地緣政治的定義

地緣政治從字面來看，它是與地理、政治有關的課題。從深層角度來看，地緣政治則是以地理的宏觀思維來解釋一個國家的政治行為之科學。人與自然環境的關係是永久存在，地理環境對人類社會總會有一定的影響與制約。人類改造自然的能力正在不斷地提高，人對自然的認識也在不斷提昇。所以，地緣政治的觀點也隨著人類改造、認識自然而有所改變。

改編自臺灣國立政治大學網上文章

全球化重新改變了時間與空間的概念，卻仍舊無法擺脫國家控制領土、邊界及競爭概念。邊界仍然是地緣政治、國際關係與國家定義的核心。

帕斯卡‧博尼法斯《地緣政治入門：從50個關鍵議題了解國際局勢》

在這個地理距離看似漸被消弭的世界，遠方戰事也透過經濟牽動著我們的日常生活，了解、預測世界局勢的變化走向，已成為現代人不得不面對的重要課題。

茂木誠《超地緣政治學》

Geopolitics is a study of the influence of such factors as geography, economics, and demography on the politics and especially the foreign policy of a state.

Demography is the statistical study of human populations especially with reference to size and density, distribution, and vital statistics.

Vital statistics: statistics relating to births, deaths, marriages, health, and disease

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Geopolitics is the analysis of the geographic influences on power relationships in international relations.

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Geopolitics is the study of the effects of Earth’s geography on politics and international relations. It is a method of studying foreign policy to understand, explain, and predict international political behavior through geographical variables such as area studies, climate, topography (地形描繪), demography, natural resources, and applied science of the region being evaluated. 

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