Submission Guidelines

All unsolicited submissions should be emailed to gjiaed@georgetown.edu with “Article Submission” as the subject line. For solicited pieces, please continue working directly with your designated editors. 

Note: The majority of our authors have obtained a Ph.D. in their fields of expertise. However, we are also interested in publishing those with equivalent personal or professional exposure to an international issue, particularly in a policymaking or other direct, first-hand role. Please feel free to reach out to us at gjiaed@georgetown.edu with any questions regarding author eligibility.

I. Print Edition (Published Annually)

28th Edition: Polycrisis (To be published in 2027)

As global society accelerates, climate change, pandemics, military conflict, artificial intelligence, economic crises, and political instability compound, creating cascading domino effects in the global order. Together, they form a polycrisis: a “cluster of related global risks with compounding effects, such that the overall impact exceeds the sum of each part.” The Georgetown Journal of International Affairs 28th Edition seeks to bring international perspectives to this web of interconnected and mutually reinforcing crises. Whether authors address the part or the whole, articles should consider how individual crises interact with broader political, economic, social, and technological trends. This edition should examine how crises emerge, compound, and cascade across borders and policy domains, as well as how governments and societies adapt to the pressures they create.

This is an intentionally broad topic designed to engender thought-provoking discussions on how the world has changed in the 21st century.

• The 28th print edition is expected to be published in June 2027.
• Articles should be between 2,500 and 3,000 words in length and should be typed.
• All submissions must be original pieces and must not draw substantially from articles previously published.
• Articles must conform to the rules of the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition.
• All supporting figures, graphs, or tables, if any, must be submitted in original .XLS or .PPT format with accompanying data. Note: .JPEG files will not be accepted.
• Citations must be in the form of endnotes that adhere to the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition.
• Authors should provide complete contact information including their names as they would like them published, a brief biography for each author of a submission, addresses with zip codes, telephone numbers, facsimile numbers, and e-mail addresses.

II. Online Edition (Accepted on a Rolling Basis)

• The editorial board directly solicits articles from academics and practitioners, both from Georgetown University and worldwide.
• GJIA Online also accepts a limited number of unsolicited articles on a rolling basis. All submissions must follow these guidelines:
  • Articles should be between 1600 and 1800 words in length
  • Articles should, if possible, be formatted in Microsoft Word with 12-point font-size
  • Authors should provide a concise abstract of 2- 3 sentences to summarize the article’s core argument(s). This abstract will be formatted distinctively at the start of each piece.
  • Citations should be hyperlinked within the text of the article (formal citations, including footnotes, are not recommended)
  • Submissions should include (a) brief 2-3-sentence author biography
•  Due to the high volume of submissions GJIA Online receives, we unfortunately cannot provide feedback on all articles. Only those whose submissions have been accepted for review and potential publication will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within ten days, please assume that your article will not be published.

III. Interviews

• GJIA Online also features short interviews with scholars and practitioners in the Dialogues section. If you are interested in being interviewed, please contact us at gjiaed@georgetown.edu.
• If you are interested in being featured on our Podcast, 37th & The World, please contact us at gjia@georgetown.edu.

IV. Substantive Guidelines

• GJIA looks for analytical, nuanced arguments that expand and improve the international affairs discourse. Articles should not be undocumented opinion pieces or descriptive essays that fail to provide new insights on an issue. 
• Articles should encourage readers to think about a subject in a new light and point readers toward solutions to larger problems.
• Articles must be understandable for a general audience. All technical terms must be clearly defined, and assumptions about the reader’s previous knowledge should be kept to a minimum.