Explaining the Geopolitical Variables of Economic Power with an Emphasis on Economic Factors

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1 Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor of Political Geography, Faculty of Geography, Department of Political Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Economic power is considered one of the essential components of geopolitical competition. Various variables are influential in determining the economic power of countries. The economic power of countries is mainly influenced by the factors that play a role in their national power, among which economic factors are effective in both the national and economic power of countries. Some of such factors have a geopolitical nature due to their significant role in displaying the national power of countries in the international and global arenas. As sources of power, such factors are considered by the powers in geopolitical competition and are regarded as effective geopolitical variables in the regional and international geopolitical systems. Based on identifying economic factors influential in economic power, the current research aimed to explain the geopolitical variables of economic power. The main research question is: what are the geopolitical variables of economic power based on economic factors? The present descriptive-analytical study followed the theoretical approach and explained the causal relationship between the dependent variables (economic power) and the independent variable (geopolitical). Information and data collection were based on the library method and document forms. In response to the main question of the research, the variables affected by economic factors affecting economic power were explained under the title of "geo-economic variables". Each of these conceptual variables included several operational variables that are effective in national power and economy, which determine the country's economic power as a whole.

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Macroeconomics Research Letter
Volume 18, Issue 39
December 2023
Pages 53-71

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  • Receive Date: 14 December 2023
  • Revise Date: 12 January 2024
  • Accept Date: 13 January 2024

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