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Geopolitics of Cybernetics: Visualizing of Emerging New Power

نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسنده
Sohrab Asgari
Assistant Prof., Geography Department, Faculty of Social sciences, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
10.22034/igq.2025.484463.1968
چکیده
One of the most significant breakthroughs in technology is the evolution of computing sciences and cybernetics. This development has had a global impact, with the widespread use of computer sciences leading to worldwide issues. In the third wave, time and place have become intertwined, eliminating the effects of distance and creating a new version of space. These characteristics have transformed the geography of virtual space into the geopolitics of virtual space.
The findings of this analytical article, conducted using a library method and the strategy of cyberspace geography studies, suggest that the geography of virtual space is an emerging academic topic. When the geography of cyberspace addresses inequality in cyberspace security, it becomes a geopolitical issue. The paper explores how cybernetics is changing traditional notions of power, sovereignty, and conflict. The research also considers the implications of emerging technologies on global governance, the balance of power, and the potential for new forms of cyber-hegemony, concluding with recommendations for future policy and strategic considerations in this rapidly evolving field.
کلیدواژه‌ها
Cyberspace
Geography of Virtual Space
Geopolitics of Cyberspace

موضوعات

عنوان مقاله English

Geopolitics of Cybernetics: Visualizing of Emerging New Power

نویسنده English

Sohrab Asgari
Assistant Prof., Geography Department, Faculty of Social sciences, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
چکیده English

One of the most significant breakthroughs in technology is the evolution of computing sciences and cybernetics. This development has had a global impact, with the widespread use of computer sciences leading to worldwide issues. In the third wave, time and place have become intertwined, eliminating the effects of distance and creating a new version of space. These characteristics have transformed the geography of virtual space into the geopolitics of virtual space.
The findings of this analytical article, conducted using a library method and the strategy of cyberspace geography studies, suggest that the geography of virtual space is an emerging academic topic. When the geography of cyberspace addresses inequality in cyberspace security, it becomes a geopolitical issue. The paper explores how cybernetics is changing traditional notions of power, sovereignty, and conflict. The research also considers the implications of emerging technologies on global governance, the balance of power, and the potential for new forms of cyber-hegemony, concluding with recommendations for future policy and strategic considerations in this rapidly evolving field.

کلیدواژه‌ها English

Cyberspace
Geography of Virtual Space
Geopolitics of Cyberspace
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فصلنامه بین المللی ژئوپلیتیک
دوره 21، شماره 2
تابستان 1404
صفحه 312-337

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