Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The study of the relationship between politics and economics, especially on an international scale.
  • noun A combination of international economic and political factors relating to or influencing a nation or region.

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  • noun The study of the spatial, temporal, and political aspects of economies and resources.

Etymologies

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geo- +‎ economics

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Examples

  • The threat we face right now is in the world of geoeconomics, not geopolitics - how to get through this financial meltdown, how to handle the multiple economic challenges before us, how to steer America in a world where other countries are gaining power and resources and confidence.

    CNN Transcript Oct 12, 2008 2008

  • Although traditional geographic textbooks identify the borderline between Europe and Asia as the line stretching westwards along the water-crest of the Caucasus Mountains and then arching southwards through the center of the Turkish Straits and then hugging the Greek littoral westwards, the legacy of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union put the entire GBSB within the confines of Europe's geopolitics and geoeconomics.

    Latest Articles OilPrice.com 2010

  • For Russia, China's economic "intrusions" into traditionally Russian-dominated areas are part of the realpolitik game, be they in the name of geopolitics, geoeconomics, or, more fashionably, petropolitik.

    Foreign Policy In Focus 2009

  • Brad W. Setser is a fellow for geoeconomics at the Council on Foreign Relations.

    CFR.org - 2009

  • Brad W. Setser is a fellow for geoeconomics at the Council on Foreign Relations.

    CFR.org - 2009

  • For Russia, China's economic "intrusions" into traditionally Russian-dominated areas are part of the realpolitik game, be they in the name of geopolitics, geoeconomics, or, more fashionably, petropolitik.

    Foreign Policy In Focus 2009

  • Brad W. Setser is a fellow for geoeconomics at the Council on Foreign Relations.

    CFR.org - 2009

  • Brad W. Setser is a fellow for geoeconomics at the Council on Foreign Relations.

    CFR.org - 2009

  • Brad W. Setser is a fellow for geoeconomics at the Council on Foreign Relations.

    CFR.org - 2009

  • For Russia, China's economic "intrusions" into traditionally Russian-dominated areas are part of the realpolitik game, be they in the name of geopolitics, geoeconomics, or, more fashionably, petropolitik.

    Foreign Policy In Focus 2009

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