The death of Yasser Arafat, historical leader of the Palestinians, marks the beginning of a new era in Middle East power politics...
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History may recall a shift in the Middle East power balance in the 19 days after Hezbollah's provocative cross-border attack on an Israeli army patrol.
You might imagine that it would be easier to call for a return to military strength and national greatness in the United States -- a superpower -- than in the United Kingdom -- a middle ranking power.
Behind closed doors, political parties are caught in the middle of a power struggle between Khamenei and former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
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It is also a fact that the greatest dangers facing Israel stem from President Barack Obama's rapid withdrawal of the US from its position as the predominant power in the Middle East on the one hand, and from Iran's rise as a nuclear power and regional power on the other.
Life in the middle of Manhattan without power and Internet and easy access to things like groceries is strange.
Gillett and Hicks are in the middle of a bitter power struggle.
Unfortunately for this seemingly muscular rhetoric, the simple fact of Iran possessing nuclear weapons would alone dramatically and irreparably alter the Middle East balance of power.
Inflation robs the middle class of their purchasing power and sends them onto the government dole.
Christy notes that Mexico's population is young and that the purchasing power of the middle class continues to grow.
Nevertheless, that Iran has its own interest, a proud, ancient culture trying to reestablish itself as the regional power in the Middle East.
It needs Israel to help stabilize an increasingly precarious balance of power in the Middle East and to refrain from intensifying regional tensions.
In the aftermath of Israel's victory, the US realized that Israel was a natural ally in checking Soviet power in the Middle East.
Mr. Ammon said Mr. Tsarnaev also talked about how the U.S. was a colonial power trying to take power in the Middle East and Africa.
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The burgeoning middle class with high buying power is always missed.
Rapid growth in credit, which was non-existent until fairly recently because of sky-high interest rates, has helped to boost the purchasing power of the middle class.
According to Nakia Jean Lozoya, a marketing assistant at Tustin-based Peak Power Solutions, middle-class homeowners are leading the charge towards 100 percent renewable energy in Orange County.
Turkey's aims to become a leading power in the Middle East - and eventually in Europe mean it must end its 30-year armed conflict with Kurdish rebels, our correspondent adds.
"So obviously we are concerned that weapons that are ground-breaking, that can change the balance of power in the Middle East, would fall into the hands of these terrorists, " he said.
It is a matter of covering Obama's official record right now as the global economy stagnates, Washington deadlocks, Europe teeters, Islamists take power in the Middle East, Iran grows emboldened, Afghanistan falls apart, and China and Russia fester.
After the defeat, the administration embraced former secretary of state James Baker's foreign policy paradigm, which is based on the belief that it is possible and desirable to reach a stable balance of power in the Middle East.
Akerele says that although the reality in Nigeria is that most people live in poverty, the rise of sectors such as telecommunications and the diversification of the Nigerian economy beyond oil and gas has created an emerging middle class with bigger spending power.
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The likes of Baker, Scowcroft, Brzezinski and Hamilton and their students comprise a permanent Middle East policy ruling class that endures regardless of who is in power and what their actual views about Middle Eastern realities happen to be.
In their minds those missiles will certainly keep U.S. power out of the Middle East.
Economic growth in emerging economies has produced a critical mass of middle-class consumers with buying power.
Some retailers' profitability could suffer as they wait for the spending power of the emerging middle class to increase.
Studies predict that the Chinese middle class will wield enormous spending power as it reaches 600 million-800 million people in fifteen years.
Studies predict that the Chinese middle class will wield enormous spending power as it reaches 600 million to 800 million people in 15 years.
Likewise, were China to block international sanctions against Israel, it would become an influential player in the big power game in the Middle East.
Large scale manufacturing, union power, a strong middle class and the music that became the soundtrack for American life all can claim roots in Motown.
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