Extended Deadline: Calls for Papers: American Economic Coercion; Exercises and Simulations in Geoeconomics; and Maritime Geoeconomics and Chokepoints 

In response to requests from prospective contributors and the timing of summer vacations, the Journal of Geoeconomics has extended the proposal deadline for its three current Calls for Papers until August 31, 2026. For proposals newly submitted during the extended period:

• Article proposal deadline: August 31, 2026
• Notification to authors of suitable proposals: By September 15, 2026
• Invited full-manuscript deadline: October 31, 2026

These calls invite authors to contribute empirically grounded research, systematic analysis, and carefully documented case studies that advances understanding of economic statecraft, strategic interdependence, maritime geoeconomics, and the use of exercises and simulations to study geoeconomic dynamics. 

Proposals should fall under one of the three following themes:

1: Exercises and Simulations in Geoeconomics

Contributions summarising exercises and simulations—including table-top exercises, group exercises, wargames, red-teaming sessions, and computer-based simulations—that have a major geoeconomic or economic-statecraft component or focus. This may include exercises or simulations that also involve wider foreign-policy or military components or considerations. The purpose of this call is to encourage
practitioner communities to share summarised insights from exercises and simulations in which they have participated or which they have organised in recent years.

Submissions may take the form of a compact summary of no more than 3,000 words, excluding references, describing: the exercise or simulation setup; participating actors; key injects or simulated events; key actor trajectories; and lessons learned.

Alternatively, submissions in the form of a Policy Report, of no more than 9,000 words excluding references, will also be considered, provided that they include a detailed description of and results from at least one exercise or simulation that plays a central role in guiding the wider policy analysis.

2: American Economic Coercion

Contributions examining economic coercion by the United States. Submissions may
address historical or contemporary cases, including but not limited to those involving
the current U.S. administration. Within the current, extended submission period, contributions should take the specific form of short Case Studies: Maximum 3,000 words, excluding references, providing compact accounts of discrete geoeconomic incidents, anchored in verifiable sources and presenting a clear chronology of events. Authors may document incidents from any era, including but not limited to those
involving the current U.S. administration. Case Studies should focus on a single incident. They should identify the actors involved, provide a timeline of events, document the type or types of measures taken, and report their economic impacts and wider policy impacts. Full research articles on the same theme will also be considered – authors should refer to the text of the original Call for Papers for further information.

3: Maritime Geoeconomics and Chokepoints

Contributions addressing the maritime dimension of economic security. Submissions may address any aspect of contemporary maritime geoeconomics, including but not limited to maritime chokepoints and naval blockades. Maritime geoeconomics is understood here as encompassing actions, strategies, and policies pursued by states to manage, support, facilitate, influence, leverage, or interdict maritime commercial flows, using either exclusively economic means or combinations of economic and other means.

Contributions may take one of two forms:

Original Research Articles (Maximum 9,000 words, excluding references)
Original academic research, theoretical or empirical, that advances the frontier of
knowledge.

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Case Studies — Maximum 3,000 words, excluding references. Compact accounts of a discrete geoeconomic incident, anchored in verifiable sources and presenting a clear chronology of events.

For both types of contributions, authors may document maritime geoeconomic measures of any kind, including but not limited to:

• military means, such as blockades;
• legal measures, including different forms of shipping sanctions;
• and economic or other actions in the maritime domain intended to build strategic advantage, acquire economic leverage, induce cooperative behaviour, or coerce other actors.

Case Studies should focus on a single incident. They should identify the actors involved, provide a timeline of events, document the type or types of measures taken, and report their economic impacts and wider policy impacts.

Original Research Articles should aim to produce systematic analyses covering multiple occurrences of maritime geoeconomic practices. Both theoretical and empirical contributions are encouraged. Submissions may address at least one of the following perspectives:

• security- and defence-oriented state behaviour;
• the economic implications and impacts of freedom of navigation and restrictions on free navigation;
• commercial actors and incentives, including those of shipping, shipbuilding, and port entities;
• and legal and regulatory perspectives relating to maritime trade.

Submission Instructions and Extended Deadlines

Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract or article proposal of 400–600 words through the Journal’s submissions portal under the Article Proposals section by August 31, 2026. Authors whose proposals are assessed as suitable will be contacted by September 15, 2026 and invited to submit a full manuscript by October 31, 2026.

Open Access and Article Processing Charges

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Current APC rates and further information are available on the Journal’s Open Access and APCs page.

The Journal may consider requests for APC reductions in exceptional circumstances involving authors facing significant financial constraints, including authors based in low- and middle-income countries. Requests for APC reductions have no bearing on peer review, editorial decisions, acceptance decisions, or publication outcomes.