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Big banks became particularly influential not just through their financial clout, but also through their control of key policymaking positions in Democratic administrations.
Various ethnic and religious groups, based in different regions, are battling for oil revenue and political clout.
And the US cannot reach an accord with Pakistan without India’s consent, which America would be unable to force, especially given that it relies on India to counterbalance China’s growing clout in Asia.
However, like-minded mid-level powers with similar intentions could complement what the UN or the US lacks, effectively generating sufficient clout to stabilize the global security environment.
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.
The decline of US influence, and the strengthening of China’s strategic clout, continues unabated.
While other eurozone countries have similar courts, these tribunals have significantly less clout.
Though the US had disproportionate economic clout, its room for political and military maneuver was constrained by Soviet power.
If Russia continues on its current path toward becoming solely a raw-materials producer, it will not only become increasingly vulnerable to global energy-price fluctuations, but its scientific, cultural, and educational potential will decay further, eventually stripping the country of its global clout.
More important, at least for now, the decision amounts to an endorsement by the IMF of the progress China has made toward renminbi internationalization, while reflecting – and reinforcing – China’s growing economic clout.
Xi’s efforts to boost China’s international clout are not in doubt.
Well aware of Russia’s emergence as a growing energy super-power, of the relative weakening of US clout and determination, of Europe’s deep divisions between pro-Russians, such as Germany and even more so Italy, and anti-Russians (mostly from the EU’s newest members in eastern Europe), and of the United Nations’ paralysis owing to Russia’s veto power, the Kremlin is sending a strong message to the world: “the time for concessions is over.”
Two wars and large defense budgets have given the Pentagon cash and clout to do things traditionally done by diplomats.
He, too, offered to share power – retaining the presidency, with its privileges and clout, while ceding the premiership, with its portfolio of troubles but no real power.
Given that the US remains a vital market for most exporters, such an initiative will have clout.
On a recent morning, both provided equally revealing illustrations of Germany’s growing political clout in Europe.
And Russia has plenty of clout, employing its considerable diplomatic assets to affect the negotiations with Iran, while using weapons supplies to pursue its interests in troubled countries, from Syria to Egypt.
And the more widespread this becomes, the more women will seek a political role that reflects their economic clout.
In health care, that means taking advantage of the purchasing clout of Medicare and Medicaid, the risk-taking of social entrepreneurs and philanthropists, and the dynamism of markets and private business.
For Brazil, Russia, India, and South Africa, the BRICS grouping serves as a forum to underscore their rising economic clout and showcase their emergence as global players.
Lending and trading in renminbi is likely to boost China’s international standing and clout further.
Paradoxically, it is France, which initiated – or at least reinforced – the European Union’s deep identity crisis by its resounding “No” to the EU constitution in 2005, that could emerge with more clout from today’s Middle East morass.
Meanwhile, the most recent twist in the Tibet fallout serves as a striking reminder of how China’s newfound assertiveness and clout on the international scene is creating an increasingly complex challenge for foreign companies.
In fact, about $4.5 trillion of US federal debt is held by domestic investors, including retirees, pension funds, financial institutions, and insurance companies – groups whose considerable political clout ensures that no administration would risk allowing inflation to spin out of control.
Given their economic and political clout, Germany and France are the respective leaders of the eurozone’s northern and southern parts.
Countries with the clout to flaunt the limits will do so whenever it is politically convenient.
But with a clear development blueprint and a powerful leader whose political clout all but guarantees continued reform, China might be in a strong position to address the challenges it faces and sustain its unprecedented economic success.
Germany’s clout has resulted in a eurozone banking union that is full of holes and applied asymmetrically.
Europe’s unwillingness to nurture and deploy its clout contrasts sharply with America’s assertive use of its market power to advance its interests and preferences.
In graying societies, the political clout of the elderly will steadily grow; and in rapidly changing economies, their ability to adapt will decline.
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