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In keeping with our mandate to address the needs of political scientists across various subfields and regions, the March 2025 issue of the International Political Science Review (Volume 45, Number 2) features compelling articles on some of the most pressing political issues worldwide. The nine articles span diverse fields, including populism, international relations, political economy, gender studies, redistribution, foreign aid, natural disasters, policymaking, democracy, and presidential studies.

For instance, in a very timely article, Marco Lisi explores whether populists practice what they preach, answering his research question in the affirmative. In another engaging piece, Elasmar et al. examine country mentions on the social media platform X from a classical international relations perspective. Drawing on World-Systems Theory, they show that a state’s relative position on core, semi-periphery and periphery influences their prevalence on X. From a political economy standpoint, Chen et al. investigate whether bilateral investment treaties help post-coup countries attract foreign investment. Based on an original dataset, their findings support this claim. In another intriguing piece in the field of gender and politics, Beauregard uncovers key differences in how political campaigns engage with male and female voters.

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Contents

Does world system theory rein in social media? Identifying factors contributing to country mentions on X
Michael G Elasmar, H Denis Wu and Jacob Groshek

Taking intra-executive politics into public arenas? Analysis of presidential speeches in six semi-presidential European countries
Maarika Kujanen, Vesa Koskimaa and Tapio Raunio

Do populists practice what they preach? Intra-party democracy in populist parties
Marco Lisi

Are men and women contacted differently by electoral campaigns? A cross-national examination of gender gaps
Katrine Beauregard

Do bilateral investment treaties help post-coup countries attract foreign investment?
Jia Chen, Ge Xin and Fangjin Ye

Policymaking under tough economic times: Parties, policy issues and the adoption of programmatic policies
Giorgia Borgnino

Industry comparative advantage and support for redistribution: A cross-country cross-industry analysis of the political economy of trade
André van Hoorn

Voter reaction to the government’s refusal of natural disaster assistance: Experimental evidence from Turkey and India
Osman Sabri Kıratlı and Selim Erdem Aytaç

Democracy as a cause of semi-presidential regimes: On reverse causality between democracy and semi-presidential establishment
Jenny Ã…berg and Thomas Denk