Nonetheless, almost two decades of economic stagnation have eroded Japan s regional clout.

First, some states have gained power in tandem with their increased economic clout.

In theory, the Saudis also have the economic clout both to entice and rein in the Taliban.

Its economic clout remains formidable, and its commercial and cultural ties to the West are broad and varied.

Given their economic and political clout, Germany and France are the respective leaders of the eurozone s northern and southern parts.

As China accumulated economic and strategic clout, its neighbors benefited from its rapid GDP growth, which spurred their own economies.

But as China expands its economic clout, it must be ready to account for the varying consequences of its actions.

Countries with global economic clout have a special responsibility to accept that their policy actions have important spillover effects on other countries.

Asia s new clout holds tremendous promise.

Case law on UNCITRAL texts (CLOUT)

Still, an increasingly Euro skeptic Germany in the heart of the EU could, given its great economic clout, seriously endanger the European integration process.

Trade unions were given more clout. Women got the vote.

CLOUT documents are available on the UNCITRAL website (http www.uncitral.org).

Issues 37 and 38 of CLOUT introduced several new features.

Fernández is occupied with Argentina s internal problems. Correa s Ecuador lacks economic weight, and former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is probably not interested, with Brazil s growing economic and political clout having placed it out of Cuba s reach.

I hope to see Korea assume more responsibility in the world, commensurate with its growing economic clout especially in the area of development, one of the three pillars of the UN Charter.

None of the emerging powers has even begun to use its growing political and economic clout to advance truly global ambitions or to take on responsibilities that Washington can no longer afford.

The political clout of countries such as Canada, the Netherlands, and the Scandinavian states is greater than their military and economic weight, owing to the incorporation of attractive causes such as economic aid or peacemaking in their definitions of their national interest.

These examples reflect the same message America is losing clout around the world.

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

When corruption hurts partners with that level of clout, it hurts you, too.

Some observers cite these episodes as evidence of decline in America s international clout.

It has clout and respect in its own region with formidable fighting forces.

These examples reflect the same message America is losing clout around the world.

Along with their political clout, unions intellectual respectability is also experiencing a renaissance.

It is anticipated that other texts will be included in subsequent CLOUT volumes.

Complicating matters further, America s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have limited its regional clout.

But women who work are much more likely to adopt feminist inspired agendas and to reject traditional ideas about marriage. And when women gain economic and political clout, traditional family life is, indeed, destabilized.

Will the army, whose monopoly of power is paradoxically legitimized by the massive demonstrations that toppled Mubarak, be willing to give up the enormous political and economic clout that it has amassed over decades?

With China s growing economic clout, rising standard of living, and increasingly respected place in the world, one would hope that the Chinese and their leaders would find a way to let go of the dead.

But China has re emerged a big hitter, along with India whose population will soon be bigger and younger than China s and Brazil. How do we cope with this growth of economic and political clout?

With the loss of Gaza to Hamas, his political clout has been diminished even further.

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

Countries with the clout to flaunt the limits will do so whenever it is politically convenient.

The Orthodox Church has acquired enormous political clout in recent years, and few politicians risk offending it.

And the opposition has not been able to appropriate the reputation and clout that Assad has lost.

It needs to build substantially on its leadership on climate change by adopting much tougher EU goals, and then use its international economic and trade clout to champion new global emissions standards that scientific opinion can accept as meaningful.

BERKELEY Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao s forthcoming trip to India, following hard on the heels of President Barack Obama s recent visit, will provide another opportunity for the media to gush about the growing global economic clout of China and India.

Meanwhile, donors sheer clout dilutes the accountability of developing countries officials and elected representatives to their own people.

Likewise, Grace Belgravia, an all female club, is attempting to rival the clout of London s elite men s clubs.

He employed his military clout to conduct campaigns against the Ilkhanate in Azerbaijan in 1319, 1325 and 1335.

Small businesses will always complain that they do not have the organizational clout to extract public funds from governments.

The EU desperately needs a strategic and diplomatic partner that can significantly reinforce its clout in the Middle East.

As China seeks to translate its economic clout into major geopolitical advantages in Asia, a country that once boasted of having friends everywhere finds that its growing power may be inspiring awe, but that its actions are spurring new concerns and fears.

So India is likely to ask the US to use its undoubted clout with Pakistan the US is a huge donor of both military and economic assistance to its near bankrupt ally to demand tougher action against the militants on its territory.