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Friendship

&International Politics

research network

About Our Network

This space supports a network of scholars studying different forms of friendship in world politics. We investigate friendship as a political phenomenon and a significant force in international relations at both the individual and collective level.

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New Publications

Book cover titled 'Forgotten Friendships: Yugoslavia and the Anticolonial Panconference World' by Alexandra Perisic

Forgotten Friendships: Yugoslavia and the Anticolonial Francophone World

Alexandra Perišić (2025)

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“Solomon Islands’ ‘Friends to all: enemy to none’ foreign policy: reconceptualising international friendship”

Daniel Marggraff (2026)

Book cover titled 'Medieval Conceptions of Friendship: Spiritual, Secular and Political' by Heather Devere, published by Palgrave Macmillan, with abstract blue and yellow background.

Medieval Conceptions of Friendship: Spiritual, Secular and Political

Heather Devere (2026)

Cover of a publication titled 'CRIA The Cambridge Review of International Affairs' with University of Cambridge logo and a 30-year anniversary emblem.

“Fragile bonds and strategic ties: the politics of friendship and affective alignment in US diplomacy”

Amy E. Stambach (2026)

Meetings

Logo of the European International Studies Association with the acronym EISA and the full name written to the right, over a background of a crowd at an outdoor event.

19th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, ISCTE- University Institute of Lisbon, 1-4 September 2026

The European International Studies Association (EISA) logo with teal-colored squares and the organization's name written to the right, overlaid on a background of a large outdoor gathering.

18th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, University of Bologna, 25–29 August 2025

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International Studies Association 66th Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, 2–5 March 2025

BISA logo with the full name British International Studies Association written in orange next to it, on a dark background.

British International Studies Association 50th Anniversary Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 17–20 June 2025

Explore academic work about friendship by browsing our extensive bibliography on friendship studies in International Relations and other fields.

Book cover titled 'Friendship Among Nations: History of a Concept' by Evgeny Roshchin, featuring a background of intertwined chains.
Book cover titled 'Aristotle and the Philosophy of Friendship' by Lorraine Smith Pangle, published by Cambridge.
Book cover titled 'Making Connections: Friendship and Politics' by Heather Devere, published by Palgrave Macmillan, with a blue and gold circular pattern background.
Cover of a book titled "Friendship and International Relations," edited by Simon Koschut and Andrea Oelsner, featuring a black abstract sculpture on a yellow background.
Book cover titled "Friendship Reconsidered: What It Means and How It Matters to Politics" by P.E. Digeser with a colorful, abstract background.
Book cover titled 'Forgotten Friendships' by Alexandra Perisio, about Yugoslavia and the anti-colonialophone world.
Cover of a book titled 'Friendship in Politics,' edited by Preston King and Graham M. Smith, with a blue background.