Research 1

Please, search at least three definitions about the term “Geopolitics” and three about the term
“Geoeconomy”. Do not forget to mention the source (author, year and the title of the source) for each
definition.

Definitions of “Geopolitics”:

1) “Geopolitics is the study of the influence of geographical space on states and their politics";. It is
often identified with political geography, which has a broader content

Source: LÓPEZ TRIGAL, Lorenzo y DEL POZO, Paz Benito.(1.999).

2) The definition of geopolitics—as a system of ideas describing interrelationships between politics

(world politics, above all) and the geographical environment which translate into various forms of
control over the space.

Source: Eduard G Solovyev. (2004).

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

Source: Geopolitics.” Merriam-Webster

Definitions of “Geoeconomy”:

1) that geoeconomics, defined as the geostrategic use of economic power, has become an
increasingly important feature of regional powers’ strategic behavior. Yet, we still lack analytical
tools to identify and compare regional powers’ geoeconomic strategies.

Source: Asia Europe Journal volume 14, (2016)

2) that geoeconomics, as a foreign policy strategy, refers to the application of economic means of
power by states so as to realize strategic objectives. As an analytical framework, geoeconomics
relates to international relations realismo.

Source: Soren Scholvin y Mikael Wigell (2018)

3) that several scholars define geoeconomics in remarkably broad terms, covering an array of things:
borderless economic zones, strategic economic instruments of foreign policy, both neoliberalism and
economic nationalism, and so forth.

Source: Antto Vihma (2018)

REFERENCES:

LÓPEZ TRIGAL, Lorenzo y DEL POZO, Paz Benito (1999) Political Geography. Edic. Cátedra S.
A. Madrid. p. 283.

E.G. Solovyev / Communist and Post-Communist Studies 37 (2004) 85–96

“Geopolitics.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-

webster.com/dictionary/geopolitics. Accessed 7 May. 2020.

Wigell, M. Conceptualizing regional powers’ geoeconomic strategies: neo-imperialism, neo-

mercantilism, hegemony, and liberal institutionalism. Asia Eur J 14, 135–151 (2016).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10308-015-0442-x

Sören Scholvin and Mikael Wigell (2018) Power politics by economic means: geoeconomics as an
analytical approach and the practice of foreign policy, Comparative Strategy, 37: 1, 73-84, DOI: 10.
1080 / 01495933. 2018. 1419729

Antto Vihma (2018) Geoeconomics Defined and Redefined, Geopolitics, 23:1, 47-49, DOI:
10.1080/14650045.2017.1379010

Student’s full name: Evelyn Andrea Jácome

Course: International Business 6th B

Date: Thursday, May 7, 2020