little blue man

little blue man (plural little blue men)

desc

→ Mandarin: (Taiwan) 小藍人 /小蓝人 (xiǎolánrén) (calque)

From little + blue + man. Coined by Andrew S. Erickson of the Naval War College by analogy with little green man, the term used to refer to covert soldiers used by Russia during the 2014 annexation of Crimea.

(geopolitics, chiefly in the plural) A member of the Maritime Militia of the People's Republic of China, primarily composed of fishing and motorboats, who aid in the pursuit of its maritime interests in disputed waters (and especially those relating to the territorial disputes in the South China Sea); chiefly when viewed as a covert projection of power, intended to encroach on the sovereignty of other countries.

Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation


小藍人

ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄢˊ ㄖㄣˊ

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ län³⁵ ʐən³⁵/

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ län³⁵ ʐən³⁵/

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China#English

(Taiwan, geopolitics) little blue man (member of the Maritime Militia of the People's Republic of China)


Hezbollahzation

(geopolitics) The process of reinforcing the connections of the military bloc between Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah, and projecting the influence of Hezbollah across the Levant.


collective West

the collective West (canonical)
Collective West (alternative)

(geopolitics) The United States and its allies.


Western Bloc

Coordinate term: Eastern Bloc

(geopolitics, historical) The noncommunist nations of Europe and America.


pendudukan

pêndudukan (canonical)
pendudukan-pendudukan (plural)

Inherited from Malay pendudukan. Equivalent to duduk + peng- -an.

occupation (control of a place by a hostile group)


colonial empire

en-noun

colonial empire (plural colonial empires)

(historical, geopolitics) A collective of territories that are either contiguous with the imperial center or located overseas, and settled by the population of a certain state and governed by that state.


global empire

(geopolitics) An empire that extends its territory or influence on a wide or global scale.


Naçones Ounidas

Apuis de la sigunda Grande Guerra, la criaçon de bárias anstituiçones supra nacionales, sobretodo las Naçones Ounidas, fui la melhor respuosta que se puodo dar para ampedir nuobas guerras mundiales.

2020 April 23, Carlos Ferreira, “De l mundial al global”, in Diário de Trás-os-Montes, retrieved 2024-07-21:

After World War II, the creation of various supranational institutions, above all the United Nations, was the best possible response to prevent new world wars.

La lhénguas son un de ls strumentos mais poderosos para preserbar i zambulber l nuosso patrimonho material i eimaterial. - Naçones Ounidas

2024 July 21 (last accessed), António Bárbolo Alves, “La pruma braba 149”, in Mensageiro de Bragança:

Language is the most powerful tool for protecting and improving our tangible and intangible heritage. - United Nations

(geopolitics) United Nations (an international coalition)


rules-based order

If ever there was an example of how Mr. Trump is uninterested in maintaining the post-World War II “rules-based order” and replacing it with superpower politics, this was it.

2025 January 27, David E. Sanger, “Behind the Colombia Blowup: Mapping Trump’s Rapid-Escalation Tactics”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(politics, geopolitics) A set of global, rule-based, structured relationships based on political liberalism, economic liberalism and liberal internationalism since the late 1940s.


Greater Israel

(geopolitics, sometimes derogatory) The historic or the desired future borders of the State of Israel.


axis of upheaval

Coined by Richard Fontaine and Andrea Kendall-Taylor on 23 April 2024, by analogy with terms such as axis of evil.

The four powers increasingly identify common interests, match up their rhetoric, and coordinate their military and diplomatic activities. Their convergence is creating a new axis of upheaval—a development that is fundamentally altering the geopolitical landscape.

2024 May/June, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Richard Fontaine, “The Axis of Upheaval: How America’s Adversaries Are Uniting to Overturn the Global Order”, in Foreign Affairs, volume 103, page 50:

Washington’s efforts at strengthening its Quad relationship is being met by a new quad, the so-called “axis of upheaval” involving Beijing, Moscow, Pyongyang, and Tehran.

2024 May, Ralph A Cossa, Brad Glosserman, “The ‘year of elections,’ take two!”, in Comparative Connections, volume 26, page 2:

While for decades the threats to the U.S.-led economic order were limited, today China and Russia, along with North Korea and Iran, have coalesced into an "axis of upheaval" whose shared ambition is nothing short of remaking the U.S.-led global liberal economic order of the past 80 years.

2024 June 3, Joseph Quinlan, “It’s a New World. Investors’ Old Rules No Longer Apply”, in Barron’s, volume 104, page 46:

(neologism, politics, history) The alleged antiwestern collaboration between China, Iran, North Korea and Russia.


全球南方

ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄤ

Цюаньцю Наньфан

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ nän³⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ nän³⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/

开辟中非关系更加壮丽的前景——习近平主席鼓励非洲学者为推动中非合作和“全球南方”发展贡献力量

Guójiā zhǔxí Xí Jìnpíng rìqián fùxìn Fēizhōu 50 guó xuézhě, gǔlì tāmen jìxù wèi gòujiàn gāo shuǐpíng Zhōng Fēi mìngyùn gòngtóngtǐ, wéihù “Quánqiúnánfāng” gòngtóng lìyì tígōng zhìlì zhīchí.

國家主席習近平日前復信非洲50國學者，鼓勵他們繼續為構建高水平中非命運共同體、維護“全球南方”共同利益提供智力支持。

国家主席习近平日前复信非洲50国学者，鼓励他们继续为构建高水平中非命运共同体、维护“全球南方”共同利益提供智力支持。


全球北方

ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄈㄤ

Цюаньцю Бэйфан

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵/


international crisis

international crisis (plural international crises)

(politics, geopolitics) A sequence of interactions between the governments of two or more sovereign states in severe conflict, short of actual war, but involving the perception of a dangerously high probability of war.


נאַטאָ

head

נאַטאָ • (nato) ?

yi-proper noun

נאַטאָ • (nato) ?


Zweistaatenlösung

de-noun

Zweistaatenlösung f (genitive Zweistaatenlösung, plural Zweistaatenlösungen)

Zweistaatenlösung (genitive)
Zweistaatenlösungen (plural)
Zweistaatenlösung (nominative singular)
Zweistaatenlösungen (definite nominative plural)
Zweistaatenlösung (genitive singular)
Zweistaatenlösungen (definite genitive plural)
Zweistaatenlösung (dative singular)
Zweistaatenlösungen (dative definite plural)
Zweistaatenlösung (accusative singular)
Zweistaatenlösungen (accusative definite plural)

From zwei (“two”) + Staat (“state”) + -en- + Lösung (“solution”)


γεωπολιτικός

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γεωπολιτικός • (geopolitikós) m (feminine γεωπολιτική, neuter γεωπολιτικό)

geopolitikós (romanization)
γεωπολιτική (feminine)
γεωπολιτικό (neuter)
γεωπολιτικός (masculine nominative singular)
γεωπολιτική (feminine nominative singular)
γεωπολιτικό (neuter nominative singular)
γεωπολιτικοί (masculine nominative)
γεωπολιτικές (feminine nominative plural)
γεωπολιτικά (neuter nominative plural)
γεωπολιτικού (genitive masculine singular)
γεωπολιτικής (feminine genitive singular)
γεωπολιτικού (genitive neuter singular)
γεωπολιτικών (genitive masculine)
γεωπολιτικών (feminine genitive plural)
γεωπολιτικών (genitive neuter plural)
γεωπολιτικό (accusative masculine singular)
γεωπολιτική (accusative feminine singular)
γεωπολιτικό (accusative neuter singular)
γεωπολιτικούς (accusative masculine)
γεωπολιτικές (accusative feminine plural)
γεωπολιτικά (accusative neuter plural)
γεωπολιτικέ (masculine singular vocative)
γεωπολιτική (feminine singular vocative)
γεωπολιτικό (neuter singular vocative)
γεωπολιτικοί (masculine vocative)
γεωπολιτικές (feminine plural vocative)
γεωπολιτικά (neuter plural vocative)

el-decl-adj-positive

Declension of γεωπολιτικός

el-decl-adj-table

γεωπολιτικός (geopolitikós)

γεωπολιτική (geopolitikí)

γεωπολιτικό (geopolitikó)

γεωπολιτικοί (geopolitikoí)

γεωπολιτικές (geopolitikés)

γεωπολιτικά (geopolitiká)

γεωπολιτικού (geopolitikoú)

γεωπολιτικής (geopolitikís)

γεωπολιτικού (geopolitikoú)

γεωπολιτικών (geopolitikón)

γεωπολιτικών (geopolitikón)

γεωπολιτικών (geopolitikón)

γεωπολιτικό (geopolitikó)

γεωπολιτική (geopolitikí)

γεωπολιτικό (geopolitikó)

γεωπολιτικούς (geopolitikoús)

γεωπολιτικές (geopolitikés)

γεωπολιτικά (geopolitiká)

γεωπολιτικέ (geopolitiké)

γεωπολιτική (geopolitikí)

γεωπολιτικό (geopolitikó)

γεωπολιτικοί (geopolitikoí)

γεωπολιτικές (geopolitikés)

γεωπολιτικά (geopolitiká)

γε‧ω‧πο‧λι‧τι‧κός

Learnedly from γεωπολιτ(ική) (geopolit(ikí)) + -ικός (-ikós).

af

γεωπολιτική<alt:γεωπολιτ(ική)>


γεωπολιτική

head

γεωπολιτική • (geopolitikí) f

el-noun

γεωπολιτική • (geopolitikí) f

geopolitikí (romanization)
γεωπολιτική (nominative singular)
γεωπολιτικής (genitive singular)
γεωπολιτική (accusative singular)
γεωπολιτική (singular vocative)

el-decl-noun-unc

γεωπολιτικής

Learned borrowing from English geopolitics, from Swedish geopolitik. By surface analysis, γεω- (geo-) + πολιτική (politikí).

surf

γε‧ω‧πο‧λι‧τι‧κή


Dwyrain Canol

(geopolitics, dated) the Middle East (region between the Near East and the Far East)

(geopolitics) the Middle East (region comprising West Asia without the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt (not just the Sinai) and Turkey)


Dwyrain Pell

(geopolitics) the Far East (East Asia (Korea, Japan, China, the Russian Far East, etc.), and Southeast Asia, taken as a whole)


Dwyrain Agos

(geopolitics, dated) The region between the Near East and the Far East.

(geopolitics) The region comprising West Asia without the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt (not just the Sinai) and all of Turkey (not just Asian Turkey).


第一列島線

ja-pos

だいいち れっとう せん

第(だい)一(いち)列(れっ)島(とう)線(せん) • (Daīchi Rettō Sen)

第一列島線 (canonical)
Daīchi Rettō Sen (romanization)

[da̠iːt͡ɕi ɾe̞t̚to̞ː sẽ̞ɴ]

Compound of 第(だい)一(いち) (daīchi, “first”) + 列(れっ)島(とう) (rettō, “islands”) + 線(せん) (sen, “line”).


第二列島線

ja-pos

第(だい)二(に)列(れっ)島(とう)線(せん) • (Daini Rettō Sen)

第二列島線 (canonical)
Daini Rettō Sen (romanization)

[da̠iɲ̟i ɾe̞t̚to̞ː sẽ̞ɴ]

Compound of 第(だい)二(に) (daini, “second”) + 列(れっ)島(とう) (rettō, “islands”) + 線(せん) (sen, “line”).


제1열도선

제일열도선 (canonical)
Jeiryeoldoseon (romanization)
第一列島線 (hanja)

Sino-Korean word from 第一列島線, from 第一 (“first”) + 列島 (“archipelago; chain of islands”) + 線 (“line”)


제2열도선

제이열도선 (canonical)
Jeiyeoldoseon (romanization)
第二列島線 (hanja)

Sino-Korean word from 第二列島線, from 第二 (“second”) + 列島 (“archipelago; chain of islands”) + 線 (“line”)


Międzymorze

Międzymorze (nominative singular)
Międzymorza (genitive singular)
Międzymorzu (dative singular)
Międzymorze (accusative singular)
Międzymorzem (instrumental singular)
Międzymorzu (locative singular)
Międzymorze (singular vocative)

Pseudo-Latinism from inter- (“between”) + mare (“sea”) + -ium.

af

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth#English

(historical, geopolitics) Intermarium (proposed geopolitical plan conceived by Józef Piłsudski, that sought to unite former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth lands within a single polity)


shadow fleet

plausible deniability
plausible deniability

(geopolitics) The collection of vessels utilised by a state to covertly pursue its interests in a way which maintains plausible deniability, such as smuggling to avoid international sanctions, carrying out sabotage, or projecting power in disputed waters.


garrison state

(politics, geopolitics) A nation where military matters dominate its political and economic life, and where the military is the primary domestic influence.


ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტი

ka-noun

ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტები

ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტი • (črdilovani ploṭi) (plural ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტები)

črdilovani ploṭi (romanization)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტები (plural)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტი (nominative singular)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტები (nominative plural)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტნი (archaic nominative plural)
ჩრდილოვანმა ფლოტმა (ergative singular)
ჩრდილოვანმა ფლოტებმა (ergative plural)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტთ (archaic ergative plural)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტთ (archaic ergative plural)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტთაt) (archaic ergative plural)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტთაta) (archaic ergative plural)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტს (dative singular)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტს (dative singular)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტსაs) (dative singular)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტსაsa) (dative singular)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტებს (dative plural)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტებს (dative plural)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტებსაs) (dative plural)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტებსაsa) (dative plural)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტთ (archaic dative plural)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტთ (archaic dative plural)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტთაt) (archaic dative plural)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტთაta) (archaic dative plural)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტის (genitive singular)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტის (genitive singular)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტისაs) (genitive singular)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტისაsa) (genitive singular)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტების (genitive plural)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტების (genitive plural)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტებისაs) (genitive plural)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტებისაsa) (genitive plural)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტთ (archaic genitive plural)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტთ (archaic genitive plural)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტთაt) (archaic genitive plural)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტთაta) (archaic genitive plural)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტით (instrumental singular)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტით (instrumental singular)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტითაt) (instrumental singular)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტითაta) (instrumental singular)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტებით (instrumental plural)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტებით (instrumental plural)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტებითაt) (instrumental plural)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტებითაta) (instrumental plural)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტად (adverbial singular)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტად (adverbial singular)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტადაd) (adverbial singular)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტადაda) (adverbial singular)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტებად (adverbial plural)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტებად (adverbial plural)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტებადაd) (adverbial plural)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტებადაda) (adverbial plural)
ჩრდილოვანო ფლოტო (singular vocative)
ჩრდილოვანო ფლოტებო (plural vocative)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტნო (archaic plural vocative)
-ზე
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტზე (singular)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტებზე (plural)
-თან
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტთან (singular)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტებთან (plural)
-ში
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტში (singular)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტებში (plural)
-ვით
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტივით (singular)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტებივით (plural)
-თვის
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტისთვის (singular)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტებისთვის (plural)
-ებრ
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტისებრ (singular)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტებისებრ (plural)
-კენ
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტისკენ (singular)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტებისკენ (plural)
-გან
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტისგან (singular)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტებისგან (plural)
-ადმი
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტისადმი (singular)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტებისადმი (plural)
-დან
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტიდან (singular)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტებიდან (plural)
-ურთ
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტითურთ (singular)
ჩრდილოვანი ფლოტებითურთ (plural)
-მდე
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტამდე (singular)
ჩრდილოვან ფლოტებამდე (plural)

ჩრდი‧ლო‧ვა‧ნი


oś zła

oś zła (nominative singular)
osi zła (genitive singular)
osi zła (dative singular)
oś zła (accusative singular)
osią zła (instrumental singular)
osi zła (locative singular)
osi zła (singular vocative)

Coordinate term: państwo zbójeckie

(collective, idiomatic) axis of evil (states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction)


დასავლეთის ბლოკი

ka-proper noun

დასავლეთის ბლოკი • (dasavletis bloḳi)

და‧სავ‧ლე‧თის


Zelenskyy curse

the Zelenskyy curse (canonical)
Zelensky curse (alternative)

(diplomacy, geopolitics) An alleged curse in which world leaders who shake Volodymyr Zelenskyy's hand are subsequently removed from office, often in a humiliating fashion.


blok komunis

ms-noun

بلوک کومونيس

blok komunis (Jawi spelling بلوک کومونيس)

بلوک کومونيس (Jawi)

(geopolitics, historical) The Eastern Bloc.


Doğu Bloku

Coordinate term: Batı Bloku


Batı Bloku

Coordinate term: Doğu Bloku