A Step towards a New Theoretical Model of network Geopolitics and Reproduction of Power in International Politics

Power and its reproduction is a long-standing dilemma in the literature of International relations. Geopolitics in the classical perspective refers to the acquisition, control, or exploitation of land as a prominent way of gaining power. it has undergone various phases of evolution, from the existence of distinguished small worlds to hierarchical structures and, more recently, network structures. Its construction is shaped by great powers and in this way, it services to satisfy their power-seeking. The evolution of the international system has affected geopolitics and its construction and has been reflected in the geopolitical nested network in which the dynamics of power and its causal mechanisms are distinguished from the past. Although the international relations literature has tried to provide new perspectives to explain the new geopolitical realities, they have been unable to explain the mechanism of power generation in a complex situation. That is why the main question of this article has arisen; and the question is ‘what is the mechanism of power generation through geopolitics, given the complexity of the international system? Geopolitics has shifted from a pairwise state based on relationships between great powers to a system _ network phenomenon. How power reproduces itself in a state of complexity can lead to an innovative view of the mechanisms of power and its reproduction in the geopolitical networks. This is the focus and main concern of this article. The complex network as an emerging theoretical perspective provides the basis for a scientific revolution in the field of geopolitics and power. This article presents a new theoretical model in the conceptual framework of the geopolitical network and explains the causal mechanisms of power generation in this type of network based on the complexity rules.