{"id":46521,"date":"2023-09-11T10:59:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T10:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analystprep.com\/cfa-level-1-exam\/?p=46521"},"modified":"2026-03-19T07:08:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T07:08:40","slug":"tools-of-geopolitics-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analystprep.com\/cfa-level-1-exam\/economics\/tools-of-geopolitics-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tools of Geopolitics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n  \"@type\": \"VideoObject\",\n  \"name\": \"Introduction to Geopolitics (2025 Level I CFA\u00ae Exam \u2013 Economics \u2013 Module 6)\",\n  \"description\": \"This CFA\u00ae Level I Economics lesson introduces geopolitics and its relevance to investment analysis. The video explains geopolitics through cooperation versus competition, its relationship with globalization, and the key tools of geopolitics and their economic impact. It also covers geopolitical risk and how shifts in political power, trade relations, and regional dynamics can affect markets and investment decisions, with an exam-focused approach aligned to the CFA Level I curriculum.\",\n  \"uploadDate\": \"2022-09-09\",\n  \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/4I1TnsT4ihw\/hqdefault.jpg\",\n  \"contentUrl\": \"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4I1TnsT4ihw\",\n  \"embedUrl\": \"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4I1TnsT4ihw\",\n  \"duration\": \"PT49M34S\"\n}\n<\/script>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4I1TnsT4ihw\" width=\"611\" height=\"343\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Geopolitical tools refer to methods used by geopolitical actors to pitch their interests before others. These tools ultimately result in geopolitical risk.<\/p>\n<p>Tools of geopolitics may be separated into:<\/p>\n<ol type=\"i\">\n<li><strong>National Security Tools<\/strong>: Tools for national security are those that are used to exercise direct or indirect control over a state actor&#8217;s access to resources, citizens, or borders. National security tools can either be active (used at the time of analysis) or threatened (not currently used, but their use is likely sufficient to call for concern). Armed combat is one example. This has two primary effects:\n<ul>\n<li>The destruction of physical infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>The migration from areas of armed conflict.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Economic Tools<\/strong>: These are the steps used to support cooperative or non-cooperative positions through economic means. Common markets, global tariff rule harmonization, and multilateral trade agreements are examples of economic tools.Economic instruments may also be inherently non-cooperative. A non-cooperative strategy for establishing economic power is nationalization.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Financial Tools<\/strong>: These are the measures taken to support cooperative or non-cooperative positions. They include enabling international investment and free currency exchange across borders, as well as restraining foreign investment and limiting access to local currency markets.<br \/>Financial instruments may lower geopolitical risk if they promote collaboration. These same instruments may also lead to weaknesses in the global system by rendering other nations susceptible to changes in other nations&#8217; policies. An example would be countries that trade internationally in the USD, they are vulnerable to US monetary policy changes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Multi-Faceted Approaches<\/h3>\n<p>It is possible to combine cooperative political, economic, and financial systems. An example is cabotage, a foreign company&#8217;s legal permission to convey goods inside a country. Numerous nations, even those that have multilateral trade agreements, place limitations on cabotage in all areas of transportation.<\/p>\n<p>International organizations may utilize a variety of geopolitical tools to achieve their goals. 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