Under the guest editorship of Dr. Daniel Rajmil, a researcher in the areas of geopolitics and geo-economics of Conflict and International Relations Professor at the UOC university, and Director of the UOC-UNITAR Master in Conflict, Peace & Security; Dr. Lucía Morales, academic and researcher in the fields of Economics, Finance and Education at Technological University Dublin; and Dr. Jon-Hans Coetzer at UNITAR Division for Peace, Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice invites essays for a special issue on Geoeconomics and Geopolitics of peace and conflict.
We welcome submissions exploring the many forms and realities of new interactions between geopolitical and geo-economic implications in conflict and peace processes. Existing International Relations offer significant evidence of a strong connection between businesses’ activities and political strategy that are falling into a logic of conflict within the geo-economic and political system. Furthermore, the globalization process and the concentration of economic activity and political power among a few players have significantly impacted international and domestic inequalities, leading to increasing levels of instability that have materialized into adverse spillover effects on international cooperation and geopolitics. This special issue intends to explore the geo-economics and geopolitics dimensions of peace and conflict framed around the dynamics of existing and emerging risks. We encourage researchers and practitioners to contribute with their critical insights as we seek to better understand the challenges ahead. The intensifying effects of geopolitics and geo-economics and their impact on international studies, peacebuilding politics, and conflict transformation scenarios are of particular interest. We encourage researchers to develop contributions that disrupt the status quo and offer insights that encourage activist, business, and community level explorations or reconciliation.
General themes that contributors can address in their essays include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Geo-economics of cross border regionalism
- Role of geopolitics in international conflict
- Peace and geo-economics
- Conflict transformation and geo-economics insights
- Balancing economic sustainability and political power
- Political stability and economic development
- Globalization, growing inequalities, education
- Economic and political reforms and balance of power
Content Questions
Expression of Interest and questions to the guest editor are welcome, and may increase the chance of publication. Please direct content-based questions or concerns to the guest editor: Dr Daniel Rajmil: [email protected]
