Foreign Affairs
Last updated ISSN 0015-7120
Foreign Affairs is published by Council on Foreign Relations in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Foreign Affairs concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Global Peace and Security Dynamics
- International Relations and Foreign Policy
- Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
- International Development and Aid
- Russia and Soviet political economy
- Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
- Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
- Eastern European Communism and Reforms
- Islamic Studies and History
- Military and Defense Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Council on Foreign Relations |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0015-7120, 2327-7793 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 19,493 |
| Publishing since | 1922 |
| Journal website | www.foreignaffairs.com/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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