أثر العوامل الطبيعة في قوة سلطنة بروناي : دراسة في الجغرافية السياسية

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The research aims to study the effect of natural factors on the power of Brunei sultanate.

This is because its history witnessed many political and economic events from the first century AD until 1984 after Brunei got rid of British control and started to be called "Brunei Peace Home.

" Brunei is located within a tropical rainy climate ((tropical marine)).

Such a position has been invested in favor of the country's economy, specifically in agriculture.

Besides, it is characterized by its strategic location on the northern coast of the island of Borneo; it overlooks the coasts of South China Sea from the north.

The south, on the other hand, gives the Asian dimension a position in the Asian unity.

It further strengthens the relations in Southeast Asia to build common interests.

Moreover, its land location with the State of Malaysia amounts to 381 km.

Despite the small size of the state, it is considered a multiple spatial power component in the power-detection equation.

This is because it represents the vital field of the political region that determines its material and moral potential for the state itself.

The study has further showed the area and shape of the Sultanate of Brunei, which is one of the positive aspects when evaluating its geopolitical position.

The Western and Eastern parts of Brunei, the marginal centralization of the state and the location of its capital have made it lose many of the positive characteristics.

However, the development in the means of technical transportation and communication worked to bring the distances between its parts closer, in addition to the military technology that is not negligible to ward off the danger.

Accordingly, one can find that Brunei has achieved strength despite its fragmentation due to the natural defensive advantage represented by its mountain ranges, forests, valleys, lakes and rivers, which all represent natural barriers that can be used.

In addition, it possesses natural resources, including rich (forest wealth) that covers 70% of the state's area, and (Mineral wealth), including the oil in its onshore and offshore fields and the natural gas, which all occupied advanced positions among the Asian countries.

All these resources represent a great return to the state and its economic and material strength.

The study, which was based on the historical and analytical approaches, has been reinforced by a set of Arab and foreign maps, tables, and sources.

It finally ended with a set of conclusions and recommendations.