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But realists would be loath to undermine one of the greatest advantages the U.S. has long enjoyed as a world power—uncommonly warm relations with its closest neighbors.
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Jonathan Kirshner, Foreign Affairs, 22 Jan. 2025
For decades, many regional or world powers ostracized the Assad regime, tried unsuccessfully to change it, or worked with it—or around it—to pursue their own ends.
—Volker Perthes, Foreign Affairs, 24 Jan. 2025
That initiative saw the U.S. pull out of a nuclear-limiting deal between Iran and world powers brokered by the Obama administration.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
In 2018, Trump withdrew the United States from the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers that limited the country’s nuclear program in return for an easing of U.S. economic sanctions.
—Dan De Luce, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
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Jonathan Kirshner, Foreign Affairs, 22 Jan. 2025
For decades, many regional or world powers ostracized the Assad regime, tried unsuccessfully to change it, or worked with it—or around it—to pursue their own ends.
—Volker Perthes, Foreign Affairs, 24 Jan. 2025
That initiative saw the U.S. pull out of a nuclear-limiting deal between Iran and world powers brokered by the Obama administration.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
In 2018, Trump withdrew the United States from the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers that limited the country’s nuclear program in return for an easing of U.S. economic sanctions.
—Dan De Luce, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for world power
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The proposal supported by the United Kingdom and France would see fewer than 30,000 European troops on the ground in Ukraine — away from the front line at key infrastructure sites such as nuclear power plants — backed by Western air and sea power.—
Jill Lawless,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2025
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More to the point, sea power is about power projection for economic gain.—
Colin Flint,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2024
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But Trump's message came with undertones of the great power politics that have marked the early days of his second administration.—
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6 Mar. 2025
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The book covers many useful correctives to the dominant narratives on U.S.-China relations and the value of great power competition in the crafting of U.S. defense and foreign policies.—
William Hartung,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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China and Russia do not have large gold reserves compared to other economic superpowers, leading them to heavily invest in gold in the last decade.—
Victor Rosario,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Feb. 2025
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With the ability to change his form at will, Clayface is one of the few classic Batman rogues to actually display superpowers.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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“World power.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/world%20power. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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