He may yet grow in stature and influence, and eventually inherit the store.

What Ban chooses to say, and how and where he says it, can enhance his influence.

His relationship with Saleh frayed and his influence waning, al Ahmar understood that his loyalty to Saleh had become a liability.

The greatest risk is that it will once again over reach and over play its hand.

Good leaders must manage their inner circle of advisers to ensure an accurate flow of information and influence. They must avoid the emperor s trap of hearing only about the beauty of their new clothes.

A strategic importance for the leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi who wishes to expand its influence area In the Sahel, Daish is progressing fast.

The idea is that deferring the warrant will give the Security Council leverage over Sudan.

But Taylor has wielded a heavy hand in the campaign, his impunity making a mockery of international justice.

The Americans are happy that India s pesky left, reduced to a paltry 24 seats, has been all but eliminated from national government.

Have the British, French, and even Israelis become armed extensions of the US in their respective spheres of influence?

The Fed chairman exerts global influence not only through monetary policy, but also through his words.

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

NATO expansion is nothing more than the extension of its zone of influence andin the most sensitive, military political sphere.

During the 1990 s, however, Anwar increased his influence within the party, unsettling many of the old guard.

But, regardless of what Putin does, his personal influence and the strategic direction in which he has taken Russia will remain dominant for years to come.

As for Europe, while the European Union mediates, in doing so it is also demonstrating the limits of its influence.

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

William excluded George from active military service, and neither George nor Anne wielded any great influence until after the deaths of William and Mary, when Anne became queen.

The border dispute remains unsettled, and both countries vie for influence in neighboring states such as Myanmar.

But the rapprochement itself is, of course, mainly the work of Ariel Sharon, whose influence is by no means diminished because he is in a coma.

She stressed that it ought to be in the common interest of Sweden and Egypt to look into those allegations and asked the Deputy Minister to use his influence with the Egyptian authorities on behalf of the Swedish position.

The Islamist party, Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS), took power in the states of Kelantan and Trengganu and strongly threatened UMNO in other northern states.

And so I do like something which is pointed, not blunt, something which is focused on reality, something that has the power, through its leverage, to transform even a very small space.

Any dispassionate assessment of the Fed s thinking before and well into the crisis shows that it failed to understand the economics of its own bailiwick, banking and financial markets.

Thus empowered, the general has been able to exert his influence over foreign policy, in particular in defining the country s relations with the US, India, and Afghanistan.

With no salaries to pay teachers (or even the security services), his ability to influence even his own presidential guard was severely limited.

It failed, for example, to back its man on the ground, the able Slovak diplomat Miroslav Lajcak, at a crucial moment, fatally undermining his authority.

Arm some of these manufactured minority structures so that they can demand autonomy at the barrel of a gun, and you get the kind of chaos the Kremlin can use to reassert its control.

Moreover, the African National Congress, the majority party, exercises influence on the Judicial Service Commission, the constitutional body responsible for recommending candidates to South Africa s president for appointment.

At that time, only the United States possessed an atomic bomb, and the USSR was pursuing an extremely aggressive policy towards the countries in Eastern Europe which it was absorbing into its sphere of influence.

The European Union has been a positive force in promoting rights in those countries aspiring to membership, but it has not demonstrated a capacity to exercise influence worldwide.

In this scenario, the current constitutional assembly would be dissolved, and SCAF would form a new one to its liking. It would strongly influence the constitutional drafting process in order to enshrine its privileges.

Sufi Muhammad remained in prison until 2008 when he agreed in talks with the Government of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to use his influence to work towards peace in the region.

She called on the Security Council to use its influence to generate additional political will and financial support to ensure women's access to justice in conflict and post conflict situations.

Indeed, he even praised the democratic movements that buried the Soviet Union and its sphere of influence, and he expressed no sympathy for the twentieth century s revolutions, which he called deep wounds that humanity inflicted on itself.

Some speculate that the arrest is really part of a power struggle, with President Hu Jingtao demonstrating his authority against a local power broker who had thwarted national policy.

It was also strengthened by the regime s activities in the 1980 s, when it created Hezbollah as a guerilla organization in Lebanon, thereby expanding its domination over the most important Shiite areas in the region.

Some observers expressed fear that the prospects of peace in Darfur would be adversely affected by the death of Mr. Garang, who had shown resolve in using his personal influence and stature to help in the resolution of the conflict.

the decision was made to eschew principles based regulation and allow the shadow banking sector to grow with respect to its leverage and its compensation schemes, in the belief that the government s guarantee of the commercial banking system was enough to keep us out of trouble

His Government reiterated its commitment to human rights and the promotion thereof, and urged the international community to use its influence to help Nigeria and Cameroon to fully implement the ICJ judgment in a climate of peace and mutual trust.

The presidential poll to be held on October 11 could help Liberia determine a new course. But Taylor has wielded a heavy hand in the campaign, his impunity making a mockery of international justice.

The real winner from the recent appointment of the conservative dominated, seven member Politburo Standing Committee is the PLA, whose rising clout has underpinned China s increasingly assertive foreign policy.

Government officials claim close to 400 Tajik nationals are fighting with ISIS, an Al Qaeda offshoot which has come to control large parts of Iraq and Syria using openly brutal, oppressive and violent tactics.

First, Obama did not openly criticize the Chinese government s notorious human rights record, nor did he use his influence to persuade China to release any prisoner of conscience, as his US predecessors always did when visiting the country.

Instead of aligning himself with Khamenei, as expected, Ahmadinejad began to promote a nationalist, anti clerical agenda, effectively using Khamenei s resources to challenge the supreme leader s authority and to establish his own economic network and sphere of influence.