Minority politicians have long wielded authority, if not power, in its various high offices.

And, like America then, India is not naturally at ease with the notion of exercising global power.

This means that economists and other thought leaders can exert much influence for good or ill.

It should not be construed as a licence to practise a religion, and no one religious group should be able to exert influence over the registration of other religious groups.

The EU and the US should wield more of their clout at the World Bank and other international organizations to link development grants to progress on press freedom and human rights.

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NATO is still dominated by the US, and European allies still fall in line, if only just to keep the alliance going and in the hope of exerting some influence on the only remaining superpower.

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

With influence must come accountability.

No Country for Young Oligarchs

Finland fell into the Soviet sphere.

The EU has even more leverage.

He possesses more influence than power.

The Romans also exerted influence on the Persian Gulf.

The practice of adopting country resolutions has proven to be ineffective.

Ever since the European powers set sail at the end of the fifteenth century to conquer the world, historiography and international politics have become accustomed to a certain pattern military, economic, and technological power is translated into the exercise of influence over other countries, conquest, and even global dominance and empire.

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.

Trading kyat in the black market is formally illegal (and Burma s regime loves rounding up foreign exchange dealers from time to time), but it is the only way that people unconnected to the regime can ever hope to come across foreign currency.

First, if soft power means exercising influence because others want what you want, as Joseph Nye puts it, then women the world over want what American feminists began fighting for three generations ago.

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

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

When China s labor intensive industries emerge from their metamorphosis, we should expect to see firms that are larger, that invest more in product innovation and design, and that hold more sway over business and trade policies.

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

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.

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exercise preventive approach.

Asia s new clout holds tremendous promise.

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.

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

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

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).

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

Advice ranges from sex in old age to tourism.

I'm bad at sports.

I like playing sports.

I like sports.

You should exercise.

States may choose individually not to exercise all their rights, or to exercise those rights collectively.

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

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