The theme issue ‘Making Space for the New State Capitalism’ brings together insights from
critical economic geography and heterodox political economy through a series of papers
published in three installments, each accompanied by an introductory essay written by the
guest editors. In this, the second of these introductory commentaries, we explore the
consequences of embracing relationality, spatiotemporality and uneven development,
together with the second group of papers. Introducing a final group of papers, the third
installment will address the challenges and opportunities of thinking conjuncturally.