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imperial power  

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  • The term imperial power has two separate but related meanings, depending on whether it is applied at macrolevel (between empires) or microlevel (within empires). At macrolevel, an imperial power is a lead country, or “great power,” that engages in imperialism to improve its relative position and influence in the international system. [Source: Encyclopedia of Power; Imperial Power]

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