Center for US-Pakistan Affairs · Peer-reviewed · Open access
CUPA Journal of US-Pakistan Affairs
A peer-reviewed, open-access journal on the United States, Pakistan and the policies that connect them.
About the journal
The journal publishes rigorous, readable scholarship and policy analysis on the relationship between the United States and Pakistan, and on the regional and global questions where their interests meet. Every research article is assessed by the editors and by independent reviewers before publication, and everything the journal publishes is free to read.
Current issue
The first issue is in preparation
The journal is preparing its first issue. Read the call for papers, or the guidelines, if you would like your work to be considered.
Authors
Call for papers
The journal invites original research articles, policy analyses, review essays and book reviews for its first issue. We are particularly interested in work that brings new evidence to the US-Pakistan relationship, or that places it in a regional or global setting.
Please read the submission guidelines before preparing your manuscript.
Aims and scope
Aims
The journal aims to give researchers and practitioners a dedicated, open venue for careful work on US-Pakistan relations: work that is grounded in evidence, clear about its methods and useful to people who make or study policy.
Scope
We welcome submissions on, among other subjects:
- diplomacy, alliances and the history of the bilateral relationship
- security, counterterrorism and arms control
- trade, investment, aid and economic statecraft
- energy, climate and critical minerals
- technology, cyber policy and connectivity
- migration, diaspora communities and people-to-people ties
- regional dynamics in South Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific as they bear on both countries
We publish research articles, policy analyses, review essays, book reviews and commentaries. Comparative and interdisciplinary work is welcome, as is work by early-career researchers and practitioners.
Editorial board
The editorial board is being formed. Members will be listed here once confirmed.
Indexing and abstracting
The journal will apply to indexing and abstracting services once it has an established publication record. Services are listed here only after they confirm coverage.