انجمن ژئوپلیتیک ایران فصلنامه بین المللی ژئوپلیتیک 1735-4331 22 2 2026 06 22 Meta-Anti-Geopolitics: Moving Beyond Violent Binary Oppositions toward Multifaceted and Anti-Hegemonic Approaches Meta-Anti-Geopolitics: Moving Beyond Violent Binary Oppositions toward Multifaceted and Anti-Hegemonic Approaches 31 50 231196 10.22034/igq.2025.526403.2044 FA Eskandar Moradi Assistant Professor, Political Geography, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran. Seyed Mohammad Taghi Raeissadat Assistant Professor, Political Geography, Department of Management, Touran Institute of Higher Education, Damghan, Iran. 0000-0002-8025-9711 Journal Article 2025 07 12 <span>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</span><span dir="RTL" lang="FA">.</span> <span>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</span><span dir="RTL" lang="FA">.</span> https://journal.iag.ir/article_231196_4b56e3dba00a2bc9cafe7e4a4c3362d0.pdf