Editing Geopolitics (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> ==
* '''Geopolitics''' — The study of the influence of factors such as geography, economics, and demography on the politics and foreign policy of a state.
* '''Sovereignty''' — The supreme power or authority of a state to govern itself.
* '''Nation-State''' — A sovereign state whose citizens are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent.
* '''Hegemony''' — The political, economic, or military predominance of one state over others (e.g., the US in the post-Cold War era).
* '''Hard Power''' — Using military or economic force to influence other states.
* '''Soft Power''' — Using culture, values, and diplomacy to influence other states.
* '''Buffer State''' — A small neutral country situated between two larger hostile countries and serving to prevent the outbreak of regional conflict.
* '''Pivot State''' — A country whose location or resources make it critical to the global balance of power (e.g., Ukraine, Turkey).
* '''Heartland Theory''' — Halford Mackinder's idea that "Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland; who rules the Heartland commands the World-Island (Eurasia)."
* '''Rimland Theory''' — Nicholas Spykman's idea that the coastal regions of Eurasia (Rimland) are more important than the Heartland.
* '''Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)''' — An area of the sea in which a sovereign state has special rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources.
* '''Resource Curse''' — The phenomenon of countries with an abundance of natural resources having less economic growth and worse development than countries with fewer resources.
* '''Sanctions''' — Commercial and financial penalties applied by one or more countries against a self-governing state, group, or individual.
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