In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Geopolitics

• Border Agnotologies: Power, Technology, Resistance
  This Special Issue dives into how borders not only produce knowledge but also actively generate ignorance, ambiguity, and non-knowledge. Through the lens of "border agnotologies," it uncovers how not-knowing is weaponized to control migration, obscure accountability, and reinforce power. The articles invite readers to rethink borders as sites of secrecy and resistance—where absence of knowledge is anything but accidental.
• Conjuring a Blockchain Pilot: Ignorance and Innovation in Humanitarian Aid
  Blockchain in refugee aid isn’t about tech — it’s about spectacle. Based on ethnographic research in Jordan, this article shows how a flashy pilot project was ‘conjured’ to impress donors, not to serve refugees. Strategic ignorance, illusion, and hype replace expertise. Behind promises of innovation lies a game of reputation, money, and power. Magic sells — even in humanitarian work.
• The Deportation Gap as a Statistical Chimera: How Nonknowledge Informs Migration Policies
  This article challenges the idea of a “widening deportation gap” in European migration policy, revealing it as a statistical illusion rooted in strategic nonknowledge. Through the case of Germany, it shows how ignorance—intentionally and unintentionally produced—shapes deportation law. Combining ignorance studies with sociology of translation, it exposes the messy, sociotechnical dynamics behind knowledge manipulation in migration governance.
• The Canary Islands, an Imperial Frontier: Decolonial Thought in South-South Relations in Northwest Africa
  The Canary Islands’ Africanness has historically been denied, reinforcing its role as the West’s imperial frontier in Northwest Africa. This article critically analyzes the North-South power dynamics shaping the archipelago’s ambiguous identity. From a decolonial perspective, despite ties to Spain and the EU, the Islands can embrace African political, cultural, and epistemic plurality within South-South relations.
• Making Mars: The Emergence of a Resources-Territory Areopolitics
  This groundbreaking study explores how Mars is being territorially shaped and commodified through a novel framework linking resources and territory. Using cutting-edge geopolitics and object-oriented philosophy, it reveals how robotic probes wield “probe-power,” shaping Mars beyond human presence. Dive into the unfolding era of areopolitics, where Mars becomes a contested frontier of power, resources, and politics like never before.