Great Power
Americannoun
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Origin of Great Power
First recorded in 1725–35
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In January 2022, on the eve of the full-scale assault, he warned that Russia was not a Great Power and should not be appeased.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
“In the two current Great Power competitions, the United States is essentially on the tactical defensive,” he points out.
From Washington Post • May 4, 2022
As he relates in his memoir, “The Back Channel,” Burns added that Russian “interest in playing a distinctive Great Power role” would “sometimes cause significant problems.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2022
And now he has a new book, “The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict,” making the case for a foreign policy that leaves the post-9/11 era decisively behind.
From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2021
The claims of small nations could not, of course, be overlooked, but he considered it as little short of a calamity when a Great Power had an undersized Prime Minister.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-25 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
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