POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY

It covers all aspects such as:

boundaries countries state nation development

international organizations diplomacy internal divisions voting

GEOPOLITICS

What is Geopolitics?

POLITICS

TERRITORY

GEOPOLITICS

GEOPOLITICS is the relationship between POLITICS and TERRITORY .

a study of the influence of such factors as geography, economics, and demography on the politics and especially the foreign policy of a state.

Geographical Variables
location size of the country climate of the region topography demography natural resources technological development

Geopolitics, traditionally, indicates the links between political power and geographic space.

it emphasizes the importance of LAND POWER and SEA POWER in world history.

Geopolitics is multidisciplinary in its scope . political geography international relations territorial aspects international law

POLITICS
it is the activities associated with the governance of a country or an area.
it is the activities of governments concerning the political relations between countries.

TERRITORY
it is a geographic area belonging to or under the jurisdiction of a governmental authority. an administrative subdivision of a country.

FOREIGN POLICY
It consists of self - interests strategies chosen by the state to safeguard its national interests and to achieve its goals within International relations milieu.

Technology figures as a prominent residual category in many contemporary accounts of international security.

it is the study of relationships between countries.

It includes the relationship of:

states inter-governmental organization international non governmental organization non governmental organization multinational corporations

INTERNATIONAL LAW
set of rules generally regarded and accepted as binding in relations between states and nation.

Critical political geography

focus on the criticism of traditional political geography.

Feminist geography
an approach in human geography which applies the theories , methods and critiques of feminism to the study of human environment , society and geographical space.

Prepared by:
LEXELYN P. RIVA