Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy accepts articles from any branch of social and political philosophy that are accessibly written and concerned with the overlap between theory and practice. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy focuses on individual thinkers, particular social and political concepts, such as power, equality, sovereignty and liberty, and various schools of thought, such as republicanism, liberalism and nationalism. In each case, particular regard is paid to the practical policy implications of the theories or ideas concerned. It also covers the theoretical assumptions and implications of such policy issues and socio-political-legal processes as democratization, multiculturalism, environmental protection, development aid, European Union, judicial legislation, globalization and social stratification.

Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy will interest academics and practitioners intrigued by the tie between philosophical reflection and public policy, especially in international relations, law, politics and public administration, philosophy, sociology and management.

CRISPP publishes both long articles (8,000-10,000 words) and shorter research notes and debates (2,000-4,000 words). CRISPP does not have book notes, but does have regular review articles looking at a particularly important book, offering a critical overview of a body of work by a major thinker, or surveying the literature on a topic. Past or forthcoming reviews have dealt with Scanlon's What We Owe to Each Other, the writings of Charles Taylor, and recent studies of punishment.

CRISPP appears four times a year. It consists of two general issues, containing a variety of submitted or commissioned articles, and two special issues devoted to a particular thinker, theory, theme or topic. Recent and forthcoming special issues have covered Foucault, Utopianism, Pluralism and Liberal Neutrality, Human Rights and Global Diversity, Friendship, Altruism, Republicanism, Public Intellectuals and Citizenship and Gender. These special issues are usually also published as books.