As another participating leader put it, our global village needs global democracy.

Almost every leader needs a certain degree of soft power.

And the EU has been a global leader on environmental sustainability.

Russia s first democratically elected leader, he was also the first Russian leader to give up power voluntarily, and constitutionally, to a successor.

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In addition, a successful leader needs the hard power skills of organizational and Machiavellian political capacity.

UNICEF continued to serve as a global convener and leader on issues related to OVCs.

The leader of Canada s opposition Liberal Party, Michael Ignatieff, suggests that US power has passed its mid day.

Consider, for example, Colombia s grim ranking as global leader in the number of victims injured by landmines.

New York City has always been a global leader in finance, the arts, and many other fields.

In 2010 Spain became the solar power world leader when it overtook the United States with a massive power station plant called La Florida, near Alvarado, Badajoz.

The history of the Islamic Republic indicates that the power struggle between the Supreme Leader and the president never abates. It also suggests that the Supreme Leader will prove to be stronger.

Indeed, Abbas is now the only Arab leader who came to power in a more or less free election.

The history of the Islamic Republic indicates that the power struggle between the Supreme Leader and the president never abates.

The political power of global megabanks is out of control.

TP LINK was the leader in global shipments of wireless LAN products as of the first quarter of 2013.

In crisis after crisis during her presidency, she exemplified unwavering firmness in the democratic exercise of power as a servant leader.

Copenhagen exposed the demise of Europe not only as a global power, but even as a global arbiter.

Only then will the developing world view the US as truly willing to assume its role as a global leader.

Egypt has been rocked by mass demonstrations aimed at forcing their totalitarian leader, Hosni Mubarak, from power after 30 years in office.

General Suharto rose to power during this period and remained Indonesia s leader until 1998, when a popular uprising forced him to resign.

Japanese companies abroad remain profitable and Japan is still the global leader in high tech niches like electronics or carbon fibers.

And every CCP leader since has carried forward his vision of a greater China, adjusting and expanding it as the country s power grows.

The risk is that Europe s squabbling politicians will opt for a figurehead and miss this golden opportunity to create a global leader.

Combine the power of a global ethic with the power of our ability to communicate and organize globally, with the challenges that we now face, most of which are global in their nature.

The whole world, it seems, views China as the next great global power.

Egypt is not a creation of nineteenth or twentieth century global power games.

America s global military power is undisputed, although it is used with decreasing frequency.

RIGA For decades, people have bemoaned the waning of Europe s global political power.

Such a renewed energy balance would impact the current global balance of power.

Power has also shifted in the global political arena, with the global financial crisis catalysing the emergence of the G 20.

Brussels There is no more depressing sight in politics than a leader who, desperate to cling to power, ruins his country in the process.

Power in Iran lies in the hands of the unelected conservative establishment, namely Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and the twelve member Islamic Guardian Council.

VICTORY THIS IS HOW TO STOP GLOBAL WARMING, declared the Web site of Capitol Climate Action. And, indeed, the US House Speaker and Senate Majority Leader called on the Architect of the Capitol to stop using coal for the Capitol Power Plant (albeit days before the rally).

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Second, we find ourselves in the unusual position of having a global leader the United States that is also the world s biggest debtor.

He invited Martin Luther King, Jr. to his inauguration, giving the Atlanta based civil rights leader a global platform for the first time.

At that point, the EU s role as global climate policy leader would be weakened, as would its emphasis on building a green economy.

But its real power stems from the degree to which it reflects America s mood in an era of declining global influence and diminishing expectations regarding the relevance of military power to sustaining US global hegemony.

To achieve this end, Vallenilla argued that, at least in the case of Venezuela, a charismatic leader, confirmed in power through regular elections, would be best placed to concentrate political power successfully and guarantee institutional order.

And the trade unions, whose power he has done so much to reduce, have been open in saying that they want a new party leader.

Ironically, today s decline in American global power may lead to more effective regional cooperation.

The Obama administration committed itself to global leadership through civilian rather than military power.

But multilateralism is a global insurance policy against abuse of power by any state.