hegemons

And the fact that it's "predominantly white" churches getting involved leads me to conclude that there's a lame persecution-of-the-hegemons complex involved here too.

intertribal: Jesus Didn't Tap intertribal 2010

All of those minor hegemons are anti-Western, internally unstable and politically reckless.

Canada 2009

All of those minor hegemons are anti-Western, internally unstable and politically reckless.

Latin America 2010

And the fact that it's "predominantly white" churches getting involved leads me to conclude that there's a lame persecution-of-the-hegemons complex involved here too.

Jesus Didn't Tap intertribal 2010

It depends on checking the ambitions of would-be regional hegemons, from China to Russia to Iran, who would like to control the flow and price of commodities.

The GOP's Foreign Policy Debate: A Cheat Sheet Bret Stephens 2011

All of those minor hegemons are anti-Western, internally unstable and politically reckless.

European Union 2009

The "regional hegemons" have demonstrated that the cleverly-wielded soft power of diplomacy goes a lot further in easing tensions globally and creating vibrant trade and economic conditions across borders.

Sharmine Narwani: Washington Just Lost the Middle East in a Big Way 2010

Health comes through education and opportunity, not by swearing fealty or homage to corporate hegemons and indemnifying their profligacy with mandatory tribute.

Randall Amster: The Road to Health Care is Paved with Bad Intentions 2010

Another possibility: the rise of regional hegemons in a return to something reminiscent of the international system that operated before modern empires took shape.

Alfred W. McCoy: The Decline and Fall of the American Empire: Four Scenarios for the End of the American Century by 2025 Alfred W. McCoy 2010

These so-called "Middle States" like Brazil, India and Turkey are regional economic and political hegemons with collective clout - certainly more so than the waning authority of our European partners who are dealing with weak economies and uninspired geopolitical thinking, much like our own.

Sharmine Narwani: Washington Just Lost the Middle East in a Big Way 2010