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geoeconomics

Syllables: ge·o·e·co·no·micsUS/ˌd͡ʒiː.oʊ.ɛkəˈnɑmɪks/

geoeconomics noun: the study of the spatial, temporal, and political aspects of economies and resources in relation to the balance of power between nation-states or trade blocs.

Noun

geoeconomics (uncountable)

  1. The study of the spatial, temporal, and political aspects of economies and resources in relation to the balance of power between nation-states or trade blocs.
    • 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...2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2022, page 18
    • ‘Country risk’ is essentially about assessing the economic prospects of a nation holistically, within the broader legal and geopolitical soil without which institutional investors cannot grow their assets. The government of Qatar is now paying an incommensurate price for having thought it could...2017 June 17, M. Nicolas J. Firzli, “The Qatar Crisis and the Eastern Flank of the MENA Area”, in Asharq Al-Awsat, volume 167, number 17, page 12

Forms of geoeconomics

alternative formgeo-economics

Origin of geoeconomics

From geo- + economics.

Questions about geoeconomics

What does geoeconomics mean?
Geoeconomics means the study of the spatial, temporal, and political aspects of economies and resources in relation to the balance of power between nation-states or trade blocs.
What part of speech is geoeconomics?
Geoeconomics is a noun.
How do you pronounce geoeconomics?
Geoeconomics is pronounced /ˌd͡ʒiː.oʊ.ɛkəˈnɑmɪks/ (US).

Words near geoeconomics in the dictionary

  1. geoecologists
  2. geoecology
  3. geoeconomic
  4. geoeconomical
  5. geoeconomically
  6. geoeconomics
  7. geoeconomist
  8. geoeconomists
  9. geoecosystem
  10. geoecosystems
  11. geoeffective

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