Call for Papers #33 InterNations (July - December) 2025

CALL TO PUBLISH IN NUMBER 33 OF INTERNACIONES JOURNAL JULY - DECEMBER 2025 The InterNaciones Journal, from the Department of International Studies (DEI), University Center for Social Sciences and Humanities (CUCSH), University of Guadalajara (UDG)  CALL FOR PAPERS The submission of unpublished works that are the result of academic production related to International Relations and related disciplines that constitute a relevant contribution to the knowledge of the area. Professors, academics, researchers and professionals, national and foreign, from International Studies are invited to submit unpublished works that are the result of scientific research and that explicitly address problems within this area. These publications should contribute to the dissemination of proposals, analysis, reflections or experiences aimed at expanding, understanding and improving these studies. THEME OF ISSUE 33, JULY – DECEMBER 2025 «GLOBAL WATER VULNERABILITY: WATER DIPLOMACY, HYDROPOLITICS, EXTRACTIVISM, AND CLIMATE DISPLACEMENT IN THE ANTHROPOCENE» The InterNaciones Journal invites interested parties to propose articles for publication in issue 33 dedicated to: «GLOBAL WATER VULNERABILITY: WATER DIPLOMACY, HYDROPOLITICS, EXTRACTIVISM, AND CLIMATE DISPLACEMENT IN THE ANTHROPOCENE» Water is an essential resource for sustaining life, health, and access to food. In this understanding, the United Nations recognizes access to drinking water and sanitation as a basic human right. In addition to this vital function, water is also essential for the generation of essential products, or the development of various industries and activities, including the generation of electrical energy. However, the availability of water is naturally unequal on the planet, and poor technological access or absence of industrialization can also be determining factors for its direct use, as well as for distribution for agriculture, services, or processes. In the case of arid countries, access and distribution of water tend to depend on international cooperation to guarantee these human rights, and even other economic rights, in a fair and equitable manner. Additionally, many bodies of water transcend or share international borders. Although there are current international treaties that involve the management, management or international cooperation on shared water resources, to date there is no binding global framework that addresses either equitable access or the fight against water stress as a global problem as there is, for example, for the protection of biological diversity. Thus, we observe that both human well-being and the preservation of water ecosystems of international or regional importance require coordinated management among nations to guarantee fair and harmonious access and use of the resource. This type of management in a framework of scarcity and climate change tends to cause tensions between the states involved and the diversity of actors involved. On the other hand, water consumption on the planet has continued to increase both for demographic reasons and due to the increase in productive and energy processes. It has recently become evident that international trade in primary products and food contributes both to intensifying water scarcity for some and to alleviating it for others. There are productive processes or services with a transnational impact through international trade that tend to generate adverse impacts in the localities where they are developed, such as extractivism, neocolonialist practices on the local population involved in the productive processes, and consequences as obvious as the degradation, overexploitation or contamination of local ecosystems. Agriculture, livestock, electricity generation processes, as well as access to water for human consumption, or for health purposes, may also be affected due to the water stress caused, aggravating inequalities and contributing to climate injustice. Those countries with water stress and low to lower-middle income are more likely to be negatively impacted by extractivist and neocolonialist practices than those with higher incomes.  In this aspect, there are also tensions since there are few mechanisms that allow international control that tends to limit or avoid these inequities aggravated through trade or activities financed through foreign investment. Currently we already observe that the growing water stress that manifests itself in droughts and fires, as well as other effects of climate change such as floods, serious effects on the ecosystem, or pollution, also contributes to the phenomenon of forced human displacement. Caused either by the lack of access to drinking water, the lack of food due to prolonged drought, the effects generated by natural or human disasters associated with water, or by pollution and degradation, environmentally displaced persons associated with water also tend to swell the ranks of transnational migrants. These displacements in turn generate other profound unresolved needs for the due satisfaction of environmental human rights, including access to water and proper sanitation in conditions of displacement, refuge or migration. In the era of scarcity and rising temperatures, water takes on more than strategic importance as a resource from a geopolitical perspective. Transnational and international processes of water diplomacy also gain importance, where political knowledge as well as scientific knowledge are key to achieving fair and equitable access between transnational actors. It is also essential to reflect on the role of water as a precursor to the situation of displaced communities, as well as the management of the political scope of these regional and global problems associated with the global water crisis. We invite academics, researchers, and professionals in general to send us contributions that explore the various lines of research and water themes that are proposed: The hydropolitics and geopolitics of water Theoretical or empirical analysis of international tensions due to water stress, access to water, use or overexploitation of bodies of water, controversy over territorial limits, risk management of continental or global importance, governance of common water resources of regional or international importance, or aspects of hydropolitics. Theoretical or empirical analysis of neo-colonizing phenomena of water or associated with water, of extractivism or neo-extractivism of water directly or indirectly through products, services, or through processes associated with international trade or between transnational companies with a strong impact on water. Water diplomacy Theoretical or empirical analysis of the ways of cooperation and conflict prevention from international relations in the case of use and management of transboundary bodies of water, transboundary river basins or of international importance, international maritime waters, or water ecosystems of international importance, among others. Theoretical analysis or commentary on the scope or effects of the application or implementation of international instruments such as agreements, treaties and, in general, international mechanisms or strategies aimed at managing transboundary surface water bodies, river basins, water ecosystems, or international maritime waters, among others. Analysis or commentary on transnational climate actions and strategies for compliance with international water management instruments or plans, Sustainable Development Goals, or other transnational or international strategies for equitable management of the resource or social burdens. Analysis or commentary on transnational or international cases or controversies related to environmental problems of bodies of water or water ecosystems of international importance, or of water-dependent processes or products that impact international actors in a differentiated and unequal manner, whether public or private. Theoretical or empirical analysis, under the approach of international human rights law, of the human right to water and sanitation, of the duty of States to guarantee access to water and its services, and to manage water resources in an adapted and equitable manner, to reduce inequalities under a climate justice approach through access to water and sanitation, the application of water ethics at an international level for its management either as a common public good, as an instrument of peace and stabilizer, or as a cultural and spiritual asset of peoples. natives and indigenous communities. Water and human displacement Analysis of problems from a global vision, of the link, or proposals for attention, between water and migration, climate displaced people due to water stress or water pollution, environmental displaced people due to disasters, environmental displaced people due to the implementation of megaprojects of water works or associated with water infrastructure, or groups affected in their human rights associated with water and sanitation. Analysis or commentary on the international and political scope of regional and global problems associated with human displacement due to the effects of climate change such as floods or prolonged droughts. TYPES OF COLLABORATIONS Original research articles on an update or theoretical discussion on topics of interest in the area. Minimum length of 6000 words and maximum of 9000. Essays on reports published in the area by institutions, organizations or congresses, or on recently edited books that are linked together by a common theme. Maximum length of 5000 words. Bibliographic reviews of a single recently published book or documents of interest to the area. Maximum length of 2000 words or minimum of 1300. CHARACTERISTICS OF COLLABORATIONS Collaborations must be submitted in digital format (Microsoft Word processor, Times New Roman font size 12, double-spaced) and sent through the InterNaciones Journal website, which can be found at the following link: https://www.internaciones.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/inter/user/register Contributions must adhere to the theme of issue 31: «CHALLENGES AND DIFICULTIES OF CONTEMPORARY DEMOCRACIES AND ELECTORAL PROCESSES» Authors will receive an acknowledgement of receipt within bussiness days.  Papers in Spanish or English are accepted. Contributions must adhere to the following technical characteristics:  Visit the “about the journal” section to learn about the submission procedure and characteristics: https://www.internaciones.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/inter/about/submissions Visit the “submissions” section to consult the Checklist for preparing submissions: https://www.internaciones.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/inter/about/submissions   DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS The manuscript in Microsoft Word format and the rights transfer and originality declaration formats must be submitted through the InterNaciones Journal website, following the instructions provided for submissions. The deadline to the Call for Papers is MAY 15TH of this year.