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geoeconomics en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌd͡ʒiː.oʊ.ɛkəˈnɑmɪks/ (US)

Etymology

From geo- + economics.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) 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.
   • ‘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 defy forever the laws of geoeconomic gravity. 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:
   • 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, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2022, page 18:
   • So universities like John^([sic]) Hopkins, Dartmouth, Kiel and Stanford are looking to expand their “geoeconomics” programmes (with the latter using machine learning for that end), along with entities such as the IMF, the Milken Institute and Atlantic Council. 2025 May 10, Gillian Tett, “Welcome to the new age of geoeconomics”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9:

Forms

Relateds

geonomics · geopolitics · geoeconomist · geoeconomic

Translations (4)

it geoeconomia (Translations) · es geoeconomía (Translations) · ka გეოეკონომიკა (Translations) · de Geoökonomie (Translations)