As the efficacy of military power is reduced, so the importance of economic power grows.

Barack Obama understands this networked dimension of leadership and the importance of the soft power of attraction.

In 2007, President Hu Jintao proclaimed the importance of investing in China s soft power.

And, in an age of flatter hierarchies and empowered knowledge workers, soft power is likely to increase in importance.

The speedy restoration of power supplies to the Kosovo Serb enclaves would be of great political and humanitarian importance.

One hopes that China s leaders will learn the importance of free expression for establishing soft power.

Bill Gates talked about the importance of education and, in particular, the model that KIPP was providing Knowledge is power.

But Bush missed another lesson implicit in his analogy the importance of using the soft power of culture.

As the efficacy of military power is reduced, so the importance of economic power grows. Recognition of these central realities and bipartisanship in addressing them is critical for America s future, and that of the West.

In addition to programmes to fight poverty, a well functioning civil service and measures to counter corruption and abuse of power were of paramount importance.

Nonetheless, the most striking thing at this point in Bush s second term is his belated discovery of the importance of diplomacy and soft power.

These matters have been increasing in importance, and are inciting a clash between the political forces that have just come to power and their conservative opposition.

But on the middle chessboard, economic power is already multi polar, with the US, Europe, Japan and China as the major players, and others gaining in importance.

But the primary importance of the election result is the left s return to power for only the second time in 31 years.

As Rome grew in size and in power, following the Punic Wars, the importance of the family as the central unit within Roman society began to deteriorate.

the importance of capacities as well as decision making power and accountability at the local level the strong guiding provisions at the federal and cantonal level and the subsidiarity principle

We accord the highest level of importance to the safety and security of our nuclear installations, particularly as we expand our nuclear power generation capacity for economic development.

Second, G 7 leaders share a belief in the power of free markets to generate long term prosperity and in the importance of democracy for political stability and social justice.

But the primary importance of the election result is the left s return to power for only the second time in 31 years. In fact, when François Mitterand was elected in 1981, the left had been out of power since 1957.

But on the middle chessboard, economic power has already been multi polar for more than a decade, with the US, Europe, Japan, and China as the major players, and others gaining in importance.

Does the United States support Putin in the elections, or, by recognizing Putin s historic importance, do the Americans mean to convince him to leave power? No one knows.

Reiterating the importance of the Declaration, and stressing the importance of its wide dissemination,

Reiterating the importance of the Declaration and stressing the importance of its wide dissemination,

It is a notable parasite of medical importance in humans and veterinary importance in pigs.

Working with community leaders is an important strategy for redressing gender power imbalances and entrenched ideas of women's roles, including through sensitization on the importance of women's participation in decision making at community and household levels.

Two types of power shifts are occurring in this century power transition and power diffusion.

Power corrupts, and financial power corrupts the financial system.

In Russia, power is money and money is power.

Local power, central power, now, people power.

We will need new technologies to mobilize large scale solar power, wind power, and geothermal power.

This refers to two different types of power, which are possession of power and exercising power.

Smart power means the combination of the hard power of command and the soft power of attraction.

In physics and engineering, surface power density or sometimes simply specific power is power per unit area.

The importance of outcomes that are good for the community outweigh the importance of individual pleasure and pain.

These examples show that hard power and soft power go together.

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The importance of water, sanitation and hygiene

If I was born in Columbia I would have been Columbian, so does that mean that my identity as an Arab and a Syrian is constructed? I think so, but that does not negate it's importance or power.

As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said recently in Paris I use the word power broadly, because even more important than military and indeed economic power is the power of ideas, the power of compassion, and the power of hope.

History Central power stations became economically practical with the development of alternating current power transmission, using power transformers to transmit power at high voltage and with low loss.

And if we're going to deal with these two great power shifts that I've described, the power shift represented by transition among states, the power shift represented by diffusion of power away from all states, we're going to have to develop a new narrative of power in which we combine hard and soft power into strategies of smart power.

Barack Obama understands this networked dimension of leadership and the importance of the soft power of attraction. Not only did he successfully use networks in his campaign he has continued to use the Internet to reach out to citizens.

With the shift of wealth and power from the West to the East, the pressures of globalization will increasingly come from the East. In Morocco, for instance, investment from the Arab oil countries has already significantly reduced Europe s importance.

This simple act could demonstrate the importance of Europe s soft power, which frightens the Islamic Republic more than the threat of military force by keeping the media spotlight on the regime s human rights record and emphasizing its growing isolation.

Recognizing the importance of the work of the Agency on nuclear power, the fuel cycle and nuclear science, nuclear techniques for development and environmental protection and nuclear safety and protection against radiation, including its work directed towards assisting developing countries in all these fields,