Question

Who coined the term 'Geopalitik'?
1. Haushoffer
2. Kjellen
3. Hess
4. Spykman

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Kjellen

R. Kjellen coined the term 'Geopalitik' in 1899.

Geopalitik:

• Geopolitics refers to how politics plays a role in geography and influences different geographic attributes such as political borders. 
• Geopolitics: Geo + Politics
• 'Geo' means earth, here it means the effect of geographical factors
• The term 'Politics'  concerns the activities based on interest associated with the governance of a country or state or area
• Geopolitics is the analysis of the geographic influences on power relationships in international relations
• The word geopolitics was originally coined by the Swedish political scientist Rudolf Kjellen, 1899
• Its use spread throughout Europe in the period between World Wars I and II (1918–39) and came into worldwide use during the latter. 
• Geopolitics is the geographical causation of International politics 
  • Political events triggered by the geography of the concerned region
  • Geopolitics of Indian Ocean
  • Geopolitics of climate change etc.
• It is the study of the effect of Geography/ geographic factors (location, area, climate, natural resources, demographic factors, topography, etc. ) on politics and international relations.

• Later, a number of German authors such as Karl Haushofer (1869–1946), Erich Obst, Hermann Lautensach, and Otto Maull. In 1923, Karl Haushofer founded the Zeitschrift für Geopolitik (Journal for Geopolitics), which was later used in the propaganda of Nazi Germany.