Superpowers- Will you be defeated (as usual)?

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Across
  1. 2. Investment in armed forces; a key indicator of hard power.
  2. 5. Creation and implementation of new technologies or ideas driving superpower status.
  3. 8. Historical system where European nations controlled and exploited overseas territories.
  4. 9. When a developing nation becomes dependent on loans from a more powerful state.
  5. 10. Policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
  6. 11. Influence through culture, values and diplomacy rather than force.
  7. 13. Region where a powerful country has significant cultural, political or economic control.
Down
  1. 1. Study of the effects of geography on international relations and power.
  2. 3. Physical systems like transport, energy and communications that support development.
  3. 4. Group of leading industrial nations that coordinate global economic policy.
  4. 6. Legal rights protecting inventions, designs and artistic works.
  5. 7. Economic or trade restrictions imposed to influence another country’s behaviour.
  6. 12. Dominant influence of one state or group over others, often seen in global politics or economics.