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Re: 'Geo-politics'

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Le 24/08/2026 à 06:56, occam a écrit :
> 
> What other kind of politics is there other than 'geo-' politics? I hear
> this expression quite often in news reports. I can't help think that
> some journalist is trying to make him/herself sound more impressive than
> he/she is.


National politics
International politics
Local politics
Domestic politics
Company politics
Federal politics
...

> I see that the term goes back to 1900, but that its use picked up after
> WWII.


"Geopolitics [...] is the study of the effects of Earth's geography on 
politics and international relations. Geopolitics usually refers to 
countries and relations between them. According to multiple researchers, 
the term is currently being used to describe a broad spectrum of 
concepts [...]" -
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geopolitics>

<https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=geopolitics%2C+local+politics%2Cnational+politics%2Cinternational+politics%2Cdomestic+politics%2Ccompany+politics%2Cfederal+politics&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3>

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'Geo-politics' occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-08-24 07:56 +0200
  Re: 'Geo-politics' Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2026-08-24 07:57 +0100
    Re: 'Geo-politics' occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-08-24 09:59 +0200
  Re: 'Geo-politics' Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-08-24 08:20 +0100
    Re: 'Geo-politics' occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-08-24 10:01 +0200
      Re: 'Geo-politics' Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-08-24 09:32 +0100
        Re: 'Geo-politics' occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-08-24 12:11 +0200
      Re: 'Geo-politics' wugi <wugi@brol.invalid> - 2026-08-24 10:52 +0200
        Re: 'Geo-politics' occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-08-24 12:06 +0200
      Re: 'Geo-politics' Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-08-24 21:46 +1000
    Re: 'Geo-politics' Silvano <Silvano@noncisonopernessuno.it> - 2026-08-24 10:33 +0200
      Re: 'Geo-politics' Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-08-24 09:57 +0100
      Re: 'Geo-politics' occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-08-24 12:15 +0200
  Re: 'Geo-politics' Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-08-24 10:37 +0200
  Re: 'Geo-politics' Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-08-24 02:52 -0700
    Re: 'Geo-politics' occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-08-24 12:25 +0200

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