Emerging power Emerging power An emerging power or rising power is a term used as recognition of the rising, primarily influence of a nation—or union of nations—which has steadily increased their presence in global affairs. Such a power aspires to have a more powerful position or role in international relations, either regionally or globally, and possess sufficient resources and levels of development that such goals are potentially achievable. A term also used to describe such a state is "rising power". Rising powers such as China and India may also be viewed as coincidental to the perceived decline of American hegemony in world
Religion in Russia in [[Kaliningrad Oblast]]. In cities like Moscow, Saint Petersburg and [[Samara]], often up to 1% of the population identify as Buddhists. Buddhism in Russia is almost exclusively of the [[Tibetan Buddhism|Tibetan]] [[Vajrayana]] schools, especially [[Gelug]] but increasingly also [[Nyingma]] and [[Kagyu]] ([[Diamond Way Buddhism]]). There are many Russian converts, and the newer schools have been often criticised by representatives of the Gelug as the result of a Russianised ("Rossiysky") Buddhism and of Western Buddhist missionaries. [[File:A Russian Hindu girl.jpg|thumb|A Russian Hindu girl.]] Hinduism, especially in the forms of Krishnaism, [[historical Vedic religion|Vedism]] and [[Tantra|Tantrism]], but also in other forms, has