Publishing On Defence and Security is a special series where we speak with journal editors to understand opportunities for publishing research on defence and security, international relations and related topics.

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Publishing On Defence and Security Podcast

 

Episode 2 | November 12, 2025

International Journal

Guest Speakers: Asa McKercher & Leah Sarson

Host Michael P.A. Murphy is joined by our guests Asa McKercher, Steven K. Hudson Research Chair at St Francis Xavier University, and Leah Sarson, Director, Centre for the Study of Security and Development, Dalhousie University. Both Asa and Leah are editors at International Journal.

Founded in 1946, International Journal (IJ) is Canada鈥檚 pre-eminent journal of global policy analysis. Published in conjunction with the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History (CCIH), it combines brief, policy-relevant articles with longer, peer-reviewed, scholarly assessments of interest to foreign policy makers, analysts and academics in Canada and around the world. 

Episode 1 | October 9, 2025

Defence Studies Journal and Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies

Guest Speakers: Simon J. Smith, Christoph Harig

Host Michael P.A. Murphy is joined by our guests Simon J. Smith and Christoph Harig, both associate professors at the Royal Danish Defence College. Simon is the Editor in Chief at the Defence Studies journal and Christoph is Chief Editor at the Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies.

Defence Studies is a scholarly journal aimed at the study of contemporary defence and emergent warfare from both a theoretical and empirical perspective. The scope of the journal is set to examine how armed forces seek to engage with conceptual, strategic and operational challenges. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/fdef20/about-this-journal#aims-and-scope

The Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies (SJMS) is an online, open access journal publishing both high quality research and valuable practice-oriented studies relevant to the military profession.