It matters greatly that China became a global military player before it became a global economic player.

The emergence of a new world power is a dangerous process.

On the one hand, Brazil continued its successful rise as an emerging power with global aspirations.

Its extraordinary workforces produce world class goods and services.

Instead, Asia has become an economic powerhouse.

A state becomes a world power when its strategic significance and potential give it global reach.

But these countries are unable to develop independently and lack a global power alternative.

The Soviets had their victory in World War II, followed by the creation of a global superpower.

National greatness for a world power always arises from its ability to shape the world.

Russia s desire to reclaim its role as a powerful global player is understandable and legitimate.

Critics of America s record as a global hegemony make a strong case against a uni polar world.

On the contrary, it would make Europe a more influential and capable world power.

The lesson is clear The muscle flexing rise of a world power can strengthen the strategic relevance and role of a power in relative decline.

China s course as a world power will be determined to a significant extent by the way it confronts this question.

The US military is a global force that can walk and chew gum at the same time.

Russia is again seeking a role as a global power and is therefore flexing its muscles.

Twenty years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, it remains divided, unable to unify into a global force.

Establishing a large, standing international force under the UN s control is not feasible and may not be optimal.

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

The US had its few short years as a hyper power, and it did neither America nor the world much good.

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

Indeed, not since Japan rose to world power status during the reign of the Meiji Emperor (1867 1912) has another non Western power emerged with such potential to shape the global order.

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.

It is an attempt by a declining power to use its restrained capabilities in a more economical way.

Because Russia claims the status of a world power, it is expected to show restraint and responsibility.

Imperial Russia Under Peter I ( the Great ), Russia was proclaimed an Empire in 1721 and became recognized as a world power.

As globalization proceeds, with the help of ever faster communications, faster travel, and more powerful multinational corporations, a new, cosmopolitan social class seems to be emerging.

(f) Supports the development and implementation of global, regional and national communication programmes to build on the awareness and momentum for change established by the Year

How that question is answered is crucially important, because it will determine the character of a global power, and thus how it deals with other, weaker countries.

Even though it is no longer a global superpower, Russia s vast oil and gas reserves make it an energy superpower, and Putin seems intent on playing that card.

Of course, contrary to China, India still finds it difficult to fully perceive itself as a world power, though it is well aware that it has become a regional giant.

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

It would facilitate coordination on stronger global rules and principles, including those pertaining to intellectual property rights and trade in services.

Never since the US became the world s predominant power during World War II has there been a similar decline in its international influence.

We are a global organization. This is a global phenomenon.

Despite the deep economic frustrations of many of its middle class citizens (the truly indigent did not protest), Israel has become a global economic and military powerhouse.

Now, it is laying the groundwork to become a global power in more sophisticated, technology intensive industries.

As a result, the utterly powerless, hitherto quite obscure Liu Xiaobo, has become not only world famous, but much better known inside China, too.

No longer an independent global power, yet unhappy with the London Washington axis that Blair forged, Brown s government continues to waffle in its commitment to a united Europe.

The impressive success of these countries has showcased the economic, social, and technological preconditions for becoming a regional or even global power in the twenty first century.

That would be the best backdrop to establishing tougher surveillance and monitoring, beginning to engage with Iran, and searching for a way to involve India and Pakistan in a global nuclear agreement.

Globalization has generated a new global market, but also global risks that beg for collective management.

I d like to lay out a simple path to addressing (not resolving) these security problems, one that does not require agreement among all governments (or people) on what really constitutes a crime, much less a global police force or unenforceable global treaties.

Yet without the legitimacy derived from the Universal Declaration and its role in promoting compliance, the nongovernmental human rights movement could not have developed into a global force.

Without our Constitution, America is just another world power made great by wealth and weapons instead of by values and convictions so we are at risk of collapse when our wealth and weapons fail us.