Britain in the Wilderness

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

They concern disputes over territory, political power, definitions of rights, and distribution of wealth.

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

America s influential Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also was established under Nixon.

China s current international influence likely outstrips its desire or capacity.

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

No diplomat could match that kind of influence.

The outcry after the first BMW case was not really about the light sentence given to a rich woman, but about the lack of confidence ordinary people have in China's judicial system.

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

But Cuba s influence on the old FMLN leadership remains intact.

For optimists, Turkey s growing regional influence enhances its value for the EU. But this assumes that Europe is willing and able to benefit from what Turkey has to offer.

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

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

Today, Putin seeks to regain the influence Russia lost in previous years.

In strategic terms, the waning influence of a paralyzed Europe is also very bad news for America.

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.

Many Afghans complain that armed strongmen continue to dominate their local communities.

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

They outlined a national strategy in which world influence was understood to flow from scientific leadership.

For countries closer to Russia s sphere of influence, like Poland and Ukraine, this dependence becomes palpable.

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