power vacuum

As a result, there was a power vacuum in the area.

The moment is right for somebody to step into the power vacuum.

During or following a civil war there is often a power vacuum of some sort.

As a result, a power vacuum seems to be forming.

If there is a power vacuum, who will fill it?

At this moment in time, there is a dangerous power vacuum.

There's a power vacuum here and they mean to fill it.

His passing left a power vacuum in the neighborhood, the results of which can still be felt today.

This created a power vacuum that we were not ready to fill.

He is the sort of man who will rush to fill a power vacuum.

"There is a potential power vacuum," the senior Administration official said.

When we left, it created a power vacuum that China's filling.

America is struggling to create order amid the power vacuum in Iraq.

"I'm very worried about the power vacuum created by this election result."

Officials then feared that the power vacuum would create a dangerous situation.

To force the pace now was irresponsible, and could lead to a power vacuum.

In the wake of this power vacuum, local powerful individuals saw their chance.

In the power vacuum, the rate of killings has soared.

If you have a power vacuum anything could happen.

He had been given a great responsibility, and his success would create a power vacuum at the heart of the Empire.

He saw the power vacuum and took advantage of it."

If he were to be removed, observers said, a significant power vacuum would develop.

Much of that power vacuum will be filled, for good or ill, by citizens.

It's also interesting to know that most civil wars start, as Iraq's did, because of a power vacuum at the top.

"There is a power vacuum in the Empire right now.