On December 23, 2022, the international conference "Topical Issues of International Political Geography" (TIPG-2022) was held in St. Petersburg. The conference was held at the Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and was organized in cooperation with Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. The conference was devoted to several aspects of modern political geography, sociology and international relations. TIPG-2022 has become a platform for discussion and cooperation of scientists and experts in the field of political geography, humanitarian geography, geopolitics, urban studies, demography, migration policy, natural resources, international organizations, regional integration, conflicts, security and other related areas of research.