• Geopolitics in USA

    Introduction

    The United States of America is a federal republic. They are 50 states and a federal district: 48 states and Washington D.C. are between Canada and Mexico, Alaska is the northwestern part of North America and Hawaii is an archipelago in Pacific.

    States

    Population

    Around 318 million people share this territory which makes the country have the third largest population in the world. The United States have one of the most ethnically diverse populations in the world. Indeed because of all immigration waves that bring people during centuries, the American’s culture is incomparably multicultural. The European colonization began in the 16th century but the population is also shaped by Native American and immigrant from Asia, South America and Pacific Islands.

    This graph dates from 2010 but the distribution still kind of the same actually.

    Geopolitics in USA

     

    The largest cities are New York (with over 19 million inhabitants), Los Angeles (12 million) and Chicago (9 million).

    Geography

    With almost 3 million square miles, the United States territory is the world's third or fourth largest nation by total area. The North frontier is bound by Canada, the South one by Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, the East one by the Atlantic Ocean and finally the West one by the Pacific Ocean. The country’s landscape is one of the richest in the world thanks to its mountains, deserts, glaciers, plains, lakes, seas, rivers, fauna and flora. Because of its size, there is not only one climate because every part of the country has a various one: tropical in Florida, semi-arid in the Great Plains, arid in the Great Basin, oceanic in Oregon and Mediterranean in California for example.

    Geopolitics in USA

    Politics

    Barak Obama is the 44th president of the United States elected since 2008. They are three branches; the legislative one, the executive one and the judicial one. The main parties are the Democrats and the Republicans. The United Sates enforce the law of the majority and protect the minority with laws. Every president is elected for a four years mandate.

    Relationships

    The United States are involved in many organizations which enforce its relationships with other countries. Its main economic partners are Canada, Mexico, Japan, China and Europe’s countries (mostly France and Germany). The US try to favor importations from other country to preserve their own resources like oil. Nevertheless, the country is a big exporter and 78% of its exportations are manufactured products.

    Geopolitics

    As a world power, The United States are involved in many international strategic situations not only for economics but also in wars and conflicts. The geopolitics’ strategy of the country is based on 4 main goals for the XX century:

    • Deal with the nuclear issue in Iran
    • Try to set up and maintain peace in between Israel and Palestine
    • Manage its relationship with Russia and the Eastern bloc
    • Remove the European embargo about Chinese arms sales

     

    I hope you enjoy this article!

    Pauline


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