The second important miscalculation concerned the likely global reaction to America s exercise of its hegemonic power.

Because that s how power structures work.

Power and Ownership Structures among German Companies.

However hegemonic Hezbollah may now seem, its power in Lebanon depends heavily on the support of the Assad regime.

Military power remains important because it structures world politics.

The paradox here is that, as its hegemonic power fades, America must rely increasingly on foreign creditors, above all China, to stay afloat.

The NIC foresees a transformed world, in which no country whether the US, China, or any other large country will be a hegemonic power.

Any country in the same position as the US, even a democracy, would be tempted to exercise its hegemonic power with less and less restraint.

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 the north, traditional power structures will have to shift to accommodate the new alignment.

They have a point with the Shia in power in Iraq, Iran will seek suitable opportunities to use local Shia populations as proxies to assert its hegemonic claims.

By contrast, Morell described the Iranian regime s merging of...nuclear ambitions with its desire to be a hegemonic power in the Middle East as a mere cause for concern.

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.

This approach should favor China s global strategy, which is premised upon Xi s desire to build a new type of major power relationship between China and the US (the Chinese government prefers major power to great power, probably in order to highlight its stated renunciation of hegemonic ambition).

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.

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.

But waging a serious war requires a serious reorganization of Russia's power structures, which will be very painful.

Having tied themselves to Russia's existing power structures, liberals are now in no position to become convincing critics.

The current skewed power structures in the world body cannot be condoned on any conceivable grounds of democracy.

However, at the heart of the issue lies the Iranian regime s aspiration to become a hegemonic Islamic and regional power and thereby position itself at eye level with the world s most powerful nations.

All four North African rulers have, to greater or lesser degrees, made themselves the center of highly opaque power structures.

The world s power centers are beginning to counterbalance each other, undermining hegemonic ambitions and heralding a creative instability based on genuine multipolarity, with people gaining greater freedom to define their fate in the global arena.

Turkey s arrival as a regional power is different in that its democratic structures make an active peacemaker, not a local bully.

Those exercises test national structures for nuclear power plant emergency response and have yielded significant improvements in international coordination and communications.

A strategy of isolation has resulted in a dangerous alliance of convenience among extremist forces excluded from political processes and power structures.

Indeed, none of Russia's power structures, including the military, the FSB, and the MVD, are capable of performing effective anti terrorist operations.

These changes have transformed not only the traditional structures of power, but also the leitmotif of NAM and the fate of its members.

These structures may have varying degrees of political power, depending on the cultural, geographical, and historical environments that these societies must contend with.

We are convinced that the Palestinian leadership should continue its efforts to reform its power structures, and firmly counter any manifestations of terrorism.

They need to figure out how to negotiate and work with existing power structures such as the army and the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.

Indeed, Mexico s monopoly structures and immense concentration of power remain untouched as they were under Calderón s only two democratic predecessors, Ernesto Zedillo and Fox.

Like many other indigenous people, exploitation of nature, racism and rules imposed by profit driven, colonialist power structures inflict great harm on Saami communities.

Programmes aimed at the prevention and treatment of HIV AIDS cannot succeed without challenging the structures of unequal power relations between women and men.

Programmes for the prevention and treatment of the pandemic could not succeed without challenging the unequal power structures governing relationships between women and men.

While initially viewed as pacific and moderate, it was underpinned by an overarching view of Turkey as the hegemonic regional power as an arbiter of conflicts, but ultimately also as an enforcer of its own views on lesser players.

We hold the view that decentralization should occur in parallel with the shaping and the strengthening of the central Government structures, that the autonomy of local authorities should not escape or harm the vertical line of power, that local structures must remain accountable to Pristina and that parallel structures must be integrated into Kosovo's structure or dismantled.

The Gaullist dream of creating an independent power center never succeeded, but the role of awkward partner has given a distinctive flavor to French diplomacy, and it may be equally viable for a shrunken, proud, but no longer hegemonic Russia.

Moreover, Asia remains a continent defined by balance of power diplomacy, border conflicts, and historic mistrust, with no multilateral security structures to soften regional tensions.

Ensure equal and full participation of women in decision making and power structures, particularly in macroeconomic institutions, environmental management and all peace and security processes.

No matter how often Chinese leaders repudiate any hegemonic ambition, wariness about China s true intentions will remain.

Social Structures

13. Calls upon the administering Power and United Nations agencies to continue to provide assistance to Tokelau as it further develops its economy and governance structures

As a result, the collapse of the old power structures in many Middle East countries is likely to be accompanied by considerable political turmoil and violence.

The Bonn process mapped a step by step transition towards increasingly legitimate power structures, culminating in the establishment of a fully representative and freely elected government.

This combination of hegemonic aspirations, questioning of the regional status quo, and a nuclear program is extremely dangerous.