Global Geopolitics launches inaugural issue at Berlin event

Global Geopolitics, a new international peer-reviewed journal, officially launched its inaugural issue at a public event held in Berlin on 29 January.

Co-hosted by the think tank Eurasien Gesellschaft and the news outlet Harici, the launch brought together nearly 40 academics, policy experts, and journalists, reflecting strong interest in revitalizing geopolitical scholarship amid profound global transformations.

The event was chaired by Efe Can Gürcan, Editor-in-Chief of Global Geopolitics. In his opening address, Dr. Gürcan emphasized that the world is undergoing structural and systemic disruptions that have returned geopolitics to the very center of global debate.

Yet, he noted, despite this renewed relevance, there remains a significant gap in academia—particularly in terms of globally inclusive and genuinely pluralist geopolitical analysis. He further argued that geopolitics has long been framed primarily around conflict, rivalry, and exclusion.

Global Geopolitics, he explained, seeks to move beyond this narrow framing by advancing a broader understanding of geopolitics grounded in connectivity, cooperation, peace, non-traditional security, and critical geopolitics.

Efecan Gürcan

Founded in response to the need for a more inclusive, analytically pluralist, and normatively broader approach to geopolitics, the journal is committed to rigorous academic quality while advancing disciplinary, analytical, and geographical inclusivity. Its core mission is to provide a truly multivocal platform that encourages dialogue across diverse traditions, regions, and perspectives, moving beyond parochial or hegemonic approaches to geopolitics.

Following the opening remarks, the event featured four keynote addresses, each engaging with critical dimensions of contemporary geopolitics—from the state of the discipline itself to U.S. foreign policy, multipolarity, and the role of BRICS in global transformation.

The keynote speakers were:

Alexander Rahr, a renowned foreign policy expert and historian with extensive experience in both academia and policy, including at the German Council on Foreign Relations, and a recipient of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Christopher Mott, Washington Fellow at the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy, whose research focuses on historical geopolitics, grand strategy, and multipolarity.

Christopher Mott

Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, and one of the leading experts in Asian and Indo-Pacific studies.

Jagannath Panda

Thomas Fazi, an acclaimed Italian author and media producer, widely known for his influential books and documentaries on neoliberalism, the military-industrial complex, and contemporary political economy.

Thomas Fazi

The recording of the event will be posted on the Harici YouTube channel in the coming days.

To access the first issue of Global Geopolitics, learn more about forthcoming issues, or consult the journal’s submission guidelines, please visit.