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io-writing-style

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Use when drafting or polishing an International Organization (IO) manuscript so it reads for international-relations scholars across paradigms, fits the word caps (Research Article <= 14,000; Research Note <= 8,000; Essay <= 10,000, including tables, figures, and notes but excluding the bibliography), and meets IO format conventions (double-blind, third-person self-citation, short author-date footnotes, separate abstract/word-count/acknowledgments). Tightens prose and format; it does not invent content.

When to use

• Drafting the introduction
• Framing the IR contribution
• Final polish
• Cutting text to fit word caps
• Preparing abstract, word count, and acknowledgments
• Aligning citations and footnotes to IO conventions
• Structuring the introduction paragraph by paragraph
• Calibrating prose for a methodologically plural IR audience

When not to use

• Generating claims
• Inventing content

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