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Making Sense of Geoeconomics

Jeoekonomiyi Doğru Anlamak

Mehmet Şahin(MİLLİ SAVUNMA ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0002-0142-6666
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473–489
Publication Date
2026-08-06
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Accordingly, it proposes economic security, energy security, connectivity projects, and weaponized interdependence as key research agendas in geoeconomics.

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Objective & Hypothesis:The main aim of this study is to discuss the concept of geoeconomics, which emerged in the International Relations literature in the 1990s and has gained increasing prominence over time.
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Key Findings & Data:In doing so, geoeconomics is reframed from an overly expansive umbrella term for the political use of economic instruments into a more delimited analytical framework grounded in spatial context and strategic advantage.
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⚙️Variables:Jeoekonomi · Jeopolitik · Uluslararası Politik Ekonomi

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The main aim of this study is to discuss the concept of geoeconomics, which emerged in the International Relations literature in the 1990s and has gained increasing prominence over time. Although the concept originated at the intersection of geopolitics and economics, its growing usage has gradually detached it from its geographical context and has at times blurred its boundaries with International Political Economy (IPE). The study argues that this conceptual ambiguity stems from the weakening of the “geo” element. From this perspective, it is claimed that geoeconomics should be treated as distinct from, yet not independent of, IPE and should rather be examined within IPE through a geographical/spatial lens. In doing so, geoeconomics is reframed from an overly expansive umbrella term for the political use of economic instruments into a more delimited analytical framework grounded in spatial context and strategic advantage. This approach aims to reduce conceptual ambiguity in the geoeconomics literature. The study further discusses the theoretical implications of the IPE-geoeconomics distinction and proposes a more coherent analytical ground for future research. Accordingly, it proposes economic security, energy security, connectivity projects, and weaponized interdependence as key research agendas in geoeconomics.

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Bu çalışmanın temel amacı 1990’lı yıllarda Uluslararası İlişkiler literatüründe ortaya çıkan ve zaman içerisinde önemli yer tutmaya başlayan jeoekonomi kavramını tartışmaktır. Zira kavram, jeopolitikle ekonominin kesişim alanı olarak doğsa da zaman içerisinde kullanımının artmasıyla birlikte hem coğrafî bağlamdan uzaklaşmış hem de Uluslararası Politik Ekonomi (UPE) ile zaman zaman karışmaya başlamıştır. Çalışmada bu karmaşanın sebebinin “jeo” unsurunun zayıflaması olduğu ileri sürülmektedir. Bu noktadan hareketle jeoekonominin UPE’den farklı ancak ondan bağımsız da olmayıp onun içerisinde coğrafi/mekânsal konumlama ile değerlendirilmesi gerektiği iddia edilecektir. Böylelikle jeoekonomi kavramı, ekonomik araçların politik amaçlar doğrultusunda kullanımını açıklayan geniş bir şemsiye terim olmaktan çıkarılarak, mekânsal bağlam ve stratejik avantaj üzerinden sınırlandırılacaktır. Bu yaklaşım, jeoekonomi literatüründeki kavramsal belirsizliğin azaltılmasına katkı sunmayı hedeflemektedir. Çalışma ayrıca jeoekonomiyi yeniden kavramsallaştırırken UPE-jeoekonomi ayrımının teorik sonuçlarını tartışmayı ve daha tutarlı bir analiz zemini önermeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bu çerçevede ekonomik güvenlik, enerji güvenliği, bağlantısallık projeleri ve silahlandırılmış karşılıklı bağımlılık jeoekonominin öne çıkan araştırma gündemleri olarak öne sürülecektir.

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Şahin, M., *, M. Ş. (2026). Making Sense of Geoeconomics. Güvenlik Stratejileri Dergisi, Cilt: 22 Sayı: 54, 473–489. https://doi.org/10.17752/guvenlikstrtj.1878266

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