Geopolitics, Strategy & World Order — Area 05
Geopolitical knowledge, narratives & strategic thought
Narratives, doctrines, information warfare, media framing, historical memory, maps and the production of geopolitical knowledge.
Research in development
This area investigates how actors construct, communicate and legitimize particular understandings of geopolitical reality.
It studies strategic doctrine and public discourse together, on the premise that the categories through which a situation is described already shape which responses appear reasonable.
Research topics
- Geopolitical narratives
- Strategic doctrines
- Information warfare
- Propaganda
- Media framing
- Political discourse
- Historical memory
- Civilizational narratives
- Maps and spatial imagination
- Strategic communication
- Knowledge production
Questions in this area
- 01
How do actors construct, communicate and legitimize particular understandings of geopolitical reality?
- 02
How are geopolitical narratives produced?
- 03
Who has the authority to define geopolitical reality?