According to his file, Reggie had been working to increase Soviet influence in Romania and the Middle East throughout the war.

These policies were enacted in a context of increasing European influence within her kingdom and competing French and English bids for domination over the island.

US influence in Burma is unlikely to outweigh that of increasingly powerful Asian neighbors.

Britain in the Wilderness

The second is to increase voters spending power through populist subsidies and transfers, which typically tend to be directed toward the politically influential rather than the truly needy.

The rapid growth of China, India, and other emerging countries should come with increased influence, to be implemented through the planned quota increase in 2011.

The White Moors are a light skinned Berber people who speak Arabic.

With influence must come accountability.

No Country for Young Oligarchs

Finland fell into the Soviet sphere.

Russia has had centuries of influence in the Middle East and Central Asia, much of which used to be incorporated in the Russian and Soviet empires.

The party then hemorrhaged influential members, particularly in the north.

Arab artistic influence in Sicily mirrors the Lombard influence in the Mezzogiorno.

The EU has even more leverage.

He possesses more influence than power.

The Romans also exerted influence on the Persian Gulf.

Developments in these countries during the postcommunist years marked a gradual change from Russian to European influence, but that is not irreversible.

Here India has been slow to join the struggle for influence.

As it stands, India and China are openly competing for influence in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal, and Bangladesh.

Overlapping spheres of influence and frozen conflicts could again cause major conflict.

Japan recognized the link between political clout and science in the 1980 s.

But America s dwindling leverage cannot match the influence of the region s axis of evil.

But influence is not an end in itself it is a means to an end.

The democratization of Iraq has empowered the Shi a majority, which in turn greatly strengthened Iran s influence.

It was, at that time and for over 17 years, the largest leverage buyout in history.

In Iraq, free elections have revealed the enormous influence of Islamist currents.

This confederation, under French influence, put an end to the Holy Roman Empire.

Japan recognized the link between political clout and science in the 1980 s. Japan s chief industrialist, Akio Morita, the chairman of Sony, and the right wing politician Shintaro Ishihara gave a series of speeches that were collected and published in 1986 as a book called

Power is seen as being in the hands of those who have the right to objectify those that they are imagining.

Women non governmental organizations started to act under direct influence of international organizations and donors.

A shift of relative strategic influence and strength is discernible, especially given the rise of India and China.

This change in Shiite orientation also reflects a very modern influence on politics.

In October, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made a trip to Lebanon that highlighted Iranian sway in Lebanon.

Asia s new clout holds tremendous promise.

Over time, enhanced influence will enable him to get more things done.

That influence is bolstered by the electoral rules inherent bias in favor of powerful parties.

Parma was under French influence after the Peace of Aachen (1748).

So, does China s most powerful leader in a generation have enough clout to stop the rot?

Nevertheless, China s leverage over North Korea is in part illusory.

Spain s influence is, to a large extent, a result of its national self confidence.

Instead of operating in an environment with little influence or room for maneuver, pushing the peace process now could help endear the Arab public to the West and give the US more sway in the new Middle East.

Pakistan s actions are explained mainly by its strategic readjustment in light of US weakness in Iraq and the region as a whole, and by the newly strengthened relationships between India and Afghanistan, resulting in an increased Indian presence in Central Asia.

Bangui, Central African Republic. The French language retains some of its former influence in the former French colonies in Africa.

The waning influence of Istanbul in the Gulf forced it to make concessions without much to gain in return.

The purpose of influence is not to build your ego, or your net worth.