Sentence examples for to assert hegemony from inspiring English sources

It is a linchpin of what the IRGC views as a "resistance" axis against perceived American efforts to assert hegemony on the region.Without Iranian aid Mr Assad might well have fallen; more than a thousand Shia militiamen have been killed in his defence since 2012.

These wars appear to have been fought to assert hegemony and demand tribute, rather than to subjugate and annexe those territories.

Of the current "war on terrorism" he says, "There's no enemy; it's an occasion for America to assert global hegemony.

Yet with the Minsk process looking distinctly tired, continued prevention (let alone conflict resolution) is not assured.Russia's desire to assert its hegemony in the South Caucasus complicates matters further.

Reality television, which was originally created as a thumb-nosing alternative for the young ("The Real World"), has been co-opted by the baby boomers, who never miss a chance to assert their hegemony on popular culture.

President Ronald Reagan greenlighted a space station dubbed Freedom to assert U.S. hegemony in space over the Soviet Union in the 1980s.

Russia is the most serious obstacle to the American imperialism to assert its hegemony in the Middle East, East Mediterranean, and Eurasia".

The war had not caused any territorial changes, except in the area around Schaffhausen, where the city had succeeded to assert its hegemony over some places that had formerly belonged to the Bishop of Constance.

In our best moments, we Americans aspire to be the City upon a Hill -- not the imperious, narcissistic City upon a Hill claiming God-given rights to assert global hegemony, but rather the humble, ever-evolving City upon a Hill, spreading hope with our democratic experiment.

Divided into a northern and a southern branch, the Uí Néill asserted hegemony as high kings, to whom all other Irish kings owed deference.

He asserted hegemony over all of the United States from Pennsylvania through Maryland, the District, Virginia and on down to North Carolina.