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Superpower

A superpower is a sovereign state or supranational union that holds a dominant position characterized by the ability to exert influence and project power on a global scale. There is no universally accepted definition or formal criteria for superpower status, and therefore no universally accepted list of entities that qualify as superpowers.

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Superpower disengagement

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Superpower

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Triples187
Avg. degree1.99
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related to Russia · 31
Superpower → Andrei Amalrik, As, Berlin Wall, Central Asia, December, Despite, Dramatic, Due, Eastern Bloc, Emmanuel Todd, Experts, Gallup, Increasing, Levada Center, Moscow, November, Paul Krugman, Potemkin Superpower, Russia, Russia's
related to Cold War · 29
Superpower → Age, Anglo-American, As, Asia, Austerity, Britain, Britain's, British, British India, Cold War, Despite, Europe, Greece, Leninism, Marxism, NATO, Soviet, Soviet Union, Suez Crisis, The
related to Post–Cold War era · 24
Superpower → After, American, American-dominated, But, Cold War, French, He, Henry Kissinger, However, Hubert Védrine, Huntington, In, It, Japan, One, Other, Samuel, Soviet Union, The United States, There
related to Superpower disengagement · 16
Superpower → Cold War, Disengagement, Examples, For, Greece, Greek Civil War, It, Joseph Stalin, Richard Nixon, Soviet, Soviet Union, Such, The, United States, US, Vietnam
related to United States · 14
Superpower → After, American Order, As, China's, Emmanuel Todd, Empire, French, In After, Many, Some, Soviet Union, The Breakdown, United States, US
related to Origin · 12
Superpower → British Empire, Dutch-American, However, Nicholas Spykman, No, Peace, Soviet Union, The, The Geography, This, United States, World War II
related to Power Dynamics with Middle Powers · 11
Superpower → American, Barring, China, Cold War, Cold War-era, Contemporary, In, Some, Superpowers, The, United States
related to Proposed early superpowers · 11
Superpower → Age, Americas, Australia, Carthaginian Republic, Discovery, East Asia, Europeans, Examples, For, Roman Republic, There
related to China · 10
Superpower → As, By, China, China's, GDP, However, It, Militarily, Proponents, The
related to Contemporary geopolitical development · 8
Superpower → China, Commonly, European Union, Furthermore, India, Russia, Today, United States

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Superpoweris asovereign state or supranational union that holds a dominant position characterized by the ability to exert influence and project power on a global scale0.90text
Superpoweris anation or state that has mastered the seven dimensions of state power0.90text
Channel 5instance ofin works0.80text
the postwar Age of Austerityinstance ofbut other commentators have pointed earlier0.80text
the Anglo-American loan of 1946instance ofbut other commentators have pointed earlier0.80text
the Winter of 1946instance ofbut other commentators have pointed earlier0.80text
Western Europeinstance ofOther international relations theorists such as Henry Kissinger theorize that because the threat of the Soviet Union no longer exists to formerly American-dominated regions0.80text
Japaninstance ofOther international relations theorists such as Henry Kissinger theorize that because the threat of the Soviet Union no longer exists to formerly American-dominated regions0.80text
American influence is only declining since the end of the Cold War because such regions no longer need protection or have necessarily similar foreign policies as the United States.Experts argue that this older single-superpower assessment of global politics is too simplifiedinstance ofOther international relations theorists such as Henry Kissinger theorize that because the threat of the Soviet Union no longer exists to formerly American-dominated regions0.80text
in part because of the difficulty in classifying the European Union at its current stage of developmentinstance ofOther international relations theorists such as Henry Kissinger theorize that because the threat of the Soviet Union no longer exists to formerly American-dominated regions0.80text
CPTPPinstance ofand expanding integrated markets0.80text
in Germanyinstance ofThe more important candidates for disengagement were where Soviet and US forces faced each other directly0.80text

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