This proceedings book addresses the main issues of contemporary political geography and international relations, providing a platform for discussion and collaboration of experts in the fields of Political Geography, Geopolitics, International Relations, etc. Participants from all over the world consider the controversies and challenges posed by globalization, focusing, in particular, on the ideologies of globalization and regionalism, migration crises, prevention of ethnic conflicts, and measures to promote sustainable development. The content of the book may be interesting to expert community, academics and popular audience.

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Radomir Bolgov. PhD in Political Science (2011). Associate professor at the School of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University, Russia. He teaches the courses "Ethnic psychology", "Internet and World Politics", and "Security Issues in Asia". His current studies focus on the Internet public discourse and digital policies in post-Soviet countries. Program Committee member of the European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ECCWS), International Conference "Electronic Governance and Open Society: Challenges in Eurasia" (EGOSE), International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV). Editor of the journal "Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. International Relations".

Vadim Atnashev. PhD, Associate Professor, School of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University. Research interests: Ethnic and Political Conflicts, International law, Human rights, Eastern countries, Countering Extremism and Terrorism. Editor of theProceedings of International Conference "Topical Issues of International Political Geography" (Springer Geography).

Yury Gladkiy. PhD in Geography. 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.

Art Leete. PhD, Professor of Ethnology, Institute of Cultural Research, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at University of Tartu, Estonia. His research interests are hunting stories, belief narratives of the Russian Orthodox and Protestants, oral history narratives. He is an Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics. Member of expert commission of historical sacred places, National Heritage Board, Estonian Ministry of Culture. Vice Chairman of the Society of Friends of the Estonian National Museum. Member of the advisory committee for the journal "Anthropology and Archeology of Eurasia". Member of IASSA (International Arctic Social Sciences Association).

Alexey Tsyb. PhD, Associate Professor of the High School of International Relations, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia. Editor-in-chief of the almanac "AKA HMEIA: materials and research on the history of Platonism". Editor of the Proceedings of Topical Issues in International Political Geography (Springer Geography, 2020).

Sergey Pogodin, Prof., Dr., Chair of 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 (Springer Geography, 2020).

Andrei A. Znamenski. Professor of the University of Memphis, USA. Ph.D., History, University of Toledo, 1997. 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.