Saint-Petersburg State University is holding the Third Saint Petersburg Congress of International Studies "Global and Regional Challenges in the Changing World". The event is an expert platform aimed at bringing together representatives of the most respected academic schools in international relations from Russia and around the world. Its fundamental goal is to exchange the most significant results of fundamental and applied research on current issues in global politics, as well as to develop a strategic vision for global and regional development. 

The relevance of the Congress stems from the urgent need for open professional dialogue amid a profound systemic crisis and the painful transformation of the entire architecture of international relations, as humanity faces a complex set of interconnected challenges in the areas of security, economics, ecology, technology, and social development, requiring the consolidation of the intellectual efforts of the global academic community. The event meets the highest standards in terms of geographic representation, bringing together experts from all continents, academic stature, heads of research institutes, deans of leading faculties, and scientific authority, focusing on the discussion of groundbreaking work shaping the discipline's modern paradigm. 

The main topics of the Congress include:
- Modern Russian Foreign Policy;
- History of International Relations: Topical Issues and Contemporary Context;
- World Politics and Global Governance;
- International Economic Relations;
- Regions and Regional Cooperation under the Global Instability;
- Eurasian Space: Security Challenges, Issues of Socio-Economic Development;
- Issues of International Security;
- Geopolitics and Foreign Policy;
- Diplomacy and Paradiplomacy in a Changing World;
- AI and Digital International Relations;
- Religion in International Relations;
- New Contexts of International Educational and Cultural Exchange;
- Teaching and Studying in the Field of International Relations: Challenges and Prospects;
- Global South and Global North in Modern World Politics.