Contemporary world

4. of power-a situation in which nations of the world have roughly equal power.
5. make changes in order to improve it.
6. the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something, or the effect itself.
8. a political system characterized by the rejection of political plurality
10. the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought
13. relating to economics or the economy.
14. government by a dictator.
15. a system of ideas and ideals

1. a person who supports or believes in the principles of communism.
2. relating to the government or the public affairs of a country.
3. the transformation from a traditional, rural, agrarian society to a secular, urban, industrial society.
7. when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal.
9. the holding of extreme political or religious views; fanaticism
11. North Atlantic Treaty Organization
12. a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives