Power Politics: What Is A Strong State What is Power and how does it apply to geography? According to P.J. Taylor (334) "Power is the ability to be successful in a conflict; this maybe overt through force or the threat of force; or covert through non decision-making or structural advantage". The term power will be used to discuss how the United States can be described as the most dominate hegemony of the past century. Power …showed first 75 words of 2419 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2419 total…is now the most powerful nation in the world. it has the political power to influence other countries. It has the economic structure to supply a war machine that is second to none. Lastly it has a currency that every other country compares itself to. Taking all that into consideration I can now say - If you have the power you can influence any country any way you with. The United States has the power.