The recent ideational turn in political science and public administration implies that ideas
matter. Ideas are an essential explanatory concept for understanding policy changes and …

An organizational crisis is a low-probability, high-impact event that threatens the survival of
organizations and individuals, often with little warning. In response, people seek clarity …

What is the causal relationship between crisis, learning and change? How did causality
unfold in the key years of 2009–2010 when the European Union had to face the most …

The COVID-19 pandemic created extraordinary challenges for governments to safeguard
the well-being of their people. To what extent has leaders' reliance on scientific advice …

This paper seeks to advance the study of the nexus of populism and foreign policy by
showing the connection between the personality traits of the leader and the foreign policy …

The burgeoning research into the impact of populism on foreign policy mostly revolves
around polarising chief executives, but has still paid little attention to the personality …

Over the last twenty years since the introduction of automated coding schemes, research in
foreign policy analysis (FPA) has made great advances. However, this automatization …

European leaders have struggled to find common responses to the polycrisis the EU is
facing. This crisis of leadership makes it urgent that scholars provide a better understanding …

This article introduces an analytical framework to trace and compare leaders' different types
of behaviours to the health crisis posed by COVID-19, following the analytical benefits of …

For most of her political career Angela Merkel has been perceived as a pragmatic political
leader, avoiding tough and divisive decisions wherever possible, and joining decision …