Definition of world power
: a political unit (such as a nation or state) powerful enough to affect the entire world by its influence or actions
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Pompeo's speech came after Trump earlier this month infuriated U.S. allies in Europe by withdrawing from the 2015 deal brokered by President Barack Obama, Iran and world powers.
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At the time of the agreement between President Barack Obama, the government in Iran and other world powers, Obama was criticized for entering into a deal while Americans were still held in Iran.
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The allies have stood firmly behind the accord, which was negotiated between Iran and six world powers: the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France, and Germany.
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The relatively moderate cleric's signature achievement, the nuclear deal with world powers, may fall apart later this week if President Donald Trump decides to pull America from the accord.
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Avi Creditor Belgium's golden generation was supposed to blossom in the 2014 World Cup, learn some lessons while growing as a world power, then take its place on the winner's podium as soon as Euro 2016.
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The slave trade transformed the British economy, establishing it as a world power and growing an international economy around the slave trade.
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Finally, in 2015, Barack Obama led six major world powers into the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the most significant nonproliferation pact in more than a quarter century.
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West Germany had always been a world power on the footballing stage.
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: a country that is powerful enough to affect the entire world by its influence or actions
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