Geopolitics is the set of ideas and activities about how a country's position, land, and population affect its political life and its relationships with other countries — and also the study of that.

Geopolitics地緣政治 is指 the set of ideas and activities一整套想法和作為 about how a country's position, land, and population關於一國的位置、土地和人口如何 affect its political life and its relationships with other countries影響它的政治生活以及它與其他國家的關係 — and also the study of that──也指對這些的研究。

It is the noun beside geopolitical. People use it for the chessboard of countries: who sits where, who needs whose oil or ports, who fears whose army because of a shared border.

It is它是 the noun beside geopolitical形容詞 geopolitical 對應的名詞。 People use it人們用它 for the chessboard of countries來指國與國之間的棋局: who sits where誰坐在哪裡, who needs whose oil or ports誰需要誰的石油或港口, who fears whose army because of a shared border誰因為邊界相鄰而害怕誰的軍隊。

In newspapers it often just means 'world power politics.' In universities it is a subject with a history.

In newspapers在報紙上 it often just means它常常就只是指 'world power politics.'「世界強權政治」。 In universities在大學裡 it is a subject with a history它是一門有歷史的學科。

Though actually the word is younger than it sounds: English built geo- + politics as a copy of Swedish geopolitik, a term Rudolf Kjellén coined in 1900. Older talk had geography and politics; this word ties them into one.

Though actually不過實際上 the word is younger than it sounds這個字比聽起來年輕: English built geo- + politics英文把 geo- 加 politics 組成這個字 as a copy of Swedish geopolitik是照著瑞典文 geopolitik 仿造的, a term Rudolf Kjellén coined in 1900這個詞是魯道夫．謝倫在1900年創的。 Older talk had geography and politics以前的說法是分開的地理學和政治學; this word ties them into one這個字把兩者綁成了一個。

People still stretch it until almost any international fight counts as geopolitics, even when the map is not the real engine.

People still stretch it人們還是會把這個詞用得很寬 until almost any international fight counts as geopolitics到幾乎任何國際衝突都算是地緣政治, even when the map is not the real engine就算地圖根本不是真正的驅動力。