title: Cooperation and Conflict
text: # Cooperation and Conflict
  
  Cooperation and Conflict is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of international studies with a Nordic and European focus. The current editors-in-chief are Benjamin de Carvalho and Kristin Haugevik (NUPI). The journal was established in 1965 and is published by SAGE Publications in association with the Nordic International Studies Association.
  
  ## Abstracting and indexing
  
  The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 1.000, ranking it =65th out of 163 journals in the category "Political Science" and 32nd out of 86 journals in the category "International Relations".
  
  ## Former Editors in Chief
  
  * Krister Wahlbäck (1965-1969)
  * Klaus Törnudd (1969-1971)
  * Johan Jørgen Holst (1972-1975)
  * Nikolaj Petersen (1976-1980)
  * Christer Jönsson (1981-1982)
  * Lauri Karvonen (1983-1985)
  * Arild Underdal (1986-1989)
  * Christian Thune (1990-1993)
  * Bengt Sundelius (1994-1999)
  * Iver B. Neumann (1999-2001)
  * Knud Erik Jørgensen (2002-2005)
  * Tarja Väyrynen and Frank Möller (2006-2009)
  * Lee Miles & Jan Ångström (2010-2013)
  * Annika Björkdal & Martin Hall (2014-2016)
  * Annika Björkdal (2016-2023)
  * Benjamin de Carvalho & Kristin Haugevik (2023-)
  