Cambridge Review of International Affairs


The Cambridge Review of International Affairs is a peer-reviewed academic journal publishing scholarship in international relations, particularly the fields of international studies, international law, and international political economy. The journal also specialises in Historical International Relations. It is published by Taylor & Francis.

Background

CRIA was founded in 1985 by Jeffrey Pryce, a graduate student in the Centre of International Studies at the University of Cambridge. Its first issue was published in . It is staffed by postgraduate students based at the university. Its current editorial team is led by editors-in-chief, .

Notable articles

Most cited articles include Globalisation or 'glocalisation'? Networks, territories and rescaling by Erik Swyngedouw, Does capitalism need the state system? by Alex Callinicos, Europe's others and the return of geopolitics by Thomas Diez, and Environmental security and climate change: analysing the discourse by .

Abstracting and indexing

CRIA is abstracted and indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2019 impact factor of 1.366, ranking it 45th out of 95 journals in the category "International Relations", and 94th out of 181 in "Political Science".