RC41 - Geopolitics

Co-Chair

Igor Okunev, MGIMO University

Institute for International Studies
Center for Spatial Analysis in IR
76 Vernadskogo Pr.
Moscow 119454
Russia

Co-Chair

Sharyl Cross, St. Edwards University
sharylcross@stedwards.edu

3001 South Congress Av.
Austin 78704
Texas, USA

Board members

Dr. Ruben Elamiryan, Russian-Armenian University, Armenia, rubene@rau.am
Dr. Mihajlo Kopanja, University of Belgrade, Serbia, mihajlo.kopanja@fb.bg.ac.rs
Dr. Heidi Lane, United States Naval War College, USA,
Branislav Mičko, Charles University, Czechia, 86882442@fsv.cuni.cz
Dr. Nuno Morgado, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary, nuno.morgado@uni-corvinus.hu
Dr. Ziv Rubinovitz, University of Haifa, Israel ziv.rubinovitz@gmail.com
Dr. Piotr Wilczyński, Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny w Krakowie, Poland , piotr.wilczynski@up.krakow.pl

Background

Recognized as study group in 1995; granted research committee status in 1999.

Objectives

Promotes the study of geopolitics, a concept that today includes those variables important for a country’s foreign policy options, and which cannot be changed by governmental policy in a short period of time. These variables include, among others, a country’s positioning in the international and regional systems, its relationship to the processes of globalisation, and its relative power resources along different dimensions (economic, political, military, cultural etc.).

The research programme includes case studies concerning the reciprocal relationship between geopolitical influences and foreign policy behaviour, and contributions to theorising on the broader relationship between geopolitics and political behaviour.

Website

http://rc41.ipsa.org/