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geopolitics
[jee-oh-pol-i-tiks]
noun
the study or the application of the influence of political and economic geography on the politics, national power, foreign policy, etc., of a state.
the combination of geographic and political factors influencing or delineating a country or region.
a national policy based on the interrelation of politics and geography.
a Nazi doctrine that a combination of political, geographic, historical, racial, and economic factors substantiated Germany's right to expand its borders and control various strategic land masses and natural resources.
geopolitics
/ ˌdʒiːəʊˈpɒlɪtɪks /
noun
(functioning as singular) the study of the effect of geographical factors on politics, esp international politics; political geography
(functioning as plural) the combination of geographical and political factors affecting a country or area
(functioning as plural) politics as they affect the whole world; global politics
Other Word Forms
- geopolitic adjective
- geopolitical adjective
- geopolitically adverb
- geopolitician noun
- geopolitist noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of geopolitics1
Example Sentences
In time, the prince stepped back from his more pugilistic policies, while geopolitics, energy concerns and a turbulent Middle East forced Biden to moderate his rejectionist stance.
What do you think the defense deal means for the geopolitics of the Middle East?
Green said broadcasters and their artists participate, not governments, and it was important to "keep the geopolitics off of the stage".
"Only recently we found that actually, hold on - geopolitics makes it necessary to have more industrial policy, to have this investment screening, when in the past there wasn't that much attention for this."
For Americans of my generation, Franco was somewhere between an inexplicable cultural footnote and a ghost haunting the margins of Cold War geopolitics.
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