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

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

This means a strategy based on political leverage not a threat of military intervention or regime change.

But these institutions reflect the political power of social forces, not the differences between civil law and common law systems.

But the move proved to be a strategic defeat, given that it significantly diminished the United States political influence in Iraq.

This must be done through joint efforts, regardless of the economic or political influence of each country.

Today, the impact of the Chinese School seems to be limited mostly to official statements, while the traditionalists are gradually gaining policy influence.

The treaty was an instrumental tool for the Soviet Union to gain political leverage in the internal affairs of Finland in post war era.

To prevent this inefficient trade off, governments should tie central bankers hands by insulating them from political influence.

Having failed to provide effective assistance, the West is no position to exert much political influence.

The small landed class, however, lacked the political influence necessary with the king (and the dukes) to control the politics and legislation of the kingdom.

The EU s inefficiencies, coupled with changes in the international priorities of some of its member states, have led to a decline in the Union s political clout.

Chaos in Syria would threaten Lebanon s stability and alter Iran s geopolitical influence in the region.

And they are prepared to use McCarthyite tactics, as well as the power and money of pro Israel PACs, to get whatever Israel wants.

While the West and Russia still talk the talk of cooperative security in Europe, geopolitical competition for influence has been renewed in these regions.

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

By plowing more than two thirds of its mammoth foreign currency reserves into US dollar denominated assets, China has gained significant political leverage.

In any case, the sources of political change in Russia will remain largely rooted in Russia, and Western influence will inevitably be limited.

Britain in the Wilderness

But is there any reason to believe that new loans will go to worthy projects rather than to politically connected borrowers?

The second is to increase voters spending power through populist subsidies and transfers, which typically tend to be directed toward the politically influential rather than the truly needy.

But the size of a country plays only a limited role in the EU's decision making process, because political influence within the Union depends more on economic power.

France retains strong political and economic influence in its former African colonies (Françafrique) and has supplied economic aid and troops for peace keeping missions in Ivory Coast and Chad.

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

16. Supports the efforts by the High Representative and the Commander of the multinational Stabilization Force to weaken the continued political and economic influence of remaining parallel structures obstructing peace implementation

With influence must come accountability.

No Country for Young Oligarchs

Finland fell into the Soviet sphere.

Many Shia insist that the last vestiges of Saddam s elite must be purged, but many Sunnis argue that the process is intended to bar them from good jobs and political influence.

Although the Arab Spring s historic significance was initially likened to that of the fall of the Berlin Wall, mounting concern about the Muslim Brotherhood s increasing political influence is overshadowing the positive potential of change in the region.

The EU has even more leverage.

He possesses more influence than power.

The Romans also exerted influence on the Persian Gulf.

For one thing, risk takers are typically small, cohesive interest groups that, once rescued, have a powerful incentive, as well as the resources, to buy the political influence needed to ensure a return to the status quo ante.

The US continues to subsidize authoritarian Arab regimes, such as Egypt (which receives at least 2 billion a year), because it buys peace with Israel and maintains US geopolitical influence in the Arab Israeli conflict.

To strengthen Russia s political influence over Georgia s separatist regions, Gazprom, without taking the trouble to ask for permission from Georgia s democratically elected leaders, has begun constructing a gas pipeline connecting Russia and South Ossetia directly.

Unfortunately, we are far more likely to see unions growing political influence become a major destabilizing force in trade and growth, with highly uncertain consequences.

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 JRP aspires to be a ruling party, or at least a kingmaker in Japanese politics, but it has an almost exclusively domestic agenda and suffers from a dearth of talent below Hashimoto.

It is easy to see how the persistence of instability in Iraq, Iranian influence, and al Qaeda s presence will lead American policymakers to take the safe route of continued military involvement.

Last year, Saudi Arabia s King Abdullah, worried by Shi a expansionism, was persuaded by Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the head of his National Security Council, to coordinate policy with Israel to counter Iran s growing influence.

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

In Iraq, free elections have revealed the enormous influence of Islamist currents.