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This research interrogates the emergence of Algorithmic Multipolarity as the definitive structural logic governing the twenty-first-century international order, positing that global authority has undergone a profound ontological shift from Westphalian territoriality toward a "Superposition of Power" instantiated within vertically integrated computational architectures. Utilizing Benjamin Bratton’s "Stack" model, the study traces the reorganization of sovereignty across stratified layers—from the geophysical materiality of semiconductor fabrication to the predictive modulation of the User Layer—identifying a systemic transition from disciplinary enclosure to a regime of Algorithmic Governmentality. Within this configuration, the political subject is reconstituted as a fragmented "Dividual" governed through predictive simulations, while the activation of Weaponized Interdependence at technological chokepoints triggers a "Heracles Syndrome," incentivizing secondary states to construct "Digital Lifeboats" and adopt Strategic Multi-Homing to safeguard infrastructural autonomy. Ultimately, the thesis theorizes the consolidation of a Post-State Regulatory Order characterized by a Polylateral Imperative, wherein technical protocols and interoperability scores supersede traditional treaties as the primary mechanisms of governance. By synthesizing materialist geopolitics with post-structuralist critique, the paper provides a rigorous roadmap for navigating an international system defined by a planetary-scale computational metabolism.
