“…Therefore, IR scholars have already reached a reasonable understanding of which are the methods and theories currently mobilized in the discipline in the country (CARVALHO, GABRIEL, and LOPES, 2021;DALL'AGNOL, BATISTA, and CARVALHO, 2021;LOPES, GABRIEL, and CARVALHO, 2022;MEDEIROS et al, 2016;MOURA, SCHWETHER, and SILVA, 2019). However, there is still a lack of systematic studies about the topics addressed in this scholarship.…”