ] Arhiv Jugoslavije, [KPR] Kabinet Predsednika Republike, fond 837, kutija Kriza na Bliskom Istoku, f.I-5-c/88, „Predlog akcija u vezi sa Bliskim Istokom“, Beograd, 29. oktobar 1973.

[TNA] The National Archives (United Kingdom), [FO] Foreign Office, f. 371/5727, “Telegram of H. C. A. Eyres to Foreign Office,“ Durrës, June 2, 1921.

In-text citation:

(AJ, KPR, f. I-5-c/88)

(TNA, FO, f. 371/5727)

Policy papers

Practical or public policy proposals (policy paper) are cited as follows:

Author. Year. Title (italicized). Date of publication. Link.

Reference list entry:

[BCSP] Belgrade Centre for Security Policy. 2012.  Gender Advisors in the Serbian Security Sector. January 26. https://bezbednost.org/en/publication/gender-advisors-in-the-serbian-security- sector/.

In-text citation:

(BCSP 2012, 3)

TABLES, FIGURES AND GEOGRAPHICAL MAPS

It is necessary to give their number and full title – e.g. Table 1: Human Development Index among EU members or Figure 2: State-Building or Sovereignty Strategy or Map 1: Maritime jurisdiction and boundaries in the Arctic region.

It is particularly important that you have been given written permission to use any tables, figures, and geographical maps you are reproducing from another source before you submit manuscript.

REFERENCE LIST

The list of references should only includeworks that are cited in the text, tables, figure legend, and footnotes, and that have been published or accepted for publication.

Personal communications and unpublished works should only be mentioned in the text. Do not use footnotes or endnotes as a substitute for a reference list.

Referencelistentries should be alphabetised by the last name of author or editor. If no author/editor, order by title.

If the reference list contains two or more items by the same author in the same year, add a, b, etc. and list them alphabetically by title of the work:

Gregory, Derek. 2014a. “Drone Geographies”. Radical Philosophy RP 183: 7–19. Gregory, Derek. 2014b. “The Everywhere War”. The Geographical Journal 177 (3): 238–250.

Manuscripts that do not comply with the above-mentioned instructions will not be taken into consideration for the reviewing process.

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