ABSTRACT
This chapter engages the geopolitics of networks. It introduces the term metageography to distinguish between territorial and network geopolitics, while emphasizing the connection between the two within processes of globalization. A discussion of the network geopolitics of transnational business is exemplified with reference to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The network geopolitics of transnational social movements is connected to the geopolitics of peace. Terrorism as a form of network geopolitics is identified. The geopolitics of defining terrorism is engaged, and historic waves of terrorism are described. Focus is given to religious terrorism and the concept of cosmic war. Netwar, cyberwar, and cyberactivism are introduced as increasingly important forms of network geopolitics.
