Bent on world domination

This may be achieved by establishing a hegemony , an indirect form of government and of imperial dominance in which the hegemon leader state rules geopolitically subordinate states by means of its implied power—by the threat of force, rather than by direct military force. In the 4th century BCE, Alexander the Great notably expressed a desire to conquer the world, [6] and a legend persists that after he completed his military conquest of the known ancient world , he "wept because he had no more worlds to conquer", [7] as he was unaware of China farther to the east and had no way to know about civilizations in the Americas. In certain religions , some adherents may also seek the conversion peaceful or forced of as many people as possible to their own religion, without restrictions of national or ethnic origin. President Barack Obama's White House released a new national security strategy that portrays Russia as a regional bully and a threat to international stability. Clearly referring to the United States, Putin said that the world order that emerged after the Soviet collapse was dominated by "one undisputed leader who wants to remain such -- one who assumes that everything is allowed to him, but that others only need what he allows them and what meets his own interests. We really need stories where we face an evil empire and discover that they are devoted, not to stupidity and destruction, but to an objective which we can empathize or even help with!

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