29/04/2026
📢 New Issue Published | Vol. 12, No. 1 (2026)
We are pleased to announce that Volume 12, Number 1 (2026) of the Journal of Liberty and International Affairs is now fully published and available online [https://e-jlia.com/index.php/jlia/issue/view/47].
This issue brings together original research, a review article, and book reviews addressing key questions in international relations, security, law, and political liberty.
📘 Table of Contents
Research Articles:
• Explaining Escalation: The Security Dilemma in Three Contemporary International Conflicts
Dejan Marolov, Jordanka Galeva | pp. 16–38
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47305/jlia.2026.1977
• Reshaping European Security: Multidimensional Implications of the Russia–Ukraine Conflict
Hung Nghiem Tuan, Nam Hoang Khac, Kiet Le Hoang | pp. 39–60
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47305/jlia.2026.2004
• Balancing Necessity, Legitimacy, and Liberty: A Normative Evaluative Framework for Public Health Emergency Powers
Asmita Patel, Mamata Biswal | pp. 61–78
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47305/jlia.2026.2010
• Serbia’s Strategic Ambiguity as a Governing Strategy: EU Accession, Russia, and China
Ana Jovic Lazic | pp. 79–98
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47305/jlia.2026.2048
• Academic Freedom as a Complex Legal Phenomenon: International Standards, National Models, and Implementation Challenges
Liliana Tymchenko, Rostyslav Shchokin, Serhii Baranov | pp. 99–121
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47305/jlia.2026.2068
• Electoral Dispute Management and Substantive Political Liberty: A Comparative Study of Albania and Kosovo
Andon Kume, Betim Gjoshi | pp. 122–151
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47305/jlia.2026.2098
• Strategic Cultural Hedging and The Louvre Abu Dhabi: UAE’s Soft Power and SDG 17
Emad A. Ayasreh | pp. 152–170
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47305/jlia.2026.2107
Review Article:
• Explaining the Formulation of the San Francisco System: A Comparative and Eclectic Analysis of U.S. Bilateral Alliances in East Asia
Thaha Albana Turmuzi, Geetha Govindasamy, Kyu Hyun Jo | pp. 171–191
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47305/jlia.2026.2120
Book Reviews (Non–Peer-Reviewed):
• The Anatomy of Peace by Emery Reves (Association Press, 1945)
Najiba Mustafayeva | pp. 192–199
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47305/jlia.2026.2125
• NATO’s Meaning and Existence: Within the Interstate Intersubjectivity by Yunus Emre Ozigci (Vernon Press, 2026)
Piotr Pietrzak | pp. 200–203
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47305/jlia.2026.2126
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