About the book: 2014 / The book is dedicated to modern geopolitics. It gives a historical outline of this science, reveals issues of the place and role of geography in understanding the geopolitical realities of our time, and examines the key aspects of the phenomenon called the new world order. The geopolitical catastrophe of the late 1980s and early 1990s radically changed the structure of the world, removing the USSR from it, and contributed to the introduction into world politics of not only a large number of independent states, but also new political actors. The book focuses the reader's attention on understanding modern political realities from the perspective of the radical changes that modern international relations and world politics are undergoing, in particular under the influence of the further development of globalization processes. When covering issues of modern social development, the authors use the possibilities of the civilizational aspect of the world order of the early 21st century, relying on the modern understanding of the political management of territories and control over them in the context of globalization. Issues of international conflicts, terrorism, as well as nuclear safety in the modern world do not go unnoticed. For teachers, graduate students, students studying issues of politics and sociology, history, international relations, journalism.