Superpowers Glossary

1. the expression of a country’s will or influence through coercive measures, including economic sanctions and military force or threat (4, 5)
4. a group of ten Southeast Asian nations which was formed to encourage greater cooperation and economic growth between them (5)
6. the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development – a global ‘think tank’ for 35 of the world’s wealthiest nations which aims to promote policies to improve economic and social prosperity (4)
7. when a company is transferred from private ownership to ownership or control by the state (11)
10. a political and economic association of 28 member states (as of 2016) whose principle is that economic strength insures against poverty, and that adopts a policy of convergence to reduce inequalities between its richest and poorest members. It also extend (8, 5)

1. the area of land which Halford John Mackinder believed to be pivotal for controlling the world (9)
2. publications based on research that has been checked by experts as being valid (4, 8)
3. a global organisation which looks at the rules for how countries trade with each other, wants to liberalise trade (3)
5. the granting of the exclusive right of ownership and possession of intellectual property by a state to an inventor for a fixed period of time (6)
9. a war instigated by a major power that is not always directly involved in the fighting (5, 3)

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