world power
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Xi has drawn one lesson from the Soviet Union’s collapse above all: Moscow’s economy was too narrow—dependent on a handful of industries such as steel, energy and weapons—to sustain a world power.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
It's also about Germany's ability to become the confident, world power that many of its allies want it to be.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2025
His Majesty’s Surge has “nicked” a spot on this week’s list to give an update on the Merry Land of Britain, an ancestral world power.
From Slate • May 25, 2024
For more than 200 years, peace conferences have not only resolved conflicts but regularly signaled the arrival at stage center of a new world power.
From Salon • Jun. 14, 2023
If Britain felt challenged by Germany’s aggressive push to become a world power, Germany felt threatened by France and Russia, its neighbors to the west and east.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
