Yanitsky O.N. On the relationships between the geopolitics and social ecology in the digital age. Official Portal Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2019, pp. 1-12. URL: http: ...

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Drawing on the studies of works of the sociologists and politicians analyzing modern geopolitical trends and issues and on his own investigations in the realm of global environmental politics, the author put forward the following hypotheses. First, the coming of the Internet Galaxy and the rapid development of distance (astronomic) technical instruments of permanent observations on the global processes means that humanity become an inseparable part of cosmic ecosystem. Second, this supra-global ecosystem consists of the simultaneously competing and mutually interdependent political agents of various scale and political power. Third, the hierarchy within this supra-global ecosystem is conditioned by a space-time dimension of a particular geopolitical system, its energy potential and its impact on the earth geopolitical structures and processes. Fourth, the earth as a certain geopolitical system is exposed to both natural and social impacts from the outside and within. Fifth, this geopolitical system is subjected to the double impact: of cosmic influence and of competing political and economic subjects acted in the frames of the complex entity that consists of the cosmic, terrestrial and underground forces. Sixth, at the same time every particular ecosystem should have a permanent input of energy and resources for its reproduction as well as the governing institutions to maintain its relative integrity. Seventh, at the same time in the frame of earth surface the competing ecosystems have to maintain balance between their interests and the carrying capacity of the Biosphere. Eighth, if such balance is violated the competing ecosystems will be totally destroyed by the Biosphere collapse, and humanity will disappear or will fall in a dispersed and chaotically moving of isolated communities. Ninth, modern geopolitics is the Janus-like. In relation to the cosmic impact it has mainly defensive character, while in relation to the earth actors it has mainly offensive character aimed at domination on other social actors. Tenth, the humanity is needed in a mobile global institution capable to prevent such catastrophic events like a nuclear winter and other disastrous state of affairs.