Though it clearly lacks the power to impose its values by force, the US certainly has the power to unsettle established conditions, both through the attraction of its soft power (the American way of life) and by the exemplary use of force.

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The FARC have not repudiated the possibility of seizing power by force.

Military force is obviously a source of hard power, but the same resource can sometimes contribute to soft power behavior.

Therefore a force applied to a point farther from the pivot must be less than the force located at a point closer in, because power is the product of force and velocity.

No great economic power in history has been born without force until now.

And, as a rising power, China is not a force that leaders, even democratic ones, dismiss lightly.

The power of Twitter as a mobilizing force and alternative platform for affecting change is not to be underestimated.

Russia controlled great force, but it could not acquire power over the US from its arsenal.

So who are we? We are the life force power of the universe, with manual dexterity and two cognitive minds.

This does not mean that Rumsfeld s Pentagon is irrelevant to American soft power. Military force is sometimes treated as synonymous with hard power, but the same resource can sometimes contribute to soft power.

Power corrupts everywhere, but individuals in China such as Liu have come to form a countervailing force.

Unfortunately, inspiration, too, requires the threat of effective military power to be an effective force for change.

Thus (a) On 1 January 1966, Colonel John Bedel Bokassa seized power by force of arms, and in 1976 proclaimed the country to be an empire he remained in power until 1979.

The only regional power in the Middle East today is Iran, but it is not a stabilizing force.

During perestroika and the Yeltsin presidency, the legacy was a widespread hatred and fear of the Communist Party with all its force and power.

The Indian army, navy, and air force still conduct more exercises with US defense forces than with those of any other power.

While there are more situations and contexts in which military force is difficult to use, it remains a vital source of power.

When Saddam Hussein came to power in 1979, the air force grew very quickly when Iraq ordered more Soviet and French aircraft.

In terms of power projection force capabilities or the range of military bases and security allies in Asia, no power or combination of powers is likely to match the US in the next quarter century.

You, the Air Force pilots more than anyone else have in your hands the real power to avert this disaster.

For many democrats, it was a force for peace and social justice, minimizing the power of special interests and teaching citizens about fairness and international understanding.

The KPA has five branches Ground Force, Naval Force, Air Force, Special Operations Force, and Rocket Force.

This decisive shift in the balance of power in civil military relations in France in 1958 and the threat of force was the main immediate factor in the return of de Gaulle to power in France.

Hamas is convinced that Israel understands only the language of force and power, and it will not negotiate until Israel accepts the permanence of Palestinian demands.

While China s achievement is worthy of genuine esteem, its efforts to gain a full measure of international respect and real great power status will not succeed until it matches its new economic and military power with a certain essential moral force.

Europe is reluctant to develop a substantial military force, because the European project was created in opposition to the idea of power.

If Syria in turn accepts Lebanon s sovereignty, and if it helps force Hezbollah into becoming a political force shorn of its military power, Israel and America ought to persuade Lebanon s government to accept that Syria and Lebanon need to consult each other in security matters.

The French Air Force participated in several protracted colonial wars in Africa and Indochina after the Second World War, and continues to employ its air power in Africa.

Since the beginning of 2003, the Brazilian Government has also been the driving force behind a broad process to reform the Judicial Power.

Russians, on the other hand, emphasize their hard power, includingmilitary force,because they know that they live in a dangerous world and have no one to hide behind.

Currently, the type has entered service with the Austrian Air Force, the Italian Air Force, the German Air Force, the Royal Air Force, the Spanish Air Force, and the Royal Saudi Air Force.

Thousands of ordinary citizens defied the tanks when Marcos threatened to crush People Power with force, but the presence of priests and nuns gave the rebellion its moral authority.

The success of some in having their claims heard is testimony to the growing power of law as a force for positive change in Europe.

One can even say that the European Union has slowly become a normative force in the world in reaction to the evolution of America s power.

The changes in the law required for the practical transfer to the taupulegas of the power to provide certain public services have entered into force.

Basic reliability check according to the Regulation (SKIFS 2005 1) issued by the Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate (SKI) will enter into force on 1 January 2007.

In 2008, after the self exiled Thaksin s proxy force, the People s Power Party, took power following an election victory, the Thai government signed a joint communiqué agreeing to Cambodia s listing of Preah Vihear Temple as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Once again, Israel, the occupying Power, has chosen force and its military might rather than dialogue and a peace process as its means of dealing with the Palestinian people under its brutal occupation.

Nietzsche eventually transformed the idea of matter as centers of force into matter as centers of will to power as mankind s destiny to face with amor fati .

In the words of Russian analyst Sergei Karaganov, Russia has to use hard power, including military force, because it lives in a much more dangerous world and has no one to hide behind from it, and because it has little soft power that is, social, cultural, political, and economic attractiveness.

Some have described our Air Force as all air and no force.

Key US foreign policymakers now openly contradict conclusions reached last year by the Independent Task Force on Chinese Military Power headed by former defense secretary Harold Brown and retired admiral Joseph Prueher.

The seizure of power by force (coups d'état) is one of the most frequent violations committed in the Central African Republic the coups of 1966, 1979, 1981 and 2003 being striking examples.

In the first instance, the individual is the administrative head of the area, has the monopoly of force and exercises power through deputies that report details to him on a daily basis.