Definition of "geoeconomics" []

• The study of the relationship between politics and economics, especially on an international scale. (noun)
• A governmental policy employing geoeconomics. (noun)
• A combination of international economic and political factors relating to or influencing a nation or region. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The threat we face right now is in the world of geoeconomics, not geopolitics - how to get through this financial meltdown, how to handle the multiple economic challenges before us, how to steer America in a world where other countries are gaining power and resources and confidence."
• "Although traditional geographic textbooks identify the borderline between Europe and Asia as the line stretching westwards along the water-crest of the Caucasus Mountains and then arching southwards through the center of the Turkish Straits and then hugging the Greek littoral westwards, the legacy of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union put the entire GBSB within the confines of Europe's geopolitics and geoeconomics."
• "Brad W. Setser is a fellow for geoeconomics at the Council on Foreign Relations."