It is weakening the West s leading power and strengthening the West s enemies.

Remembered for his numerous wars, he made France the leading European power.

Sweden's status as a European great power was forfeit, and Russia was now the leading power in the North.

As Asia s leading power, China has seized the mantle of hope from the US.

It brought Adolf Hitler to power, leading to a war that left 50 million dead.

It has become the EU s leading power but it is neither willing nor able to lead.

Ironically, the forces leading this assault on women had little or no power under Saddam Hussein.

This provoked a hostile reaction from Thebes, the leading military power in Greece at the time.

The US ranked seventeenth from the top, a not so glorious position for the world s leading power.

Notwithstanding its many setbacks in recent years, the US remains the only power capable of leading a global strategy that consists in balancing soft and hard power.

As leading Russian military expert Alexander Golts argues, the problem in Russia is not a lack of central power, but of power exercised incompetently and without individual initiative.

This economic prowess, together with the government s zero problem foreign policy, have helped make Turkey a leading regional power.

As a leading donor, the EU wields considerable power in Ethiopia and should be more willing to use it.

Some non Pashtun power brokers continue to support Karzai, but many others are now leading the opposition National Front.

Because those who aspire to democratic culture are in power, or have societies that are leading globalized, powerful societies, powerful countries.

In a recent Pew Poll, 44 of US respondents named China as the world s leading economic power. Just 27 chose America.

In 2012, China is on the verge of becoming the world s largest economy and is by far the leading emerging power.

CAMBRIDGE In the 1950 s, many Americans feared that the Soviet Union would surpass the United States as the world s leading power.

Everywhere in the leading countries the US, the United Kingdom, China, India, and elsewhere the rich have enjoyed soaring incomes and growing political power.

BERLIN Berlin s Tegel Airport, which still greets most of the passengers arriving in the capital of Europe s leading economic power, is outdated and provincial.

Major traditional tour operators have joined leading suppliers of e business solutions to the travel industry that often power a large number of websites.

On the consumption side, recent adjustment measures have increased wages of miners and soldiers more than other workers, leading to differences in purchasing power.

In response to the recent wave of terrorist attacks, Vladimir Putin has demanded that even more power be vested in him. As leading Russian military expert Alexander Golts argues, the problem in Russia is not a lack of central power, but of power exercised incompetently and without individual initiative.

Suzlon Energy, an Indian company started in 1995 with just 20 people, has become one of the world s leading wind power companies, with offices in 21 countries.

Yet few in the Iranian establishment understand that being the leading regional power brings responsibility and that only responsible behavior can create legitimacy and acceptance that Iran craves.

Japan's emergence as East Asia's leading power in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries involved three brutal wars in China, in which the Japanese army committed dreadful atrocities.

Britain, the leading nation of new Europe, has no desire for an EU constitution, more executive and parliamentary power in Brussels, a stronger European Parliament, or the euro.

And now we're in this new model of leadership, where the way we make change is not by using money or power to lever a system, but by leading.

Some Japanese and Korean strategic thinkers believe that China is intent not only on displacing the US as Asia s leading power, but also on economic domination of the region.

Leading By Engaging

The problem in the interwar period, as Kindleberger recounts it, was the reluctance of the leading power, the US, to provide the leadership and financial wherewithal to resolve the crisis.

Leading voices in the region have come out strongly in Jonathan s support, and have asked him to ignore northern politicians who insist that the PDP s power rotation arrangement be respected.

The struggle between the leading Sunni power, Saudi Arabia, and Shia Iran for Persian Gulf hegemony threatens to turn Iraq into a battlefield again, including another round of civil war.

Last week Al Matrya educational hospital had seen a tragedy on the 22nd of May 2008 when a power outage took place , yes Power 8 outage took place for two hours leading to the dramatic death of 4 babies in the neonatal intensive care.

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While the weakening and rollback of Iran serves Israeli strategic interests, Israel will have to reckon with Sunni Islamist power everywhere in its vicinity, leading directly to a strengthening of Hamas.

Or sometimes you say you're leading with your heart, or you're leading with your soul.

Leading illnesses in BiH

Given China s past experience, we are likely to see a period of institutional innovation, characterized by marginal changes leading to a system of checks and balances on the exercise of state power.

Dangling the PDP s presidential ticket before the delta region s leading politicians is seen as Obasanjo s strategy to maintain stability and, more importantly, prevent Atiku Abubakar or General Buhari from coming to power.

Of course, Russia is still the second largest nuclear power in the world, and, as one of the world s leading exporters of oil and gas, it benefits from today s high energy prices.

Of course, faced with the Chinese economic challenge, America would be happy to forge a united front especially in matters of trade with the continent that is still the world s leading commercial power.

Specifically, it requires leadership by a country with the power of the purse and the willingness to use it. The problem in the interwar period, as Kindleberger recounts it, was the reluctance of the leading power, the US, to provide the leadership and financial wherewithal to resolve the crisis.

But where is it leading?

Oman was leading 2 0.