Laboratory of Geopolitical Research

The Laboratory of Geopolitical Studies of the IG RAS is a leading Russian research center in the field of political geography and international relations. Key areas of the laboratory's research: - geopolitical concepts and imperatives of Russia's changing geopolitical situation; - Russian borderland: socio-economic, geocultural and environmental challenges of the neighborhood; - the geopolitical picture of the world in the views of residents of the regions of Russia and neighboring countries and the impact of political discourse and other factors on it; - unrecognized states in the modern world and the former USSR: problems of neighborhood, geographical factors of development and legitimacy; - influence of geocultural and socio-political factors on the development of Russian regions; - migration and the growth of cultural diversity in major Russian cities.