Rethinking Power in the Age of Flows: the Geologistics Quadri- Pillar Framework (GQF) as Multi-Level Model of Geostrategic Analysis

Repenser la puissance à l’ère des flux: le Geologistics Quadri-pillar Framework (GQF) comme modèle multi-niveaux d’analyse géostratégique

Mahmoud El Hassouni ()
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Mahmoud El Hassouni: MFMDI - Laboratoire MFMDI, SUP MTI Rabat

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Abstract: The international system of 2026 is no longer organized around territorial sovereignty or financial dominance. It is structured by the control of flows—physical, energy, informational, and commercial. However, traditional analytical frameworks —geopolitics, geoeconomics, and supply chain management— capture these dimensions in a fragmented manner, without revealing their integrated power dynamics. This article introduces geologistics as an original transdisciplinary concept, defined as the analytical discipline that examines how the control of physical flows—from geological extraction to the final market—constitutes the primary determinant of state power and industrial sovereignty in a regime of structural interdependence. To operationalize this concept, it proposes the Geologistics Quadri-Pillar Framework (GQF), an analytical matrix articulating four structural pillars (geological endowment, logistical infrastructure, geostrategic governance, and cultural and epistemic capital) across three levels of analysis (macro-strategic, managerial, and operational). The formal compatibility of the GQF with network theory and game theory positions it as a prospective tool. The article illustrates its analytical value through three contemporary geologistical configurations: the Belt and Road Initiative, the Africa-Americas corridors, and the recomposition of geostrategic balances in the Middle East.

Keywords: Power of flows; Middle East; Multipolar world; Geostrategic Governance; Critical minerals; Cultural capital; Géologistique; GQF; puissance des flux; corridors stratégiques; minéraux critiques; capital culturel; gouvernance géostratégique; souveraineté industrielle; monde multipolaire; Moyen-Orient Geologistics; Strategic corridors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-06-17
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Published in 2026, pp.135. ⟨10.5281/zenodo.21480360⟩

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