5 – Future Geopolitics Flashcards
Describe how neoclassical geopolitical discourse differs from the discourse seen during the ‘War of Terror’
Changes in US presidential regime(2008-now) promised a shift in the geopolitical discourse that framed the war on terror and, in tandem, UK security strategies.
Name and describe an example of an informal geopolitical actor.
The Night Wolves Motorcycle Club(formed in 1989) - they are very loyal to Putin and he has even ridden with them during their rallies - very prominant in Bosnia & Herzegovina(particularly amongst Bosnian Serbs), therefore theys erve an important purpose in strengthening the relationship between Russia and the Serbian part of Bosnia
Describe decolonial geopolitics.
Decolonial thinking strives to delink itself from the imposed dichotomies articulated in the West – the knower and the know, the subject and the object, theory and praxis etc
‘It exists in the borderline of the principles of Western epistemology, of knowing and knowledge-making.’(Mignolo, 2018) - it involves revising the history of ‘geopolitics’ and focusing on actors that have been marginalised/forgotten e.g. Du Bois, Malcolm X etc
Describe Subaltern Geopolitics.
Subaltern refers to the lowest military rank in the colonial military - therefore, Subaltern Geopolitics is thinking from below, from a lowly ranking position
Jo Sharp popularised this as she argues that the subaltern position is not completely other, rather an ambiguous position within the margins
Describe an example of subaltern geopolitics.
Ruth Craggs’ work on Commonwealth Conferences reflects this:
Her work explored the strategies utilised by minor Commonwealth actors within historical Commonwealth conferences and how social connections were forged through this conferences as well as their subsequent geopolitical consequences
