Editing Great power (section)

===Spatial dimension===
All states have a geographic scope of interests, actions, or [[power projection | projected power]]. This is a crucial factor in distinguishing a great power from a regional power; by definition, the scope of a [[regional power]] is restricted to its region. It has been suggested that a great power should be possessed of actual influence throughout the scope of the prevailing international system. [[Arnold J. Toynbee]], for example, observes that "Great power may be defined as a political force exerting an effect co-extensive with the widest range of the society in which it operates. The Great powers of 1914 were 'world-powers' because Western society had recently become 'world-wide'."<ref>{{cite book |title=The World After the Peace Conference |last=Toynbee |first=Arnold J |publisher=Humphrey Milford and Oxford University Press |year=1926 |page=[https://archive.org/details/TheWorldAfterThePeaceConference/page/n8 4] |url=https://archive.org/details/TheWorldAfterThePeaceConference |access-date=24 February 2016}}</ref>

Other suggestions have been made that a great power should have the capacity to engage in extra-regional affairs and that a great power ought to be possessed of extra-regional interests, two often closely-connected propositions.<ref>Stoll, Richard J – State Power, World Views, and the Major Powers, Contained in: Stoll and Ward (eds) – ''Power in World Politics'', Lynne Rienner Publications (1989)</ref>