Regardless of rights and wrongs, a population and an area appropriate to a pre-World-War- 1 great power have been, following conquest, ruled against their will by a neighboring people, and have had imposed upon them social and economic controls they dislike.

Although we continue to pay our conversational devotions to `` free private enterprise '', `` individual initiative '', `` the democratic way '', `` government of the people '', `` competition of the marketplace '', etc., we live rather comfortably in a society in which economic competition is diminishing in large areas, bureaucracy is corroding representative government, technology is weakening the citizen's confidence in his own power to make decisions, and the threat of war is driving him economically and physically into the ground ''.

We experience a vague uneasiness about events, a suspicion that our political and economic institutions, like the genie in the bottle, have escaped confinement and that we have lost the power to recall them.

The men in power are committed in principle to modernization, but economic and social changes are proceeding only erratically.

Neither our military, our economic nor our ideological power reached far enough '' to determine the fate of East Europe.

Political interference in Africa and Asia and even in Latin America ( though limited in Latin America by the special interest of the United States as expressed in the Monroe Doctrine, itself from the outset related to European politics and long dependent upon the `` balance of power '' system in Europe ) was necessary in order to preserve both common economic values and the European `` balance '' itself.

The end or aim of the action, of course, is also important, especially where it is not alone a matter of changing community customs but of the use of deadly economic power to intimidate a person from stepping forward to claim his legal rights, e.g., against Negroes who register to vote in Fayette County, Tennessee, at the present moment.

But he was convinced that the realities of power -- military, economic and ideological -- were the decisive factors in the struggle with the Communists and that these could not be talked away at a heads of government meeting.

Following the advice of economic advisors who cautioned Armenia's leadership against the consolidation of economic power in the hands of a few, in January 2001, the Government of Armenia established the State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition.

BZNS came to power in 1919 and introduces many economic, social, and legal reforms.

This consolidation of the city-states of Sumer and Akkad reflected the growing economic and political power of Mesopotamia.

In light of the economic gap between rich and poor countries, movement adherents claim “ free trade ” without measures in place to protect the environment and the health and well being of workers will contribute only to the strengthening the power of industrialized nations ( often termed the " North " in opposition to the developing world's " South ").

Brazil is a significant political and economic power in Latin America and a key player on the world stage.

Brazil's foreign policy reflects its role as a regional power and a potential world power and is designed to help protect the country's national interests, national security, ideological goals, and economic prosperity.

When pro-reform forces came into power in the spring 1997, an ambitious economic reform package, including introduction of a currency board regime, was agreed to with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and the economy began to stabilise.

The party's ascent to power in 1944 had marked the beginning of economic change towards planned economy in Bulgaria.

Throughout the postwar period, economic progress also was assisted substantially by a level of internal and external political stability unseen in other East European countries during the same period, that was also a change in Bulgarian political scene was a lot of turbulence preceded the ascent to power of the BCP.

That was made possible by changes in party leadership, programme, reduction of its power base and other which permitted economic reorientation toward a market system.

When pro-reform forces came into power in the spring 1997, an ambitious economic reform package, including introduction of a currency board regime, was agreed to with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and the economy began to stabilise.

Repeatedly emerging victorious from these decisive wars has allowed Britain to influence world events with its policies and establish its self as great power and one of the world's leading military and economic powers.

In a developing country those hubs may be very few, thus concentrating economic and political power in a small interlocking group.

Much of the impetus behind campaign finance reform in the United States and in other countries is an attempt to prevent economic power being used to take political power.

A blow to this phase of the Central's operations would have serious economic consequences not only to the railroad itself, but to the 40,000 people per day who are provided with efficient, reasonably priced transportation in and out of the city.

In these terms, the `` economic withdrawal '' of the Negroes of Nashville, Tennessee, from trading in the center city, for example, was clearly justified, since these distinctions do not require that only people subjectively guilty be singled out.

The economic development of the city was followed by population growth and Bursa became the 4th most populous city in Turkey.

After World War II, Bulgaria followed the Soviet model of economic development more closely than any other East Bloc country with becoming one of the first members of Comecon ; the new regime shifted the economy from mainly agrarian type towards industrial economy and much of the labour force from the countryside to the city, providing workers for new large-scale industrial complexes.

* Beirut Central District, the financial and economic hub of Beirut city

The barge and canal system contended favorably with the railways in the early industrial revolution prior to around the 1850s – 1960s for example, the Erie Canal in New York State is credited by economic historians with giving the growth boost needed for New York City to eclipse Philadelphia as America's largest port and city but such canal systems with their locks, need for maintenance and dredging, pumps and sanitary issues were eventually outcompeted in the carriage of high-value items by the railways due to the higher speed, falling costs, and route flexibility of Rail transport.

At its peak, roughly corresponding to the Middle Ages, it was the richest and largest European city, exerting a powerful cultural pull and dominating economic life in the Mediterranean.

Concurrently, Cairo has established itself as a political and economic hub for North Africa and the Arab World, with many multinational businesses and organizations, including the Arab League, operating out of the city.

Much of the city ’ s economic performance is determined by the fortunes of local industry.

Studies consistently rank Columbia as a top city in which to live for educational facilities, health care, technological savvy, economic growth, cultural opportunities and cost of living.

Casablanca is considered the economic and business center of Morocco, while the political capital city of Morocco is Rabat.

It is also the country's richest city and a regionally important economic centre.

In 1759, the founding of the Guinness brewery resulted in a considerable economic gain for the city.

The city was at the forefront of Ireland's rapid economic expansion during the Celtic Tiger period, with enormous private sector and state development of housing, transport and business.

In the 18th and early 19th centuries, it became clear to coastal residents that the city or state that succeeded in developing a cheap, reliable route to the West would enjoy economic success, and that the port at the seaward end of such a route would see business increase greatly.

Between the years of 1846 and 1877, the city went through a period of enrichment, economic and infrastructural improvement.

Between 1950 and 1960, the city achieved an economic expansion in excess of 100 % and outlying neighborhoods began to grow.

Florence is also an important city in Italian fashion, being ranked within the top fifty fashion capitals of the world ; furthermore, it is also a major national economic centre, being a tourist and industrial hub.

* 1920: Gdingen ( now named Gdynia ), along with other parts of former West Prussia, became a part of the new Republic of Poland ; simultaneously, the city of Danzig and surrounding area was declared a free city and put under the League of Nations, though Poland was given economic liberties and requisitioned for matters of foreign representation.

The authorities and seaport workers of the Free City of Danzig felt Poland's economic rights in the city were being misappropriated to help fight the war.

Shanghai claimed in particular to have a geographical advantage, and a municipal government that dreams of turning the city into China's main economic centre by as early as 2010.

( This was standard Babylonian practice: when the Philistine city of Ashkalon was conquered in 604, the political, religious and economic elite ( but not the bulk of the population ) was banished and the administrative centre shifted to a new location ).

Located on the northwest coast of Java, Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre, and with a population of 10, 187, 595 as of November 2011, it is the most populous city in Indonesia and in Southeast Asia, and is the thirteenth most populated city in the world.