International Political Science Association

Research Committee 41 – Geopolitics

Research Committee 15 – Political and Cultural Geography

 

 

Sixth International Workshop on

THE WORLD “SHATTERING”:

WHAT`S IN STORE FOR THE GEOPOLITICAL SYSTEM TO COME?

Friday, 6th October – Sunday, 8th October 2023

Belgrade, Republic of Serbia

 

 

Call for Papers

Deadline – April 1, 2023

The 2023 Belgrade Workshop on “The World ‘Shattering’: What`s In Stored for the Geopolitical System to Come?” represents the Sixth International IPSA`s Research Committees 41 – Geopolitics and 15 – Political and Cultural Geography Workshop, organized by the Faculty of Security Studies, University of Belgrade. Following the previous workshops in Moscow (2010), Jerusalem (2013), Austin (2019), Yerevan (2021) and Moscow (2022), the 2023 Belgrade Workshop will follow in the similar framework to limit participation to a smaller group of scholars to discuss contemporary theoretical and empirical puzzles of geopolitics and political geography. The workshop is designated to bring together leading scholars on geopolitics and political geography to discuss the changing nature of the current geopolitical system, regional implications of those changes, state`s responses to the changing geopolitical system as well as possible outcomes of such changes.

Accordingly, the Belgrade Workshop will be conducted in an open discussion format, with scholarly presentations divided into three panel sessions, with 3-5 panelists for each session. The presentation (10-15 minutes) will be followed by a brief set of oral comments by the designated discussant, upon which the floor will be open to questions and comments from the audience (45 to 60 minutes).

In line with the main topic of the Belgrade Workshop, the three panel themes will revolve around different scales of observation of the changes of the contemporary geopolitical system. Concretely, the three panel themes are devoted to:

  1. Changing nature of the geopolitical system – the session will focus on the global scale and aim to give insight on the questions issues: geopolitical structure of the global system; main drivers of systemic change; geopolitical transition and its consequences; characteristics of the coming geopolitical order; the nature of the coming global geopolitical discourse; global power competition; and similar.

 

  1. Regional implications of changing geopolitical system – the session will focus on the regional scale and aim to give insight on the: contemporary political and security processes in various geopolitical regions; changes in characteristics of different regions; “shattering” of regions in light of superpower tensions; and similar.

 

  1. States` response to the changing geopolitical system – the session will focus on the individual states` scale and aim to give insight on: ways states adapt (with varying degrees of success) to global changes; contemporary geopolitical codes and sense of space of states; practical geopolitical reasoning of political elites; grand strategies of states; and similar. Contributions are welcome for great and regional powers as well as small states.

 

 

Applying for the Workshop

Anyone wishing to participate in the 2023 RC-41 and RC-15 Belgrade Workshop and to contribute by assessing any of the above topics is invited to submit an initial paper proposal. The Proposal and/or Abstract (between 300 and 500 words) should be sent to Mihajlo Kopanja at kopanja.fb@gmail.com and to Igor Okunev at okunev_igor@yahoo.com. Proposals/Abstracts should be submitted no later than April 1st, 2023. Notice of Acceptance will be sent to the participants by April 15th, 2023.

No Registration fee for the Workshop is required.

Acceptance is conditioned, however, upon the participant’s commitment to full, active attendance at all panel sessions and discussions throughout the two days of the Workshop, in addition to one paper presentation. Participants in the 2023 Belgrade International Workshop are expected to cover all personal transportation arrangements, accommodation and expenses. Limited IPSA conference travel grants may be available upon special request to help defray partial air fare costs for junior scholars or in exceptional cases.

ALL PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE WORKSHOP WILL BE PUBLISHED IN AN EDITED VOLUME BY THE FACULTY OF SECURITY STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE.

 

TIMELINE:

January 15th, 2023 – Announcement & Call for Papers

April 1st, 2023 – Submission of Proposals/Abstracts

April 15th, 2023 – Notice of Acceptance

June 15th, 2023 – Full Paper Submission

September 1st, 2023 – Final Program