Topical Issues in Political Geography: New Trends and Research Prospects (Conference, St. Petersburg, December 19−20, 2025)

This review article, summarizing the results of the 7th International Conference «Topical Issues of International Political Geography» (TIPG-2025) (St. Petersburg, December 19−20, 2025), reveals the main topics of conference. This event discussed the main problems of contemporary political geography, sociology, and international relations. TIPG-2025 became a platform for discussion and collaboration between scholars and experts in the fields of political geography, geopolitics, urban studies, demography, sociology and social anthropology, migration policy, natural resources, international organizations, regional integration, and other related fields of research. The conference opened with a plenary session, during which three keynote speakers, who are regular participants of the conference, have delivered their addresses. The program of TIPG 2025 was organized around the following thematic sections: «Ideologies of Regionalism and Globalization in Historical Context. Philosophy of Politics», «Global South and the World Majority», «International Relations in the Post-Soviet Space», «Digital Political Geography», «Geography of Culture, Education and Tourism», «Migration and Socio-Demographic Processes», and «Polar Studies». The conference concluded with a plenary session, at which participants discussed future directions for the conference and other organizational issues". The conference brought together 139 authors from universities and research organizations in India, China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Turkey, and South Korea. The uniqueness of this event lies in its diversity and independence of assessments, facilitating understanding of trends such as multipolarity and multilateralism, regional integration and the growing role of sovereign states, as well as the digitalization of international relations.