Geometripolitics

Geometripolitics is a theoretical idea that founded by Adi Rio Arianto and Gesti Anggraini belong to the Indonesian School (Manunggalism): The Indonesian School of World Relations that explains the relationship between balance, power, and security in utilizing eight world spaces, namely land, sea, air, underground, galaxy, vacuum, equator, and cyber. Geometripolitics forms a “spatial power order” based on the world’s “Geometrism” which includes physical, metaphysical, psychological, ideational, and geometrical bases as the shaper of world security. The Indonesian School (Manunggalism): Indonesian School of World Relations calls it as “Fifth Base World Security.”

Then to strengthen the Grand Paradigm of Manunggalism, the birth Geometripolitics Theory known as “Arianto’s Theorem” who discovered the strategic relationship between balance, power, and security as strategic elements for forming world order power by involving the cyber dimension. Geometripolitics sees the world as a power complexity grouped into eight dimensions, namely: land, sea, air, underground, equator, vacuum, galaxy and cyberspace. Meanwhile, a political process that involves all of the dimensions above, the cyber dimension to form a “world power” is referred to as “geometripolitics” or study branch “Geometripolitics” over the branches of Politics, Metapolitics, Geopolitics, and Astropolitics.

Initially, power was formed by politics which was dominated by a physical basis. Geometripolitics expands the basis of “power” into five bases, namely: physic (material), metaphysic (mistical), psychologic (spirit), ideationic (ideoligical) and geometric (geometrical) bases. Spasial power can be formed through “geography” to produce Geopolitics, then beyond geography through “outer space” to produce Astropolitics. Finally, Geometripolitics gave rise to the fourth base security and fifth bases security as a result of the presence of the virtual dimension which gave birth to “power of cyberspace”, namely the “ideationic” and “geometric” bases.

Politics is dominated by the physical basis for achieving power. On the contrary of Politics, Metapolitics is the formation of power which is supported by the abstraction of mystical that can be assessed causally. Meanwhile, Geopolitics optimizes the physical basis of “geography” which is also limited to expand power. Meanwhile, Astropolitics seeks to develop a metaphysical basis for outer space that is not limited by means of mastery over outerspace exploration for the purpose of power. With the development of the scope of security and power, the threat also develops in line with advances in technology. Therefore, Geometripolitics goes beyond the Politics, Metapolitics, Geopolitics, and Astropolitics as the final theory that tries to map out in detail the relationship between balance, power, and security beyond the physical (material), metaphysical (mistical), psychological (spirit) basis by bringing up an “ideationical” basis and “geometrical” basis as a complement to the Fourth and Fifth Basis Balance, Power, and Security. Here is the table to detail the meaning: “The Basis of World Order as the Shaper of balance, power, and security”.

Source: A.R. Arianto and G. Anggraini (2023) “Manunggalism: Paradigm, Philosophy, and Theory to View the World Relations (WR) Belong to Indonesian School (Mazhab Indonesia) in Manunggalian Era 21st Century”, UGM Digital Press. Journal link: https://digitalpress.ugm.ac.id/article/433

Based on the table, “ideationical” and “geometrical” bases try to explain the formation of power both in cyberspace and all of basis. The “physical” base is a formation of power formed by tangible, tangible, and limited physical objects. The “metaphysical” basis is the formation of power which is supported by the abstraction of mystical that can be assessed causally. Meanwhile, the “psychological” basis is the abstraction of moods that contain power effects to the spirit or soul. Furthermore, the “ideationical” basis is controling ideas by ideological preferences. Meanwhile, the “geometrical (geomonical)” basis is the formation of unlimited virtual power both virtual power beyond its actual/potential power beyond “hegemonical”.

The geometric basis has an effect on all the bases above, so two geometric scopes appear, namely (1) Limited Geometry Dimensions (Dimensi Geometri Terbatas), and (2) Unlimited Geometry Dimensions (Dimensi Geometri Tidak Terbatas). The Limited Geometry Dimension is a security dimension that is physical in nature, can be touched by humans, and is limited in nature because it can be reached by humans physically and can be seen through the naked eye. This dimension includes: land, sea, air, and underground space. Meanwhile, the Unlimited Geometry Dimension is a dimension of security and power that is geometric and unlimited, because its existence cannot be touched physically, but its effects metaphysically, psychologically, ideationically, and geometrically can be imagined and shape the security and power of an object. This dimension includes: cyber, which is congruent with empty space/vacuum, galaxy (outerspace), and equatorial space.

By expanding the meaning of the Geometripolitics Theory, “Fifth Base World Security” is the final evolution of world security space from First Base World Security-Politics, Second Base World Security-Metapolitics, Third Base World Security-Geopolitics, Fourth Base World Security-Astropolitics, and finally culminating in Fifth Base World Security-Geometripolitics.

In expanding the relationship between balance, power, and security, the Indonesian School (Manunggalism): Indonesian School of World Relations expands the function of the Geometripolitics theory by creating a sub-theory of “Geometripolitization” s a process of making something that initially has no value of “balance, power, and security” by changing its function or increasing its function into a force to create conditions of securing and controlling something (both in the nations of the Manularian world and the countries of the Secularian world) by dispelling threats or force attacks from the intended or targeted party.

To be able to understand more deeply about the “Geometripolitics Theory” and the term “Geometripolitization” please visit the link to the work on this topic that has been published in UGM Digital Press: https://digitalpress.ugm.ac.id/article/433