The relevance of the article's topic is reflected in the growing importance of public safety zone and state control zone. The purpose of this research is to develop a theoretical and empirical basis for interpreting and characterizing such zones. The article highlights the geopolitical public security zones and control zones of a state, as well as their historical evolution, which depends on the goals, social and other resources, and policies of the country. Using the example of the United States, the article examines the process of expanding these zones and the differences between them, as well as the conditions under which direct control by other states becomes ineffective, and the prospects for further development of the United States' security zone. Accordingly, the article explores the concepts of internal and external security zones, the frontier expansion and the adsorption of safety points, area of real and simulated interpretation of safety, the sufficient and excessive size of security and control zones, and the zones of potential and actual threats to a state. The article highlights the reasons for the two-part structure of the United States' security zone and the excessive and unstable nature of its control zone. The scientific and practical significance of the article lies in developing ideas about the concept of security and control zones and highlighting their strengths and weaknesses.