Influence
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But while it is true that Iranian
influence
has been spreading in the Middle East, there is no good reason to think that unilaterally terminating the JCPOA will suddenly change that fact.
Moreover, opportunities for foreigners to raise their voice and
influence
American policies constitute an important incentive for being part of an alliance with the US.
But using the trilateral FTA to expand its economic and political
influence
would require China to increase transparency, open its service sector, and remove non-tariff barriers.
If a trilateral Northeast Asian FTA can be concluded, the three countries would be able to generate more market demand domestically at a time of weak demand from the West, and would gain greater
influence
in the global political economy.
Western sanctions instead paved the way for investments in Myanmar by those with less concern about human rights violations – first by ASEAN neighbors in hotels and other sectors, and more recently by China and India, which are vying for projects and
influence
in the strategic energy sector.
This approach also lost credibility as a result of the rise of Hamas and its determination to wage permanent war on Israel;Iran’s expanding
influence
and nuclear weapons’ program; and the high – even rising – levels of hatred against Israel among Arabs and Muslims.
Recall how the fateful decision to situate the IMF in Washington, DC enhanced the
influence
of the US Treasury just down the street.
Indeed, even southern governors who are not reliable Obasanjo allies appear determined to maintain their
influence
within the central government by ensuring that the country’s next president is a southerner.
Widespread coverage has been achieved through UNITAID’s
influence
on the price of life-saving drugs: it guarantees a market through long-term commitments to purchase high volumes of medicines and diagnostics – a commitment made possible by the sustainable and predictable funding of the “air tax.”
Estimates of its newfound oil reserves place it in eighth place among oil-producing nations, ahead of Nigeria as well as Brazil’s rival for
influence
in Latin America,Venezuela.
The size of the new oil reserves adds even more weight to Brazil’s growing global
influence.
But the real problem with the Fifth Republic might be its
influence
beyond France.
On Iraq, Russia's national interest is to preserve some of its influence, and the only way to do that is to find some agreement with the US about Iraq's post-Saddam future.
Instead of operating in an environment with little
influence
or room for maneuver, pushing the peace process now could help endear the Arab public to the West and give the US more sway in the new Middle East.
The more power these companies have, the more they can accrue, as they use their
influence
to shape regulatory systems, economic policies, and even tax regimes.
But the long-term peace and stability needed to advance economic and political reform in the region will also require either a change in Russian behavior or a reduction in Russian
influence.
With the dangers of demagoguery not embedded in their living memories, they are far more vulnerable to fear-mongering and false promises – illustrated in the growing
influence
of nationalist narratives and populist movements.
Eventually, the dollar would slowly bleed out, and America’s exorbitant privilege and global
influence
would evaporate.
Nor was Serbia guilty of complicity, because, though it exercised considerable
influence
over Mladic and his people, it did not know, at the moment when the genocide was taking place that such a crime was being committed.
New negotiating parameters are also needed to resolve the conflict in Iraq, reach a peace settlement between Israel and Palestine, and, ultimately, establish a stable balance of power in the Middle East that reconciles the
influence
of Sunni Saudi Arabia and that of Shia Iran.
Recently, it was revealed that China has been conducting wide-ranging
influence
operations in Australia, using official campus organizations to monitor Chinese college students, business associations to tout Chinese interests, and diplomats to police local Chinese-language media.
Xi is also playing the long game, by approving investments in movies and other forms of mass entertainment to
influence
how global popular culture treats all things Chinese.
Since Trump’s election victory, one popular prediction is that the world will revert to nineteenth-century spheres of influence, with major players such as the US, Russia, China, and, yes, Germany, each dominating their respective domains within an increasingly balkanized international system.
But it also faced opposition from a variety of other, far less democratically minded, forces, including holdovers from Hosni Mubarak’s regime, who continue to wield
influence
in official institutions.
Trump’s presidency has revealed an alternative perspective: globalization, at least as currently construed, tilts the balance of political power toward those with the skills and assets to benefit from openness, undermining whatever organized
influence
the losers might have had in the first place.
Russia sought an “equal partnership of unequals,” especially US recognition of Russia’s sphere of
influence
in its neighborhood.
The case evokes memories of the days when the KGB’s
influence
was pervasive, and dissidents across Eastern Europe and Soviet lands like Turkmenistan lived in fear.
Even if these groups are relatively small, the discipline and unity with which they fight trade liberalization can amplify their political
influence
considerably – especially if a powerful political figure takes up their cause.
Even more fundamentally, racial considerations also
influence
the nature of America's political institutions.
Two lessons emerge from this consideration of the
influence
of demographic factors on economic growth.
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