Meanings
noungeopolitics (uncountable)
- uncountableThe study of the effects of geography (especially economic geography) on politics and international relations, usually referring to countries and relations between them.
More than just a corporate juggernaut, Nvidia also has become an instrument of statecraft, operating at the nexus of advanced technology, diplomacy, and geopolitics.
2025 December 11, Charlie Campbell, Andrew R. Chow and Billy Perrigo, “The Architects of AI Are TIME’s 2025 Person of the Year”, in Time, archived from the original on 11 Dec 20251 more example
Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.
2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Welcome to the geopolitics of trade, where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, archived from the original on 13 Nov 2025, page 18
Origin
- Proto-Hellenic*gaya
- Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
- Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
- Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
- Englishgeo-
- Proto-Indo-European*tpelH-
- Proto-Hellenic*ptólis
- Ancient Greekπόλις (pólis)
- Ancient Greekπολῑ́της (polī́tēs)
- Ancient Greekπολιτικός (politikós)
- Latinpolīticus
- Middle Frenchpolitique
- Englishpolitic
- Englishpolitics
- Swedishgeopolitik
- Englishgeopolitics
From geo- + politics, calque of Swedish geopolitik, coined in 1900 by Rudolf Kjellén.
More words from Swedish
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Bulgarian геополи́тика
- геополи́тика (geopolítika)the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Catalan geopolítica
- geopolíticathe study of the effects of geography on international politics
Chinese Mandarin 地緣政治學 /地缘政治学, 地緣政治 /地缘政治
- 地緣政治學 /地缘政治学 (dìyuán zhèngzhìxué)the study of the effects of geography on international politics
- 地緣政治 /地缘政治 (dìyuán zhèngzhì)the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Czech geopolitika
- geopolitikathe study of the effects of geography on international politics
Danish geopolitik
- geopolitikthe study of the effects of geography on international politics
Dutch geopolitiek
- geopolitiekthe study of the effects of geography on international politics
Estonian geopoliitika
- geopoliitikathe study of the effects of geography on international politics
Finnish geopolitiikka
- geopolitiikkathe study of the effects of geography on international politics
French géopolitique
- géopolitiquethe study of the effects of geography on international politics
German Geopolitik
- Geopolitikthe study of the effects of geography on international politics
Greek γεωπολιτική
- γεωπολιτική (geopolitikí)the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Hebrew גֵּאוֹפּוֹלִיטִיקָה
- גֵּאוֹפּוֹלִיטִיקָה (geopolítika)the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Hindi भूराजनीति
- भूराजनीति (bhūrājnīti)the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Hungarian geopolitika
- geopolitikathe study of the effects of geography on international politics
Italian geopolitica
- geopoliticathe study of the effects of geography on international politics
Japanese 地政学
- 地政学 (chiseigaku)the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Korean 지정학
- 지정학 (jijeonghak)the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Latvian ģeopolitika
- ģeopolitikathe study of the effects of geography on international politics
Lithuanian geopolitika
- geopolitikathe study of the effects of geography on international politics
Norwegian Bokmål geopolitikk
- geopolitikkthe study of the effects of geography on international politics
Persian ژئوپلیتیک, جغراسیاست
- ژئوپلیتیک (že'opolitik)the study of the effects of geography on international politics
- جغراسیاست (joġrâsiyâsat)the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Polish geopolityka
- geopolitykathe study of the effects of geography on international politics
Portuguese geopolítica
- geopolíticathe study of the effects of geography on international politics
Romanian geopolitică
- geopoliticăthe study of the effects of geography on international politics
Russian геополи́тика
- геополи́тика (geopolítika)the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Slovak geopolitika
- geopolitikathe study of the effects of geography on international politics
Spanish geopolítica
- geopolíticathe study of the effects of geography on international politics
Swahili siasa ya kijiografia
- siasa ya kijiografiathe study of the effects of geography on international politics
Swedish geopolitik
- geopolitikthe study of the effects of geography on international politics
Thai ภูมิรัฐศาสตร์
- ภูมิรัฐศาสตร์the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Turkish jeopolitik
- jeopolitikthe study of the effects of geography on international politics
Ukrainian геополі́тика
- геополі́тика (heopolítyka)the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Urdu جُغْرَافِیَائِی سِیَاسَتْ
- جُغْرَافِیَائِی سِیَاسَتْ (juġrāfiyāī siyāsat)the study of the effects of geography on international politics
Vietnamese địa chính trị
- địa chính trịthe study of the effects of geography on international politics
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