geopolitical
Britishadjective
Explanation
Anything geopolitical has to do with the way a country's land and resources affect its government, trade, and relationships with other countries. A current geopolitical issue for all countries is climate change. The warming climate is a geopolitical threat because it affects the way various governments spend money, regulate industries, and interact with other countries' governments. If geopolitical sounds complicated or confusing, just think of it as geography combined with political. The way physical borders, weather, and bodies of water affect a country's political decisions is, in fact, geopolitical.
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Africa - Middle School
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Africa - High School
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Example Sentences
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A Republican running for Senate should be ready to discuss one of this century’s most consequential geopolitical questions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
China, Washington's chief geopolitical rival, has also been a major North Korean trading partner and a key source of diplomatic and economic support for the country, hit by multiple international sanctions.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
That regeneration power, said Ramzy Mardini, the founder of Geopol Labs, a Middle East-based geopolitical risk advisory firm, is the central and most important characteristic of the axis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
That’s mainly because global refining capacity for finished fuels is severely constrained by geopolitical conflicts and facility disruptions, even as crude supplies remain relatively stable.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
The conflict was mostly geopolitical, with a long-standing border dispute between both nations.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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