Welcome to the E-International Relations newsletter

An interim update as we move to substack

Sep 04, 2024

Dear all,

Many thanks for subscribing to our new email service on substack. We planned to make this move for quite some time as our old email service was outdated, but were taken by surprise when our provider decided to cease operations with only 10 days notice. So, here we are, a little before we expected.

The changes to your newsletter will be mainly that we are moving to a fortnightly digest, rather than weekly. Additionally, the old newsletter was automated, this one will be curated manually, allowing for a human touch and a more engaging communication style.

The newsletter digest (now fortnightly) will always be free – but we offer a paid tier (one of the benefits of substack) for those who want to support our open access mission, be able to leave comments / interact with the content (which you can do on our substack page) – and also get listed as a subscriber on our masthead. You can upgrade/downgrade your membership at any time from your substack account.

Everything we publish on E-International Relations will always be provided free due to our commitment to full open access, something we pioneered in the digital space when we went live in 2007. Just in case you might not have known, all of our editorial staff are volunteers who give time to the project because we value E-IR’s missions to (1) be the leading open access scholarly publisher in our field, making reputable expert content free to view for all – and (2) to provide the best source of freely available materials for students of Politics and International Relations. So, any assistance you can give to support our open access mission is warmly received. Donations outside of substack can also be given via Paypal … and/or if you have influence over a university/product budget (or similar) you can have your department look into our advertising options which are the bulk of how we cover our operational costs.

For those of you who missed the 30 August newsletter on substack, you can find that below. The next proper newsletter will go out next weekend (13-15 September) – the time will vary (as it is no longer automated, so as and when we are able to compile/send it) but usually every 2nd weekend at some point between Friday and Sunday. If you don’t see it in your inbox when you are expecting it, please check your spam folder and whitelist/approve our emails.

We will be experimenting with the format and style of the newsletter over the coming months (though the basic format of all published content, linked for you to easily open, will be a constant). If you have any feedback you are always welcome to get in touch.

my very best,

Stephen McGlinchey
Editor-in-Chief and Publisher
E-International Relations

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