About the Book
This proceedings book provides selections from the 2024 Topical Issues in International Political Geography (TIPG) meeting. This book addresses the main issues of contemporary political geography and international relations, providing a platform for discussion and collaboration between an international array of experts primarily in the fields of political geography, geopolitics, and international relations.
The first section of this volume focuses on international relations with an explicit grounding in geographic space. The second section then presents contributions that examine globalization and regionalism, highlighting a historical framework for geography and politics. Moving to an even more granular focus, the third section presents chapters evaluating national policies and political institutions and the fourth introduces specific cases that illustrate culture as a factor of geography. Finally, contributions in the fifth section return to the macro scale, discussing theoretical and historical issues at the intersection of politics, geography, and discourse.
Table of Contents:
1 Cooperation of the EAEU Member States with China: Problems and Prospects.- 2 Revisiting the Policy of the U.S.-PRC Trade Relations Development (from 2001 to 2020).- 3 Some Features of China’s Relations with the Countries of the Arabian Peninsula.- 4 Analysis of the Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility policies of Russian Arctic Companies.- 5 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSO) in the Arctic: the Case of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation.- 6 Prospects for Russian-China Sustainable Development Cooperation in the Arctic.- 7 Arctic Strategy of China and Greece: Comparison of Directions and Methods.- 8 Blueprint: Managing the Korea-China Territorial Conflict via the Manchuria Project.- 9 Chinese Regionalism in the Context of the “Belt and Road” Initiative.- 10 Russia and China: Implementing Strategic SCO Priorities for 2022–2024.- 11 Implementation of the International Anti-Terrorism Conventions: Regional Level.- 12 Special Economic Zones and Transport and Logistics Hubs as an Important Tool for Developing International Relations in the Post-Soviet Space.- 13 Principles of Regional Formation in the Context of Comparative Regionalism: The Case of BRICS.- 14 International Relations of Turkey and Russia with ASEAN: State of Research in the 21st Century.- 15 Potential Impact of the Construction of Cambodia's Funan Techo Canal on Vietnam.- 16 Modernization Concepts and Geographical Science: Russian Experience.- 17 Politico-Cultural Boundaries of the Geopolitical Mega-Narratives: Symbolic Structures and Practices.- 18 Factors of Sustainable Development in Russian Society: Formation of Ecological Consciousness.- 19 The Congo Ethnicity and the Procrustean Bed of Postcolonial Boundaries (Towards a Critique of Contemporary Western Theories of Nations).- 20 The Boundaries of the Promised Land: Historical and Recent Discussions about the Promised Land and Its Contemporary Reflections.- 21 Elections, Social and Political Characteristics of the State Duma Deputies from the Belarusian Provinces of the Russian Empire (1906 – 1917).- 22 Saint Petersburg as the Center of Russian Trade in the 18th-19th Centuries.- 23 The Role of the Geographical Factor in the Russian Period of Alaskan History.- 24 Topogenesis, Synchorology, Rhythm, and Symmetry in the Geosophy of P. N. Savitsky.- 25 P.N. Savitsky and L.N. Gumilev – Classics of Eurasianism, Prisoners, Patriots of Russia, Friends.- 26 Peter N. Savitsky — Founder of the Russian School of Geopolitics.- 27 Capitalization of the Spaces of Russia's Largest Cities: A Critical Estimation.- 28 Approaches to Sustainable Development of Modern Cities in Spain: The Experience of Seville.- 29 Digital Transformations in the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Optimization of Work with Civil Appeals.- 30 Information and Communication Technologies and Sociocultural Strategies as a Reflection of China’s Civilizational Role in the Digital Economy.- 31 Transformation of Legal Institutions in Post-Communist Southeastern Europe: Historical Legacies and the Results of EU Policies.- 32 Spain’s Evolving Identity: Regional, National, and European Dimensions.- 33 The Swiss Policy for SDGs towards Decision-making, Policy Coherence and Global Partnership.- 34 Labor Immigration Policy of Russia and Germany: A Comparative Study.- 35 Assimilation Level of the Polish-Lithuanian and Estonian Tatars: Comparative Analysis.- 36 Political implications of Amendments to the Bundeswahlgesetz.- 37 Election Innovations: Foreign Experience in Russian Electoral Politics.- 38 The Project “Greater Altai” in the Politics of Regionalism (Based on the Materials of the Altai Republic of the Russian Federation).- 39 Transformation of Tradesmen Identity in the Projection of Multiculturalism: The Case of Istanbul Grand Bazaar.- 40 Intangible Heritage in BRICS: Key Directions of Cooperation within the Context of the International Agenda.- 41 Russia's Policy on the Study and International Popularization of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Finno-Ugric Peoples.- 42 Museum Culture as a Modern Way of Transmission of Multiculturalism: Representation of Chinese and Central Asian Cultures in Russian Museums.- 43 Features of Intercultural Interaction of the Kamchatka Territory of Russia and the People's Republic of China.- 44 Cultural and Natural Sites as a Factor of Cooperation and Development of Dialogue between the CIS Countries.- 45 Youth Eco-tourism and Environmental Practices in the Context of Sustainable Development (on the Example of Students of St. Petersburg).- 46 The Framework of the Phygital Approach in Medical Tourism.- 47 Association of Sino-Russian Technical Universities as a Tool to Implement the National Interests of Russia and China.- 48 Challenges and Opportunities of Academic Mobility between Universities of Russia and Tajikistan: the case of RANEPA St.Petersburg.- 49 Integration of Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools into the Educational Process.- 50 Cognitive Modeling of Space in the Inaugural Speeches of the Presidents of Kazakhstan, Russia, and the USA .- 51 Ideas of Multipolarity in Xi Jinping’s Speech “Promote People-to-People Friendship and Create a Better Future”.- 52 Global "Climate" Migration: the Evolution of Discourse and the Difficulties of International Regulation.- 53 Expanding Influence of BRICS: Analysis of Media Publications in Finland.- 54 Arctic Tattoos as a Code of Vitality and Means of Cultural Identification.
About the Author :
Andrei A. Znamenski. Professor of the University of Memphis, USA. Fields of interest: Russia/Europe, Eurasia, Siberia, Religion, Modernity, Socialism, Nationalism, Western Esotericism. He also serves on the editorial advisory board of such journals as Ante Portas: Security Studies (Poland), Siberica, and Alaska History.
Vadim Atnashev. Associate Professor, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, Türkiye. Research interests: Ethnic and Political Conflicts, International law, Human rights, Eastern countries, Countering Extremism and Terrorism. Editor of the Proceedings of International Conference "Topical Issues of International Political Geography".
Radomir Bolgov. Associate professor at the School of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University, Russia. His current studies focus on the Internet public discourse and digital policies of post-Soviet countries. Program Committee member of the International Conference "Internet and Modern Society" (IMS), International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV), etc. Editor of the journal "Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. International Relations".
Yury Gladkiy. Professor, Chair of the Department of Economic Geography, Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia. Corresponding Member for the Department of Professional Education at Russian Academy of Education. His research interests include humanitarian geography, regional economics, social ecology, and political geography. The author of school and university textbooks on humanitarian geography, regional studies, regional politics.
Timo Duile. Dr. habil., Post-Doc Researcher at the Department of Southeast Asian Studies, University of Bonn, Germany. His research interests are Asia/Orient, Center/Periphery, Global South, Indigenous Communities/Source Communities, Postcolonialism.
Alexey Tsyb. Associate Professor of the High School of International Relations, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia. Editor-in-chief of the almanac "AKADHMEIA: materials and research on the history of Platonism". Editor of the Proceedings of Topical Issues in International Political Geography.
Sergey Pogodin, Professor, High School of International Relations at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia. He is a PC member of many international conferences and member of editorial board of academic journals on historical science, international relations and regional studies. Editor of the Proceedings of Topical Issues in International Political Geography.
