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Recent Examples of great power
Between 1500 and 1800, there was hardly a year when great powers weren’t enmeshed in some kind of war.
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Bryan Walsh, Vox, 26 May 2025
The Trump administration’s focus on Greenland – and China’s in recent years – come amid increasing focus on the Arctic as an arena for rivalry between the world’s great powers.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
Though, in the past, Lee has made comments critical of past U.S. foreign policy and appeared to suggest South Korea’s strategic neutrality in the great power rivalry between Washington and Beijing, in this campaign Lee has reaffirmed his support behind the U.S.-South Korea alliance.
—Jong Eun Lee, The Conversation, 29 May 2025
Southeast Asian nations have carefully navigated the rivalries between major powers, including China, amid the great power competition.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
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Bryan Walsh, Vox, 26 May 2025
The Trump administration’s focus on Greenland – and China’s in recent years – come amid increasing focus on the Arctic as an arena for rivalry between the world’s great powers.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
Though, in the past, Lee has made comments critical of past U.S. foreign policy and appeared to suggest South Korea’s strategic neutrality in the great power rivalry between Washington and Beijing, in this campaign Lee has reaffirmed his support behind the U.S.-South Korea alliance.
—Jong Eun Lee, The Conversation, 29 May 2025
Southeast Asian nations have carefully navigated the rivalries between major powers, including China, amid the great power competition.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for great power
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In Operation Desert Storm, the 1991 campaign to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation, the United States and its coalition allies unleashed massive land, air, and sea power.—
Lawrence D. Freedman,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Apr. 2025
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This cooperation makes sense in purely military terms for Russia, a mutually beneficial project of sea power projection.—
Colin Flint,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2025
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Indeed, Iran has made compromises under political and sanctions pressure in the past, such as during the Obama-era nuclear talks that resulted in Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.—
Scott Peterson,
Christian Science Monitor,
23 June 2025
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Former President Barack Obama struck a deal with Iran and world powers in 2015 that limited the scope of Iran's uranium enrichment program.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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However, their fresh perspective, general enthusiasm and tech fluency can be superpowers that breathe new life into an organization.—
Jill Shedek,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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New Delhi does not want a world in which Washington is perpetually the sole superpower.—
ASHLEY J. TELLIS,
Foreign Affairs,
17 June 2025
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“Great power.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/great%20power. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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