The phrase "adversarial power" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing conflict, competition, or opposing forces, particularly in political, social, or legal discussions.
Example: "In the negotiation process, understanding the adversarial power dynamics at play is crucial for reaching a fair agreement."
Alternatives: "opposing force" or "conflictual authority".
She expressed alarm "about the credible reports about Russian government interference in our elections" through hacking, saying, "We've never had a foreign adversarial power be already involved in our electoral process".
An old-style or "typical" Chinese boss "leads" by issuing ambiguous instructions and creating adversarial power centers beneath him.
At the backdrop of Israeli fears that Turkey could become an adversarial power, the Jewish state has sought to leverage its apparent economic success to spearhead defense and intelligence cooperation with the Balkan states.
A historic agreement on Iran's nuclear programme was made possible by months of unprecedented secret meetings between US and Iranian officials, in further signs of the accelerating detente between two of the world's most adversarial powers, it emerged on Sunday.
We have a president who is under investigation by several bodies of government for what ultimately could prove to be collusion between his campaign and an adversarial foreign power that sought to alter the very fundaments of our democracy.
Rather than standing in adversarial relationship to power and representing the interests of those on the outside, it stands in adversarial relationship to common humanity.
"The press is supposed to be adversarial to those in power, but it's not Juan, in the case of Barack Obama!" O'Reilly responded.
Instead of having an adversarial stance toward those with power, journalists are friends (sometimes with benefits) of those who wield it.
"Clearly Fox is where you can see legitimate journalism taking place in terms of adversarial posture towards those in power," Williams agreed.
But through these channels, and others (such as the rise of think tanks and polarized news media in the US), economics has been enrolled into much more adversarial forms of knowledge production, jumping into power struggles with both feet.
They include reducing the power of the state by introducing adversarial trials that for the first time allow defence lawyers to pick apart publicly the evidence of government prosecutors.
