OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Washington Quarterly is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Great-Power Competition Isn’t a Foreign Policy	20
Embedded Nationalism in a Fragmented World: Lula’s Brazil	19
Remote Sanctions-Busting: A Post-COVID New Normal?	16
Between Guilt and Responsibility: The Legacy of Spheres in Germany	14
How to Defend Taiwan: Leading with Economic Warfare	12
Social Media Influencers and Diplomacy’s Evolution	11
The Strategic Implications of the Evolving US-China Nuclear Balance	9
The Rise and Fall of South Korea’s 586 Generation: Implications for the US Alliance	8
Will Putin Stop at Ukraine? That’s the Wrong Question	8
Taiwan: What Could, Should and Will Australia Do?	8
Protecting Undersea Cables and South Korea’s Role	7
History’s Revenge: NATO’s Nuclear-Conventional Debate Returns	7
Surprising Stability in the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands Since 2012	7
The Geopolitics of Energy after the Invasion of Ukraine	7
The Devil’s in the Differences: Ukraine and a Taiwan Contingency	6
Can the Iron Dome Be Transmuted into a Golden Dome?	5
Anticipating Europe’s Nuclear Futures	5
Squaring the Circle on Spheres of Influence: The Overlooked Benefits	5
A Fragile Equilibrium: Incentivizing Pakistan’s Regional Recalibration	5
A Finely Fractured Consensus: American Motivations for Rules-Based Order	5
Transforming the Industrial Heartlands: a Transatlantic Initiative	5
Reframing the US-Pakistan Strategic Renaissance	5
Eyes Wide Open: Strategic Elite Views of South Korea’s Nuclear Options	5
Modernizing US Indian Ocean Strategy	4
Managing the Dilemmas of Alliance Burden Sharing	4

Can Armed Statebuilding Succeed in Ukraine, Gaza or Taiwan?	4
How to End a Military Intervention	4
Kabul and a Strategic Triangle	4
A Tripolar Nuclear World: Challenges to Strategic Stability	4
The Ideology Barriers to Anti-China Coalitions	4
The Next Chapter in US Nuclear Policy	3
Bipolarity is Back: Why It Matters	3
Bidenomics in the Indo-Pacific: Strategic Implications	3
Sino-Russian Splits: Divergences in Autocratic Coercion	3
NATO’s China Role: Defending Cyber and Outer Space	3
Limited Leverage: Nuclear Latency in South Korea’s Alliance Bargaining	3
Adapting NATO to Great-Power Competition	3
The Elusive Indo-Pacific Coalition: Why Geography Matters	2
Still Getting Asia Wrong: No “Contain China” Coalition Exists	2
A Model Alliance? The Strategic Logic of US-Australia Cooperation	2
The Real Challenge of China’s Nuclear Modernization	2
Economic Self-Reliance in a Leaderless World	2
A New Concert for Europe: Security and Order After the War	2
Nuclear Risks Rise as Great-Power Conflict Goes On	2
Backstopping Ukraine’s Long-Term Security: An Alternative to NATO Membership	2
The Return of Crisis Diplomacy: Ukraine, Taiwan and Beyond	2
When Actions Match Words: Japan’s National Security Strategy at One Year	2
Tokyo’s Taiwan Conundrum: What Can Japan Do to Prevent War?	2
Emerging Technologies and Southern Asian Nuclear Deterrence	2
China’s US-Driven Middle East Strategy	2
Curbing China’s Resilience to US Coercive Economic Statecraft	2
America's Role in a Post-American Middle East	2
A Neglected Region? The Strategic Value of the South Atlantic	2
A Potential Conflict over Taiwan: A View from India	2
Starving Russia’s War Economy	2
Governing the Final Frontier: Risk Reduction in Outer Space	1
Russia’s Drive for AI: Do Deeds Match the Words?	1
China’s Strategic Calculus: It’s Not Just About Economics	1
Updating Dollar Diplomacy: Leading on Digital Currency Standards	1
Emerging Tech and the Israel-Iran Nuclear Relationship	1
Does Ideology Explain Chinese Policy Today?	1
Upsetting the Balance: Why Russia Chose Hamas over Israel	1
Considering a US-Supported Self-Defense Option for Taiwan	1
How Putin’s Regime Survivalism Drives Russian Aggression	1
Recalibrating Arms Control for Emerging Technologies	1
Kishida the Accelerator: Japan's Defense Evolution After Abe	1
How Putin Tore Up His Playbook for Victory	1
A US Strategy for Advancing EU Enlargement	1
Are Proxy Wars Coming Back?	1
Russia’s Failed Nuclear Coercion Against Ukraine	1
On Targeted Killing and Warfare	1
Russian Nuclear Weapons in Belarus? Motivations and Consequences	1
China’s America Policy: Back to the Future	1
Merging Development and Diplomacy: What Might the US Learn?	1
Lessons Learned from Afghanistan: The First Political Order	1

Legal, but Lethal: The Law of Armed Conflict and US Nuclear Strategy	1
Iran’s Strategic Crossroads: Options Beyond the Axis?	1
Bangladesh and the Rohingya Crisis: The Need for a Long-Term Strategy	1