The review article on the results of the 5th international conference “Topical Issues of International Political Geography” (TIPG-2023) (St. Petersburg, December 22-23, 2023) provides the main directions of the conference, as well as theses of the discussion on the prospects for its further developments in the aggravation of the international situation and some reorientation in the topics of publications. The conference was devoted to a number of aspects of modern political geography, sociology and international relations. TIPG-2023 has become a platform for discussion and collaboration among scientists and experts in the fields of political geography, human geography, geopolitics, urban studies, demography, sociology and social anthropology, migration policy, natural resources, international organizations, regional integration, conflict, security and other related fields of research. The scientific part of TIPG 2023 was organized around 6 thematic sections: “Ideologies of regionalism and globalization in a historical context. Philosophy of Politics”, “International Relations”, “Political Institutions and Domestic Policy”, “Geography of Culture, Education and Tourism”, “Migration and Socio-Demographic Processes” and “Sustainable Development”. Over the past years, the TIPG conference has come a long way in positioning itself at the international level, as can be seen from the statistics of the Springer publishing house and the Scopus scientometric database. In this regard, TIPG represents a successful attempt to find a balance between the complete nationalization of science and the need for international cooperation.