About the Journal
Lumora Saudi Journal of Politics, Diplomacy and Gulf Affairs (LSJPDGA) is a Saudi, quarterly, double-anonymized peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal. Its first publication year is 2025. Political science, international relations, diplomacy, foreign policy, security studies, Gulf Cooperation Council affairs, regional organizations, political economy, conflict and cooperation, soft power, international negotiation and Saudi Arabia's regional and global relations. The journal welcomes theoretically informed, evidence-based and comparative work while separating analysis from advocacy. Public administration and service transformation belong in the government transformation journal, positive legal analysis in the law journal, and primarily macroeconomic analysis in the economic transformation journal.
The journal publishes original research, systematic and scoping reviews, theoretical and conceptual studies, methods papers, protocols, data and resource reports, and research notes that make a clear contribution within its scope. Published by Lumora as a Saudi scholarly publisher, it applies transparent editorial policies, responsible artificial-intelligence guidance, clear licensing, and international reporting and publication-ethics standards.