(Un)Practicing Peace Through Geopolitics
摘要
In the current era, addressing societal development without geopolitics is increasingly challenging. The way power relations materialize in space, in a broad sense, affects every dimension of our lives. Geopolitics is now everywhere and, as such, preparing for risks is instrumental in a very broad range of areas, permeating all United Nations sustainable development goals. This is especially evident if we consider our interdependent world, where interdependencies are increasingly weaponized, and cooperation must be combined with competition. The chapter signals two geopolitical perspectives that provide different outlooks on achieving peace and justice. Geopolitical analysis of international politics tends to be fatalist in the sense that men perpetuate suffering in the logic of the “security dilemma.” But there are also transcendentalists who believe that human society can build a global world that escapes the dangers of the past. Besides highlighting contrasting views, the chapter also unpacks other related academic fields of International Relations with practical societal impact. A key argument that is developed throughout the chapter is the call to place the individual (not States) at the center of international politics, where interests and identities have a key role and are transformed.