Although gas and geography buy Azerbaijan international clout, it is oil-backed intimidation that keeps the regime in place.
Lula has just returned from talks at Camp David with George Bush, a welcome recognition of Brazil's growing international clout.
In sum, Iran, Russia and Venezuela are all likely to be left short of cash and facing a diminution in their international clout.
If the IPI deal wins out, it will send an uplifting message about Indo-Pak collaboration but also a sobering one about the U.S.' international clout.
If the IPI deal wins out, then it will send an uplifting message about Indo-Pak collaboration, but also a sobering one about America's international clout.
They are smarting at having been shut out of the Contact Group, and will be the surest net gainers from a pooling of international clout.
It hopes that Mercedes will provide the international clout it needs, and the expertise to revive its mass-market range, which has been languishing for decades.
That regional peace and international clout are ASEAN's greatest achievements to date is undeniable when one considers the situation in the years before its founding in 1967.
He effectively used his country's vast oil reserves to boost Venezuela's international clout, and his strident criticism of the US won him many political allies in Latin America.
Hamas's international clout demonstrates to the Palestinians that jihad pays.
But speaking to the Guardian, Britain's former ambassador in Washington, Sir Nigel Sheinwald, said a move away from Europe, or leaving entirely, would diminish the UK's international clout.
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But when China exports 5% inflation to the U.S. and the economy there is growing at only 3% a year, the result will be a decline in real U.S. output, living standards and international clout.
Outside the EU, Britain would lose much of its international political clout.
Cantopex, which also represents fertilizer producers Agrium ( AGU) and Mosaic ( MOS), gives Canada genuine clout in setting international potash prices.
Rather, they did so because, in the judgment of their respective leaders, such weapons have value both as local deterrents and in terms of clout on the larger international stage.
He would increase the euro-zone's diplomatic clout by giving it one strong voice in international economic organisations.
Mr Karzai's own clout will continue to depend on the presence of international troops.
An international treaty with a supporting bureaucracy, it has had growing clout since America joined it in 2008.
India's military and economic clout add to its importance in U.S. international policy.
Despairing of official help, the islanders have entered a joint venture with Unilever, an international consumer-goods firm, which may have enough cash and clout to pressure the authorities to curb the counterfeiters.
We have been clear with Beijing that as China takes a seat at a growing number of international tables, it needs to assume responsibilities commensurate with its economic clout and national capabilities.
Vodafone takes the opposite view: its international coverage gives it economies of scale in research and development and greater clout with equipment vendors.
The same scholars say that Beijing is hopeful the United States will use its clout with Taiwan to convince Lee to give up his global campaign for greater international recognition.
It springs from the belief that the News of the World became so depraved in part because politicians feared its clout: no media empire, the argument goes, should be allowed to become as large as News International, and no proprietor as powerful as Mr Murdoch.
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