Članek najprej obravnava nekatere temeljne elemente, ki zadevajo definicijo globalizacije ter njene učinke, v nadaljevanju pa prikazuje sodobne razsežnosti globalizacije v odnosu do ključnih dejavnikov sodobnih političnogeografskih transformacij. Slednji se izražajo predvsem na področju mednarodne politike in varnosti ter na področju mednarodnih trgovinskih in finančnih tokov. Na osnovi prikazanih razvojnih procesov ugotavlja, da se političnogeografski problemi globalizacije navezujejo tudi na vprašanja koncentracije in deteritorializacije ter na centralno-periferna razmerja v svetu. Nenazadnje globalizacija učinkuje še na politična, ekonomska in družbena ravnovesja in součinkovanja med lokalno, državno in svetovno dimenzijo razvojnih potencialov in dinamik ter na možnost vzpostavitve njihovega globalnega upravljanja.The first part of the article discusses some basic features concerning the definition of globalization and its effects. It also presents some current issues of globalization in relation with some key drivers of political geographical transformations. The latter are more visible in particular on the field of international politics and security, as well as on the field of international commercial and financial flows. On the basis of the discussed development processes, the article finds that political geographical problems of globalization are closely linked also to the question of concentration and deterritorialization, and the world central-peripheral relations. Globalization then influences political, economic and social balances and interactions between the local, statal and global dimension of development potentials and dynamics, and the possibility of enhancing global governance structures
