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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
/ ˌːəʊˈɒɪɪ /
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
Derived Forms
- ˌˌDZˈپ, noun
Other Word Forms
- o·DZi·پ ····· [jee-oh-p, uh, -, lit, -i-k, uh, l], adjective
- o··i·· adverb
- ··DZ··پ· [jee-oh-pol-i-, tish, -, uh, n], o·DZi·پ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of geopolitics1
Example Sentences
In January 2024, his doctoral thesis on the geopolitics of African relations with the US, China and Russia was validated at the University of Johannesburg.
Last week, Poland's prime minister, Donald Tusk, made a speech in parliament warning that a "profound change in American geopolitics" was putting both Poland and Ukraine into an "objectively more difficult situation".
The Friday meeting demonstrated the Full Trump, a leader whose basic conception of geopolitics is defensible, but whose manners are deplorable.
He is aware of the geopolitics at play, but he says he and his workers are just trying to make a living.
It is a deep tremor, not just for tech, but for economics and geopolitics as well.
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