Geographical Analysis of the Basis of Geopolitical Development of Territories and its Methodology

Abstract

The proposed research provides a concise summary of the geographical analysis of the foundations of geopolitics and its methods. The author attempts to examine the country’s territory from the perspective of spatial and legal analysis because every country operates depending on economic, political, and natural resources. A component of geopolitical research involves the formation and study of geographical regularities and features of the distribution of a country’s sovereignty over a specific territory in historical processes and considering the contemporary era. Geographical analysis of the geopolitical development of a territory is characterized not only by factors but also by instruments, which also have their own system of concepts, shaping the nomenclature of geopolitics. The geographical analysis of geopolitical development depends not only on the overall country’s geopolitical potential but also on the specification and assessment of the geopolitical potential of particular regions within the country. This constitutes an important tool for strengthening a country’s development potential. The study of the geopolitical development of a territory is based not only on the geographical analysis of the territory but on forecasting the growth and development of the examined state territory based on the analysis of a complex of criteria characterizing the state’s potential from a geopolitical perspective.