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

Britain joined America s Iraq adventure with the same inflated perceptions of its military capacity and diplomatic clout that trapped Bush.

Its impressive military strength is of limited use as an instrument of power, and its political clout has been overestimated, particularly in Syria.

Asia s new clout holds tremendous promise.

Case law on UNCITRAL texts (CLOUT)

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.

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

It was an arrangement that suited everyone the Japanese became rich, the Americans had a compliant anti communist vassal state, and other Asians, even Communist China, preferred Pax Americana to a revival of Japanese military clout.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

The PLA s growing political clout has been manifest in the sharpening power struggle within the Party. In recent weeks, an unusual number of senior military officers have published articles in official newspapers calling for Party discipline and unity, and alluding to the military s role in containing the infighting.

Two wars and large defense budgets have given the Pentagon cash and clout to do things traditionally done by diplomats.

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.

France wields overwhelming political clout in its former African colonies, including veto power over the franc zone s two central banks.

It is frequently argued that the size of the assistance packages is a testament to Europe s clout within the IMF.

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

But does their presence reflect their demographic weight (more than 51 per cent) and their electoral clout (55 per cent)?

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

The IMF should be given a clear mandate that would give it the political clout to help prevent such crises from recurring.

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

Bolivia s Indians have also used their eco clout to convince the energy companies to bankroll their fight for a 750,000 acre homeland bordering Kempff.