Geometric Boundary

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Geometric boundary

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Political boundary defined and delimited(and occasionally demarcated) as a straight line or an arc.

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Physical political boundary

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Political boundary defined and delimited(occasionally demarcated ) Buy a prominent physical feature in the natural landscape-such as a river or the crest ridges of a mountain

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Heartland theory

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A Geo political hypothesis, proposed by British geographer Harold Mackinder during the first two decades of the 20th century, that any political power based in the heart of Eurasia could gain sufficient strength to eventually dominate the world

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Critical geopolitics

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Process by which Geo politicians deconstruct and focus on explaining the underlying spatial assumptions and territorial perspectives of politicians

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Unilateralism

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World order in which one state is in a position of dominance with allies following rather than joining the political decision making process

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Supranational organization

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A venture involving three or more nation states involving formal political, economic, political, and or cultural cooperation to promote shared objectives. The European Union is one such organization

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Deterritorialization

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A term used to describe the economic, social, and cultural geography’s that look less and less like the maps of states. Globalization, networked communities, and the like undermine The states traditional territorial authority

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Reterritorialozation

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States are moving to solidify control over its territory. For example, solidifying their borders due to concern over immigration.

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Compact states

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A state that possesses a roughly circular, oval, or rectangular territory in which the distance from the geometric center is relatively equal in all directions. Example ,Poland ,Kenya Uruguay

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Pro rupted state

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A type of territorial shape that exhibits a narrow, elongated land extension leading away from the main body of the territory. Example Mozambique and Thailand

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Elongated state

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A state whose territory is long and narrow in shape. Example Norway and chili

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Fragmented state

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A state that is not contiguous whole but rather separated parts. Example Indonesia

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Perforated state

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A state whose territory completely surrounds that of another state. Example South Africa

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Enclave

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A country or part of a country that is surrounded by another. Example Vatican City is an enclave of room

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Exclave

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A part of a country that is or almost completely separated from the main part of the country. Example Alaska and Hawaii for the USA