Geopolitica on Borders and Frontiers
https://doi.org/10.46272/IT.2025.23.3.82.6
Abstract
An analysis of Geopolitica’s publications devoted to borders and frontiers makes it possible to assess the current state of geopolitical research in Italy, its relationship to classical geopolitics and other national schools, as well as the development of new concepts. The issue under consideration shows that contemporary Italian geopolitics builds on updated readings of classical ideas while actively drawing on the methodological toolbox of the social sciences and humanities. The theoretical and methodological repertoire mobilized in these studies spans classical and critical geopolitics, geostrategic analysis, neogeography and exogeography, quantitative and digital methods, politico-legal institutionalism, historical sociology, and normative political theory. The material also highlights the applied dimension of the field: geopolitical analysis remains in demand in debates over national political and military strategy. The traditional geopolitical problematique of borders and frontiers is reinterpreted in light of shifting spatial practices and governance regimes; in particular, digitalization reshapes spatial imaginaries and contributes to the emergence of neogeography as a distinct area of inquiry.
About the Author
Valeriy I. Mikhaylenko
Ural Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Prof. Dr Valeriy I. Mikhaylenko – Professor, Department of Theory and History of International Relations, Ural Federal University
Yekaterinburg, 620075
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Mikhaylenko V.I. Geopolitica on Borders and Frontiers. International Trends / Mezhdunarodnye protsessy. 2025;23(3):112-122. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.46272/IT.2025.23.3.82.6
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