The geographer called Russia's outstanding contribution to the study of geopolitics

Russian science has made a unique contribution to the study of geopolitics, the science of the influence of space on international relations and global political processes. Igor Okunev, Candidate of Political Sciences, political geographer, and a leading researcher at the MGIMO Institute of International Studies (IMI), said this on Wednesday, November 19.

He drew attention to the contribution of the Eurasian school: "Pyotr Savitsky and Prince Nikolai Trubetskoy proposed an original interpretation of Anglo-Saxon geopolitics, looking at the world from inside Russia."

Okunev emphasized that although this school could not be finalized due to the complex historical and political context in the USSR, it provided valuable reflections on the geography of Russia that should be studied.

In addition, the researcher recalled the works of Vadim Tsymbursky and his concept of the "Island of Russia".

"He developed a theory of cycles of "Europeanization" of Russia's foreign policy — over the centuries, our country has been moving closer to Europe, then pushing away from it," said Okunev.

"There have never been so many countries influencing the global agenda"

Vladimir Putin's speech at the annual plenary session of the Valdai Club. Main quotes

Earlier, on October 2, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that the West is trying to restrain Russia not because of ideological differences, but because of objective geopolitical interests. According to the Russian leader, this has largely predetermined the current escalation of relations with NATO.

Earlier, on September 4, the Associated Press (AP) reported that the military parade in China, where Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un stood next to Chinese President Xi Jinping, became a symbol of a shift in world politics and a "bold signal" to the United States and supporters of the Western world order.

Earlier, in 2015, the ISEP Foundation dedicated the first issue of this year's almanac, "Notebooks on Conservatism," to the outstanding Russian scientist and philosopher Vadim Tsymbursky (1957-2009). The issue contains a unique part of his unfinished dissertation, "The Morphology of Russian Geopolitics and the Dynamics of International Systems of the XVIII–XX centuries," in which he explains his theory of Russia's "island position": its isolation from Europe, as well as the geopolitical role of territories that serve as a buffer zone between Europe and Russia.

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