Geopolitics Quarterly

Geopolitics Quarterly

Meta-Anti-Geopolitics: Moving Beyond Violent Binary Oppositions toward Multifaceted and Anti-Hegemonic Approaches

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Eskandar Moradi 1
Seyed Mohammad Taghi Raeissadat 2
1 Assistant Professor, Political Geography, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor, Political Geography, Department of Management, Touran Institute of Higher Education, Damghan, Iran.
10.22034/igq.2025.526403.2044
Abstract
In recent decades, geopolitical analysis has been shaped by binary, state-centered narratives that perpetuate conflict, exclusion, and hierarchical power structures. Both traditional and critical geopolitical discourses have often relied on oppositional categories like state/non-state, East/West, and friend/enemy, which oversimplify complex realities and reinforce hegemonic frameworks. This paper seeks to move beyond these epistemological limitations by proposing a meta-anti-geopolitical (or post-geopolitical) framework. It examines how dismantling binary divisions and embracing multidimensional, decolonial, and anti-hegemonic perspectives can foster more inclusive and emancipatory geopolitical narratives, reflecting the fluid, contested, and networked character of contemporary political spaces. In this Adopting, a qualitative, interpretive methodology based on critical discourse analysis and conceptual deconstruction, the study analyzes key geopolitical texts, policy discourses, and cases of spatial resistance. Drawing on post-structuralist and decolonial theories, the paper critiques dominant geopolitical imaginaries and highlights the agency of marginalized actors, proposing a relational, multi-scalar understanding of power, space, and identity.
Keywords
Meta-Anti-Geopolitics
Critical Geopolitics
Hegemony
Binary Oppositions
Decoloniality
Subjects
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Geopolitics Quarterly
Volume 22, Issue 2
Summer 2026
Pages 31-50

  • Receive Date 12 July 2025
  • Revise Date 03 October 2025
  • Accept Date 03 October 2025