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  • But a "Libya" isn't quite the same story in Vietnam as in the U.S. America's great-power status obliges that the center of concern is "the U.S. response."

    The Motorbike Economy Daniel Henninger 2011

  • Ms. Schiff shows Cleopatra as an astute ruler of a wealthy kingdom, who skillfully played a game of great-power diplomacy against the terrifying backdrop of Roman civil war.

    Handing Out Knives to Madmen Josiah Ober 2011

  • In a genuinely post-American world, the balance would shift toward the great-power autocracies.

    Why the World Needs America Robert Kagan 2012

  • This is why the downgraded terrorism as a priority when they took office, in order to focus more on great-power jousting with China and Russia.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Lost Opportunity 2009

  • The 19th century was notable for two stretches of great-power peace of roughly four decades each, punctuated by major conflicts.

    Why the World Needs America Robert Kagan 2012

  • Making such a world safe for democracy required more than the comforting counsels of isolation, and more than taking the inherited international order as a given and conducting the business of great-power diplomacy as usual.

    What Would Wilson Do? 2010

  • In bestowing the honor on a prominent dissident, the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo has issued an explicit challenge, calling on China to respect political rights as it rises toward economic great-power status.

    Jailed Chinese Activist Awarded Nobel Peace Prize 2010

  • Making such a world safe for democracy required more than the comforting counsels of isolation, and more than taking the inherited international order as a given and conducting the business of great-power diplomacy as usual.

    What Would Wilson Do? 2010

  • Appeasement, World War II and the transfer of power in India meant that Britain had slipped from great-power status—where Churchill could meet Stalin and Roosevelt on equal terms at Tehran and Yalta—to the position of a second-division power teetering on bankruptcy.

    How the Queen Saved and Soothed Britain 2012

  • The era of American predominance has shown that there is no better recipe for great-power peace than certainty about who holds the upper hand.

    Why the World Needs America Robert Kagan 2012

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