CALL FOR PAPER | Global Strategy Conference 2025

CONFERENCE INFORMATION

Global Strategy Conference aims at creating a platform for academicians and researchers as well as practitioners from the civil society, private sector, policy making circles and the media to share and discuss their respective work.

Presentations at the conference will be based on both invited speakers and submission/acceptance of an abstract. The languages of the conference are English and Turkish. The conference will be organized in a hybrid format (physical panels / online panels). Abstracts will be evaluated by the Scientific Committee.

Full paper submissions will be peer-reviewed based on originality, research depth, accuracy and relevance to conference theme and topics. Full papers selected by the Scientific Committee and determined as impeccable will be published in an edited book.

Submission of the abstracts, participation to the Conference and publishing of the abstract booklet and the edited book will be free-of-charge. Individual expenses (flights, transfers, accommodations, daily requirements etc.) will be the responsibility of the participants themselves.

It is very important for the applicants to consider the following important dates.

• Abstracts Submission Deadline: 26 September 2025
• Announcement of the Accepted Abstracts: 05 October 2025
• Announcement of the Conference Program: 09 November 2025
• Conference Date: 20-21 November 2025
• Revised Full Paper (Publication-ready) Submission: 19 December 2025

Main Theme:

“Regionalization in the International System: The Search for Stability in a Fragmenting World”

Topics

1. Evolution of the International System and Regionalization: Theoretical Approaches and Future Scenarios
2. Multipolarity and Global Power Distribution: In Search of a New Balance?
3. The Transformation of Sovereignty: The Role of the Nation-State in the Face of Regionalization
4. Regional Security Architectures: NATO, ASEAN, SCO and Other Models
5. Military Strategies and Regional Power Rivalries: From Cold Peace to Hot Contacts
6. Armament Trends and Strategic Autonomy: Examples from Europe, Asia and the Middle East
7. Weakening International Institutions: UN, EU and the Future of Multilateralism
8. International Law, Borders and the Right to Intervene: Sovereignty or Humanitarian Intervention?
9. Regional Economic Blocs and Protectionism: New Trade Maps
10. Energy Geopolitics and Regional Tensions over Critical Resources
11. Digital Sovereignty and Technological Competition: Regional Blocs in the Global Network
12. Europe’s Search for Strategic Autonomy: The Future of the EU and NATO Relations
13. Rising Competition in Asia-Pacific: China, India and US Strategies
14. The African Continent: Foreign Interventions, Regional Integration and Security Transformation
15. The New Wave of Regionalization in Latin America: Populism, Security and Economy
16. Fragility and New Cooperation Opportunities in the Middle East: Gulf, Levant and North Africa
17. Migration, Identity and Borders: Human Security in Regional Crises
18. Community-Based Diplomacy and Regional Security: Diasporas, NGOs and Local Actors

Presentations on relevant themes are also welcome.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Applications are open to present papers at the Global Strategy Conference 2025 sessions.

The Application (Abstract) Form must be filled in completely and saved as a MS Word document (.doc, .docx). The completed Application (Abstract) Form must be uploaded to the relevant place in the Application System.

For a Panel application, you can contact via conference@dipam.org .