Dialectic of Agency-Structure in Geopolitics with an Emphasis on the Geopolitics of Iraq's Kurdistan Government

In this study¡ a weak nation-state is identified in a specific geopolitical context relative to other states. This study defines a weak nation-state as a nation-state which has low maneuverability in a particular geopolitical context. Although geopolitical structures provide a weak nation-state with constraints rather than opportunities¡ a weak nation-state has some geopolitical agency through the formulation of its geopolitical discourses. In a particular geopolitical context¡ weak nation-states¡ as geopolitical agents¡ face not only constraints but also take advantage of the opportunities of geopolitical structures. This study is an attempt to provide a theoretical framework for explaining a weak nation-state’s foreign and security policies using the concepts of geopolitical culture. The framework focuses on three theoretical points: (1) Geopolitical agency of a weak nation-state in geopolitical contexts; 2) The relationship between the geopolitical visions and codes of a weak nation-state; 3) A weak nation-state’s construction of territory for its geopolitical Discourses. This study analyzes¡ through the use of descriptiveanalytical method the theoretical basis of Geopolitical structure.