The International Spectator has recorded significant results in the latest citation rankings, confirming its growing academic impact and international visibility. According to the 2026 edition of the Journal Citation Reports by Clarivate Analytics, the journal received a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 2.5 and was ranked in Q1, placing it among the leading journals in its field. The journal also performed strongly in the 2025 Scopus metrics, achieving a CiteScore of 4.5 and a Q

Over the past seven years, we have had the privilege of serving as Editors of The International Spectator, the peer-reviewed journal of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, founded by Altiero Spinelli in 1966. During this period, we chose to guide the journal's activities according to principles of integrity, quality, diversity and sustainability, as outlined in the editorial published in 2023. Through these seven years, the journal has experienced a significant increase in re

Reviewed Book: Rwanda’s Genocide Heritage: between Justice and Sovereignty. Duke Press (2025) – Delia Duong Wendel Book review by Beatrice Morani Delia [ Duong Ba Wendel’s Rwanda’s Genocide Heritage: Between Justice and Sovereignty (Duke University Press, 2025) offers an original and visceral analysis of what she conceptualises as trauma heritage , understood as the spatialization of traumatic past events. Employing Rwanda’s genocide memorial landscape as a case study, the

Reviewed Book: Making Aid Work: Dueling with Dictators and Warlords in the Middle East and North Africa. Lynne Rienner Publishers (2025) – Guilain Denoeux, Robert Springborg and Hicham Alaoui Book review by Antonia Ricciardiello Authored by political scientists Guilain Denoeux (Colby College), Robert Springborg (Simon Fraser University and Istituto Affari Internazionali) and Hicham Alaoui (University of California, Berkeley, and Harvard University), Making Aid Work: Duel

Guest: Altea Pericoli ( Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow jointly affiliated with the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University and the Department of Economics at Ca’ Foscari University ) Episode available here The International Spectator is pleased to present a new podcast episode exploring how Gulf States have emerged as influential actors in the field of international development assistance. In this episode, Altea Pericoli (Marie Skłodowska-Cur

Reviewed Book: Resisting Domination in Palestine: Mechanisms and Techniques of Control, Coloniality, and Settler Colonialism . I.B....