major power
Noun
Meaning
a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
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A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory.
China is a major power in the Pacific and I think we are dealing with some common threats in that region: the whole issue of Korea and the stability of Korea, the whole issue of nuclear proliferation, the whole issue of providing free access to our ships that are operating in that area.