China has more influence over Burma s ruling generals than any other country.

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

A country with such influence over a military superpower cannot be considered weak.

But it is unclear how much influence China s government holds over Kim Jong un s regime.

This indicates that they have major influence over Internet policy in these countries as well.

But now Japan s political and economic influence in South East Asia is gradually declining, owing in part to its failure to exert influence over security and defense matters.

This combined with the intervention in Vietnam set the stage for further French influence in China leading up to a sphere of influence over parts of Southern China.

But the election results will not matter parliament, too, has little influence over Iran s foreign policy.

As costs surge, Chinese producers are seeking higher value, new niches, and more influence over policymaking.

Both India and China are each seeking greater influence over the strategically important country of Myanmar.

The pace of the decline of Western influence seems to have accelerated over the past decade.

Lincoln also presided over the expansion of the federal government's economic influence in several other areas.

He used it in the context of political influence exerted by a patron over a client.

China s vast influence over a few fellow dictatorships still holds out the best hope of softening their misrule.

To Italian lawmakers, mired in stalemate and indecision, the French executive s considerable influence over the parliament is appealing.

Early medieval records indicate that over 60 of personal names in Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire showed Scandinavian influence.

Moreover, men, owing to their dominant situation, often influence women by making them sign over their proxy votes.

This way, the logic went, Pakistan could retain enough influence with the Taliban to secure leverage over Afghanistan s government.

But these groups have limited influence over the local opposition groups inside Syria, which are equally diverse and divided.

Meanwhile, given that many emerging economies have incomplete or immature PRIs, their influence over market price discovery is relatively weak.

Following the defeat in World War I, influence of German speaking elites over Central and Eastern Europe was greatly limited.

Unlike majority influence, minority influence can rarely influence others through normative social influence because the majority is indifferent to the minority's perspective of them.

The US administration, fashionably worried over China s growing regional influence, seems quite happy with a closely tied Japan that could help balance China.

But the ability of some CEOs to capture an especially high slice might reflect undue power and influence over the company s decision making.

In both cases, South Africa the main regional power with the most levers of influence over Zimbabwe has a vital role to play.

But depending upon the success of counter terrorism and anti narcotics efforts in Afghanistan, they should, over time, cease to have much influence.

But, despite deep historical animosity over World War II, there are increasing calls in the region for Japan to expand its influence to counterbalance China. In reality, Japan is not ready for this, because it still strongly adheres to self imposed restraints against influence over other countries in security and defense, including weapons exports.

Meanwhile, Qatar s diligent efforts to expand its influence over the last two decades have paid off, with the country developing considerable power of attraction.

For Ramzan Kadyrov over in Chechnya, the Rohingya tragedy perhaps represents something even greater a bid for power and influence across the Muslim world.

The Ottoman Empire, however, no longer posed a serious threat to Russia, however, and had to tolerate an increasing Russian influence over the Balkans.

He has power only over those who take him as their patron and who , under his influence , associate others with Allah in His Divinity .

He has power only over those who take him as their patron and who , under his influence , associate others with Allah in His Divinity .

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

We influence our friends who in their turn influence their friends, meaning that our actions can influence people we have never met.

Minority and majority influence combined There is evidence to suggest that it is possible for minority influence and majority influence to work together.

The group's influence on comedy has been compared toThe Beatles' influence on music.

In particular, Indonesia will inevitably become involved in the tug of war between the US and China for influence over the vitally important Malacca Strait.

But, despite deep historical animosity over World War II, there are increasing calls in the region for Japan to expand its influence to counterbalance China.

Historically, the Dalai Lamas and Karmapa Lamas vied with each other for influence until the Dalai Lama s Gelug school gained ascendancy over the Kagyu order.

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.

Politically, the international community has had a measure of influence over the parties' negotiating posture at the Abuja talks but only up to a point.

The influence of former Ituri armed groups continues to be exerted in some areas over collection of revenue and control of the movement of goods.

Comment by the Administration. The Tribunal has no influence over the selection process by which its judges are nominated and elected by the General Assembly.

Trading in influence

Much of the debate over the public sphere involves what is the basic theoretical structure of the public sphere, how information is deliberated in the public sphere, and what influence the public sphere has over society.