The International Quarterly of Foreign Relations is committed to providing immediate, free, and unrestricted access to the scholarly research and academic content that it publishes. All scholarly articles published by the journal are made available on an open access basis.
Open access means that the full text of all published articles is made immediately available upon official publication through the journal’s website, without subscription, payment, user registration, account creation, or any embargo period.
All articles published in the International Quarterly of Foreign Relations:
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are freely accessible and downloadable without subscription or payment;
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are not subject to any embargo period;
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are provided through a dedicated article webpage with a persistent URL.
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The International Quarterly of Foreign Relations is committed to maintaining immediate and free access to its published scholarly content without subscription requirements, payment, user registration, account creation, or embargo periods.
This policy is intended to facilitate broad and equitable access to scholarly research for researchers, academics, practitioners, policymakers, and other interested readers in the fields of international relations, foreign policy, and related areas.
Last updated: September 9, 2026