The phrase "assertive power" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a type of power characterized by confidence and directness in communication or action.
Example: "In negotiations, assertive power can lead to more favorable outcomes for those who effectively express their needs and boundaries."
Alternatives: "confident authority" or "decisive influence".
Except for one ballad, "Only Love," the songs don't match the assertive power of Ms. Lang's commanding voice.
India will be an "assertive power", he says, but one "with dignity, with responsibility and constitutional integrity".
Mr. Obama wants to use the dinner to strengthen relations with China, an increasingly assertive power in Asia, even as administration officials acknowledge the two countries do not see eye to eye on matters like trade, currency and human rights.
The Social Democrats, Mr. Steinmeier included, are known for their more Russia-friendly stance, arguing strenuously for engagement with the increasingly assertive power to the east, rather than its isolation.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, facing a confrontational relationship with China on exchange rates, trade and security issues, is stiffening its approach toward Beijing, seeking allies to confront a newly assertive power that officials now say has little intention of working with the United States.
At times you miss the fidelity of a controller, but the subtler physical controls mean you genuinely have assertive power over the craft, and the fact that this is a water event, where control is subject to waves and other unpredictable physical forces, it feels right.
But Juncker seems to believe that an EU army could deter assertive powers like Russia, who may feel they have the power to flex their muscles against a single country but would hesitate to mess with the rest of the European continent.
"There is a big gap between its more assertive economic power and lack of leadership in security and defense".
In recent rulings the constitutional court has pushed the Bundestag to be more assertive when power or money is transferred to Europe.
At issue is whether the rickety structures that govern global trade can accommodate the rise of new and assertive economic powers like Brazil, China and India.
TO THOSE who see China as an increasingly assertive, even expansionist, power, it offers yet more proof of its determination to establish authority even over fiercely disputed land and water.
