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Articles in this Special Issue include:

The regional powers research program: a new way forward
By Miriam Prys-Hansen and Derrick Frazier

Regional powers and the politics of scale
By Miriam Prys-Hansen, Alexandr Burilkov, and Michal Kolmaš

To lead or not to lead: regional powers and regional leadership
By Detlef Nolte and Luis L. Schenoni

Power dynamics at the global-regional nexus: examining structural constraints on regional conflict management
By J. Wesley Hutto

Public diplomacy and regional leadership struggles: the case of Saudi Arabia
By Jens Heibach

Has BRICS lost its appeal? The foreign policy value added of the group
By Malte Brosig

Negotiating regional order: regional power influences on nuclear nonproliferation in East Asia
By Nicholas Kirk Sobecki and Derrick V. Frazier

How to wield regional power from afar: a conceptual discussion illustrated by the case of France in Central Africa
By Frank Mattheis

The regional powers’ research programme in international relations: a critical assessment
By Jorge F. Garzon

Severity, salience, and selectivity: understanding the varying responses to regional crises by Brazil and South Africa
By Rafael Mesquita and Pedro Seabra

Regional powers, global aspirations: lessons from India and Iran
By Louise Fawcett and Sharinee L. Jagtiani