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When great powers rise throughout history, they generally do so for the same reasons. These successful new orders are typically started by powerful revolutionary leaders doing four things: 1) Winning power by gaining more support than their opposition 2) Consolidating power by converting, weakening, or eliminating that opposition 3)...

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