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It was W.T.R. Fox, who first used the concept ‘superpower’ in 1944 in his book entitled “The Super Powers: The United States, Britain and the Soviet Union - Their Responsibility for Peace” (Fox, 1944). The concept of ‘superpowers’ was used for the position of the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War- the two states that had a global reach, a preponderant military capacity especially in terms of nuclear proliferation, and an economic and strategic role within their respective ideological bloc or the sphere of influence (Heywood, 2011:9). Then, it is plausible to say that the concept of ‘superpower’ has replaced the traditional concept of ‘great power’ in world politics (Bull, 2012:197).