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In international relations, regional power, since the late 20th century, has been used for a sovereign state that exercises significant power within its geographical region. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] States that wield unrivaled power and influence within a region of the world possess regional hegemony .
Regional power: This term is used to describe a nation that exercises influence and power within a region. Being a regional power is not mutually exclusive with any of the other categories of power. The majority of them exert a strategic degree of influence as minor or secondary regional powers. A primary regional power (like Australia) has an ...
Regionalism is a political ideology that seeks to increase the political power, influence and self-determination of the people of one or more subnational regions.It focuses on the "development of a political or social system based on one or more" regions, [1] [2] and/or the national, normative, or economic interests of a specific region, group of regions or another subnational entity, [3 ...
The first coherent regional initiatives began in the 1950s and 1960s, but they accomplished little, except in Western Europe with the establishment of the European Community. Some analysts call these initiatives "old regionalism". [1] In the late 1980s, a new bout of regional integration (also called "new regionalism") began and continues still ...
A regional transmission organization (RTO) in the United States is an electric power transmission system operator (TSO) that coordinates, controls, and monitors a multi-state electric grid. The transfer of electricity between states is considered interstate commerce, and electric grids spanning multiple states are therefore regulated by the ...
In the days after Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, fears ran high of a regional war. The conflict would not be contained in Gaza, the thinking went – Hezbollah would attack Israel from the ...
The dramatic resignation of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina poses a dilemma for India’s government, and the South Asian powerhouse could even see its influence in the region wane ...
With 1,436 electric power generators and 85,103 miles of transmission lines, PJM delivered 783 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2021. [5] Started in 1927, the pool was renamed the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection (PJM) in 1956. The organization continues to integrate additional utility transmission systems into its operations.