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hyperpower [ˈhaɪpəˌpaʊə] n 1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an extremely powerful state that dominates all other states in every sphere of activity 2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the power wielded by such a state How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| These are the Dark Age experiences that a world without a hyperpower might quickly find itself reliving. Bush quickly pulled the punch, saying, "That was a provocation" But his administration has acted both before and after 9/11 as if the question remains very much open, and understandably so, given the neo-Gaullist rhetoric from Paris on the need to build Europe as a "counterweight" to American hyperpower. Established just war doctrine falls especially short, though, in failing to ask a number of crucial questions that now beg to be posed--not simply to accommodate the postmodern media age but no less to face up to the appetites, muscularity, and impatience of a United States that seems intent on fulfilling its imagined mandate as world hyperpower. |
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