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geostrategic

geostrategic

2 9.0
Describes the political or military importance of a place
  • adjective
  • /ˌdʒiːoʊstrəˈtɛdʒɪk/
: geoestratégico
  • The United States and India have similar geostrategic concerns about China's growing power and influence.
  • geostrategic interests
  • geostrategic importance
  • geostrategic significance

Like the world's industrial states were were reduced and we were so fortunate because of our geostrategic blessings, right?

Examples

  • The end of the Cold War changed Turkey's geostrategic position significantly and forced it to begin reforming its polity.

    Academic text (2000)

  • New Delhi's bomb decision was motivated more by geostrategic rivalry with China than by any prominent threat from Beijing.

    Academic text (2000)

  • And if so, what do you think the geostrategic reasons are for that?

    Blog text (5)

  • The United States did not have to worry that a geostrategic shock could turn into a dollar crisis.

    Academic text (2008)

  • And in the end, it's not Afghanistan that is the geostrategic explosive country there, it's Pakistan that is.

  • Nepal's geostrategic position has been one of the major factors behind the foreign aid it receives.

    Academic text (1992)

  • In the Sino-Indian balance of power, China has geostrategic as well as nuclear superiority.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The review also had within its purview a wide range of issues looming on the larger geostrategic landscape.

    Academic text (1999)

  • By and large, containment, as well as reflexive bipartisanship, were well suited to the Cold War's geostrategic reality.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Many countries are reevaluating their geostrategic interests in light of recent global events.

Synonyms

geopolitical
vsgeostrategic
31 7.4

Relating to how geography, money, and people affect relations between countries

focuses on the strategic importance of places especially for military or political aims

How Strategic

vital
405 3.5
geostrategic
2 9.0
strategic
392 4.9
important
∞ 1.0
relevant
556 3.3
peripheral
16 6.5

Surface Forms

geostrategic positive

Morphology

geostrategic = strategic (semi-transparent) = geo + strateg + ic

The word is transparently built from geo- plus strategic, but the resulting geopolitical sense is specialized rather than fully obvious to a beginning learner.

Etymology

Geostrategic joins geo- ('earth' or 'place'), as in geography, and strategy ('a plan', like a military strategy). So, geostrategic describes when a place is important because of where it is and how it fits into big political or military plans.