Author: Orizzonti d’Eurasia – 10/09/2025
Call for Papers for a Collective Volume in the Series ORIZZONTI D’EURASIA ISSN 3035-3831
INDIA: A EURASIAN GEOPOLITICAL ACTOR – The challenges of economic growth, strategic positioning, and evolving international relations. Edited by Alberto Cossu and Tiberio Graziani
In recent decades, India has experienced significant economic growth and strategic advancement, carving out an increasingly prominent role on the global stage. Historically anchored by a policy of non-alignment, India has effectively leveraged this stance to secure considerable economic and geopolitical advantages. As noted by R. Kaplan, India has acted as a pivotal state, balancing the influence of China and the United States in Asia. However, recent developments, including trade disputes and the imposition of tariffs, raise critical questions about whether India continues to serve as this balancing weight.
This collective volume aims to reevaluate India’s geopolitical role and posture by reflecting on twenty-five years of its modern history, human geography, cultural foundations, and regional relationships. Contributions are invited to probe the nuanced realities of India’s strategic importance and examine its repositioning within the dynamics of a multipolar world.
Suggested topics and themes:
- Historical review of India’s non-alignment policy and its transformation in the contemporary geopolitical context
- India’s economic rise: challenges, opportunities, and sustainability in the coming decades
- The strategic pivot role of India amid Sino-American tensions: continuity or recalibration?
- Infrastructure: ports, airports, railway network, connectivity
- Cultural and human geographical factors shaping India’s foreign policy and regional interactions
- India’s neighborhood diplomacy: relationships with South Asia and beyond, including technological, economic, and security dimensions
- The indian contradictions
Guidelines
Submissions may include theoretical, empirical, or comparative analyses addressing the proposed topics and other relevant dimensions of India’s evolving geopolitical and economic landscape. Interdisciplinary approaches are strongly encouraged.
Submission instructions
- Articles must be unpublished and have a length between 5,000 and 8,000 words. They should be accompanied by an abstract (max. 200 words), three keywords, and a short biographical note of the author. Please specify the chosen theme and area.
- Contributions will be selected through an anonymous double-blind peer review process. The review process usually takes between two and three months. After this period, authors will be informed of the decision (acceptance, revision, or rejection).
- Accepted languages are Italian, English, French, and Spanish.
Abstracts and papers must be sent to Tiberio Graziani at tibgraziani@gmail.com with the subject line: INDIA/ Orizzonti d’ Eurasia.
Deadlines:
- Abstract submission: By October 15,2025 – tibgraziani@gmail.com – ref. INDIA/Orizzonti d’Eurasia
- Notification (Acceptance, Revision, or Rejection) By November 15,2025
- Final article submission: By January 30, 2026 – tibgraziani@gmail.com; ref. INDIA/Orizzontid’Euraisa
- Notification of revisions (if any): By February 15,2026
- Final submission for publication: By April 15, 2026 – tibgraziani@gmail.com
Note: This is a scientific publication with no remuneration or publication fees for authors.
Contacts: for further information, please write to Tiberio Graziani at: tibgraziani@gmail.com
Guidelines
Each article must include the following metadata in English: title, abstract, three keywords.
The article must display the general title at the top, followed immediately below by the author’s (or authors’) name and affiliation. The article may be divided into chapters or titled sections, also with multiple hierarchical levels.
Formatting
The article must be submitted in Book Antiqua font, size 12, justified alignment. The main title must be in size 14, indented quotations in size 11, footnotes in size 10. All other text, including chapter titles, in size 12. Exceptions are epigraphs, which must be in size 11 and right-aligned.
The main title and chapter titles must be in bold regular. Subtitles in bold italics. Lower-level headings in italics. A line break is always required after titles and subtitles, except for levels below the third.
Line spacing must be single, with no fixed spacing before or after paragraphs.
Images in JPG format, black and white, embedded in the text. Tables and charts should be treated as images and embedded in the text.
Acronyms
Preferably written in small caps.
E.g. UN, EU, USSR, USA
Quotations
Direct quotations from texts or speeches must always be enclosed in low quotation marks (« ») and in regular font.
Quotations longer than 200 characters must be placed in a separate indented paragraph, font size 11, without quotation marks.
In the case of quotations in foreign languages, the author may choose whether or not to provide a translation. Exceptions are quotations in non-Western languages, which must always be translated (the original text may still be included in a footnote).
Please note that every direct quotation must always be accompanied by the precise source reference.
References
References are accepted exclusively according to the parenthetical system in the “author date” format. At the end of the text, a final bibliography must be included.
The parenthetical reference is placed directly in the text (also within a footnote if necessary), in parentheses and in the following format: author’s surname, year of publication, and page number preceded by “p.” if applicable.
E.g. (Mackinder, 1919, pp. 100–101).
E.g. (Barnett and Finnemore, 2004).
Final Bibliography
a) Monographs – surname and initial(s) of the author, year of publication, title, place, publisher:
E.g. Schmitt C., 1950, Der Nomos der Erde im Völkerrecht des Jus Publicum Europaeum, Berlin, Duncker & Humblot; Italian trans. Il nomos della terra, Milan, Adelphi.
E.g. Barnett M., Finnemore M., 2004, Rules for the World: International Organizations in Global Politics, Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press.
b) Journal articles – surname and initial(s) of the author, year of publication, title, in «journal title», volume number (issue number), page range:
E.g. Mackinder H.J., 1904, The Geographical Pivot of History, in «The Geographical Journal», 23(4), pp. 421–437.
c) Book chapters – surname and initial(s) of the author, year of publication, title, in surname and initial(s) of the editor (ed.), book title, place, publisher:
E.g. Bargiacchi P., 2023, Approcci multilaterali e pulsioni unilaterali nel diritto internazionale, in Graziani T. (ed.), Indagine sul multipolarismo. Pareri a confronto., Rome, Callive.
d) Edited volumes – surname and initial(s) of the editor (ed.), year of publication, title, place, publisher:
E.g. Marconi M., Sellari P. (eds.), 2015, Verso un nuovo paradigma geopolitico. Raccolta di scritti in onore di Gianfranco Lizza, Rome, Aracne.
The final bibliography must be arranged alphabetically by the surname of the author (or first author).
If multiple works by the same author are included, they must be listed in chronological order of publication:
E.g.
Beck U., 1986, Risikogesellschaft auf dem Weg in eine andere Moderne, Frankfurt a.M., Suhrkamp; Italian trans. La società del rischio. Verso una seconda modernità, Rome, Carocci, 2013.
Beck U., 1997, Was ist Globalisierung?, Frankfurt a.M., Suhrkamp; Italian trans. Che cos’è la globalizzazione, Rome, Carocci, 1999.
If multiple works by the same author were published in the same year, a lowercase letter must be added to the publication year (both in the in-text citation and in the final bibliography), in the order in which they appear in the article.
E.g.
Sellari P., 2014a, Il Mediterraneo nella geopolitica dei traffici marittimi, in «Gnosis», 20(3), pp. 94–105.
Sellari P., 2014b, Profili geostrategici, in Sciso E. (ed.), La crisi ucraina e i problemi di sicurezza in Europa, Rome, LUISS University Press, pp. 79–83.
In the case of collective works without an editor or a first author, use the indication Aa. Vv.:
E.g. Bökenförde E.-W., 1967, Die Entstehung des Staates als Vorgang der Säkularisation, in Aa. Vv., Säkularisation und Utopie. Ebracher Studien, Stuttgart, Kohlhammer.
