As a result of the arms race, all European powers were ready for war.

The major European powers were now all in the war.

Do they still want to be the dominant European power!

It was not until the last half of the century that the European powers began to force their way into the country.

Between 1908 and 1913, the military spending of the European powers increased by 50 percent.

Among other measures, she has called for real European power over countries' budgets.

Britain had come close to war with European powers at the turn of the 20th century.

It is one of the basic sectors for European economic power.

French influence in the area soon exceeded that of any other European power.

By the 17th century every major European naval power was building ships like these.