Around AD 400, Tiwanaku went from being a locally dominant force to a predatory state.

With peace, the dollar and Wall Street became the dominant force on the world s financial landscape.

The club has won numerous championships, and was a dominant force in the 1960s and 1980s.

Until 1256, the Second Bulgarian Empire was the dominant power in the Balkans.

Some analysts argue that China aims to challenge America s position as the world s dominant power.

The US faces no serious challenge (not yet, at least) as the world s dominant military power.

The United Kingdom was the world s dominant economic power from the rise of industrialization in the early nineteenth century.

As the dominant power in the world, America has a unique responsibility to provide leadership in international cooperation.

No Serbian leader will agree to Kosovo s independence, because nationalism remains the dominant political force in the country.

Great Britain had been the hegemonic power of the nineteenth century, but its creditor status had been severely eroded by the cost of fighting World War I.

In 1602 the Dutch established the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and became the dominant European power.

Early in his reign, Great Britain defeated France in the Seven Years' War, becoming the dominant European power in North America and India.

Germany, mindful of its recent history, does not want to be cast in the role of a hegemonic power the current situation is not the result of some evil German plot.

Lagging economies have not failed to notice that mercantilism can be their friend. Even in Britain, classical liberalism arrived only in the mid nineteenth century that is, after the country had become the world s dominant industrial power.

Hard Core Cartels (2000)

If China surmounts these hurdles and does eventually become the world s predominant economic power, globalization will, indeed, take on Chinese characteristics.

This year's day saw Putin sack the then Prime Minister, Mikhail Kasyanov an architect of Russia's pro business reforms as if to celebrate the overriding power of political technology.

The decision to go to war against Iraq to liberate Kuwait, back in 1991, marked the beginning of America s role as the sole hegemonic military power in the region.

But Egypt s old line Muslim Brotherhood, with all of its factions, tendencies, and offshoots, no longer appears to be the country s dominant Islamist force, as Salafis challenge the Brotherhood s traditional hegemony.

All of which raises the question of whether China will eventually replace the US as the world s hegemon, the global economy s rule setter and enforcer.

The Nationalrat is the dominant chamber in the formation of legislation in Austria.

Christianity is the largest religion in Europe.

Essentially, Atkinson claims that the nature of the audiences use of alternative media (participatory v. passive), as well as their worldview, often shape the performances of resistance against dominant power structures in society.

Leniency Programmes to Fight Hard Core Cartels (2001)

An important challenge is the fact that economic considerations, rather than social and environmental considerations, constitute the dominant force directing tourism development, policies and promotion, particularly in developing countries and countries with economies in transition.

But the effort to preserve one s power, the need for a distinct Asian identity, and the desire to settle historical scores will not solve the normative question raised by China s emergence as the century s dominant power.

Now, at the same time, English is the undisputed global language.

The dominant note was one of complacency or even optimism.

Their choices are framed by their societies dominant culture.

Provisions on Hard Core Cartels (WT WGTCP W 191).

Mladic, not Karadzic, was the dominant figure that evening.

Sufi brotherhoods have become the dominant Muslim organization, like much of West Africa.

Public administration revitalization dominant concerns, thrusts for reform and emerging trends

BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON For more than a century, the United States has been the dominant global force for innovation. But China and other Asian countries are now testing that dominance, and the West should welcome the challenge.

The aftermath of the 1907 crash drove the hegemonic power of the time Great Britain to reflect on how it could use its financial clout to enhance its overall strategic capacity.

As Austria Hungary discovered, once geopolitical dependency starts, the dominant power will seek to use the dependent ally as an extension of its own interests rather than see it regain freedom of maneuver. While the EU is unlikely to ever achieve independence from Russian energy, it can improve its ability to cope with dependence by finding what Austria Hungary lacked a source of leverage to maintain the relationship on relatively equal terms.

The global hegemon has never been loved by its neighbors.

These are now thought to be its dominant components, forming 96 of the mass of the universe.

The surprising findings are that poverty is not predominantly the consequence of unemployment.

Recommendation of the Council Concerning Effective Action against Hard Core Cartels (1998)

Policy Brief Hard Core Cartels Harm and Effective Sanctions (2002)

Hard Core Cartels Recent Progress and Challenges Ahead (2003)

Fighting Hard Core Cartels in Latin America and the Caribbean (2005)

Sensing a widening gulf between Japan and the US, the Chinese Navy is demonstrating its growing might in the seas around Japan and asserting its aspiration to replace the US as the Pacific s dominant naval power.

An overarching theme of the MDGs was to reduce poverty.