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How the two sides got here A nuclear deal was reached in 2015 between Iran and world powers, including the US, under which Iran had agreed to limit its nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of sanctions that have crippled its economy.
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Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2025
The talks, between a mediator to Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff, come nearly seven years after President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew the U.S. from Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers in 2018.
—Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025
The two men effectively ended the war and set the stage for America’s rise as a world power.
— Made By History, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers did limit Tehran's program.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Apr. 2025
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Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2025
The talks, between a mediator to Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff, come nearly seven years after President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew the U.S. from Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers in 2018.
—Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025
The two men effectively ended the war and set the stage for America’s rise as a world power.
— Made By History, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers did limit Tehran's program.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Apr. 2025
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In Operation Desert Storm, the 1991 campaign to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation, the United States and its coalition allies unleashed massive land, air, and sea power.—
Lawrence D. Freedman,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Apr. 2025
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This cooperation makes sense in purely military terms for Russia, a mutually beneficial project of sea power projection.—
Colin Flint,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2025
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Though, in the past, Lee has made comments critical of past U.S. foreign policy and appeared to suggest South Korea’s strategic neutrality in the great power rivalry between Washington and Beijing, in this campaign Lee has reaffirmed his support behind the U.S.-South Korea alliance.—
Jong Eun Lee,
The Conversation,
29 May 2025
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Southeast Asian nations have carefully navigated the rivalries between major powers, including China, amid the great power competition.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 May 2025
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Our president is on a mission to make America the manufacturing superpower of the world once again.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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But Claude is an emotional force, and that winds up being his superpower by the end of the first season.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
23 May 2025
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“World power.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/world%20power. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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