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Even in the US, the economic insecurity of a vast white underclass that feels threatened by immigration and global trade can be seen in the rising influence of the extreme right and Tea Party factions of the Republican Party.
That is a welcome development, and not only for France, because Sarkozy’s activism also promises to boost Europe’s political influence around the world.
Before too long, Russia’s “managed” (read: authoritarian) modernization will also have to allow for the rule of law and a functioning separation of powers, or the country will remain dependent on oil and gas prices and mired in a brutal struggle for power, influence, and money.
As minority shareholders in firms whose managers are appointed by the Central Personnel Ministry, private actors cannot influence decision-making.
Russia's European OccupationWhen Gazprom, Russia’s natural gas monopoly, cut off supplies to Ukraine and Georgia in January 2006, the move was widely seen as a clear warning of the Kremlin’s willingness to use its energy resources to exert political influence over Europe.
British sociologist Anthony Giddens rightly describes such examples as cases of integration or union in exchange for global influence.
What it does have is the capacity to influence ordinary Chinese – making them a valuable addition to a pro-reform coalition.
The American political scientist Andrew Moravcsik makes the similar argument that European nations, singly and collectively, are the only states other than the US that are able to “exert global influence across the full spectrum from ‘hard’ to ‘soft’ power.
Lee Kuan Yew’s ChinaCAMBRIDGE – On the question of how the evolving relationship between the United States and China will influence the international order, there are few individuals whose observations receive equal attention on both sides of the Pacific.
Furthermore, Lee observes, China’s “great advantage is not in military influence but in…economic influence.”
He believes that the US, as the world’s leading power, can influence that decision “more than any other country.”
Meanwhile, bilateral trade between the two countries stands at over $100 billion annually; and the Indian diaspora has gained unprecedented influence in Washington.
Turkey seeks to re-establish its Islamic identity and “Ottoman” influence over the Middle East, thereby flexing its diplomatic muscles for a European Union that has all but rejected Turkish membership.
Most Israeli Jews believe that there should be limits on their Arab counterparts’ political influence, with “crucial national decisions,” such as self-determination, being left to the Jewish majority.
Like many observers around the world since the Brexit vote, the Kremlin does not look at the UK and see a country able to wield anything approaching global influence.
And in Austria, the far-right Freedom Party is exerting its influence on migration policies as a member of the governing coalition.
The fossil-fuel industry’s influence is evident in the fact that governments worldwide are expected to spend some $5.3 trillion this year subsidizing it, including the massive outlays necessary to counteract its adverse health and environmental effects.
Paul Ehrlich’s bestseller The Population Bomb exerted an influence that lasts to this day.
How green America will actually become remains to be seen, of course, but, as an ecological avant-garde, the US might even regain its lost influence in the world.
As it stands, no single power – not even the US – can offset China’s power and influence on its own.
Since owning the media allows powerful interests to achieve their coveted political or economic objectives, political influence, not profit, drives media behavior.
New players are forever trying to gain a foothold of political influence.
This precedent will not be easy to roll back, and will have a far-reaching positive influence on China’s political progress.
The Fall of FranceFrench influence in Europe is declining, and President Jacques Chirac is largely to blame.
Chirac's very character works against French influence in Europe.
Given this change in European dynamics, France should have looked for new ways to assert influence.
France will also have to reform its European strategy if it is to regain influence.
The decline of French influence in Europe is undeniable, but it is neither fatal nor desirable.
Providing Web-based services to students and educators enables access to information and makes it possible for everyone – regardless of financial resources, location, or influence – to become educated.
For example, powerful groups and transnational corporations (such as the World Economic Forum, General Electric, and Rio Tinto) are gaining influence within the G-20, the G-7, and the BRICS, whose members compete among themselves for access to resources and markets.
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