It's often attributed, in this part of the world, to growing Western influence.
The prospects for Western influence in the Arab world are good.
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After 1868, when Japan opened to Western influence, actors strove to heighten the reputation of Kabuki among the upper classes and to adapt the traditional styles to modern tastes.
The Islamic world tilts irrevocably away from Western influence.
This change has occurred as Western influence has steadily declined, the result of inconsistent and often times ineffective policies related to important African concerns, such as poverty, disease, corruption and infrastructure development.
The deputy head of Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) called the reports "Western propaganda" designed to influence forthcoming nuclear talks.
The Venezuelan government has been well instructed by the Russian example as to how to exercise influence in Eastern and Western Europe.
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As well as among expats, the militants are also seeking to influence opinion back in the US and in other Western countries.
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Hopefully this includes the U.S., which has enormous influence in Haiti and also should want to see the Western Hemisphere's poorest country get off its knees.
The political radicals may have been elbowed out, but the influence of a conservative body of clerics, intolerant of western ways and new interpretations of the faith, is making itself felt in many Arab societies.
These states form a giant half-moon across Bolivia's relatively prosperous eastern half, an area dominated by a largely mestizo and white population that has began to see with skepticism the newfound influence of the Aymara and Quechua Indian population of Bolivia's western Andean highlands.
While Mrs Clinton reiterated that the US did not believe in spheres of influence, she was clearly trying to strike a balance between keeping pro-Western forces in Ukraine and Georgia happy and not upsetting Moscow.
Ice cover loss can influence winds and precipitation on other continents, possibly leading to less rain in the western United States and creating more in Europe.
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They fear that, in joining western clubs, Russia is hoping not only to get the benefits of membership but also to influence the clubs in ways the West may not like.
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One factor that will influence this calculation is the size of the African force, and what sort of Western support it can get to overcome current deficiencies in funding, supplies and training.
It isn't clear how many of these plots were ever attempted, but there's no doubt that many Pakistanis doubt U.S. staying power, fear Indian influence in Afghanistan, and want to use the Taliban to shape events on their Western border.
Putin is becoming more anti-Western in foreign policy, the vertical of power is hardening into a system, liberals are loosing influence in the Kremlin are replaced by the Chekists.
His continuing influence was also apparent in his ongoing membership of the Bilderberg group, an elite collection of Western thinkers and powerbrokers who meet annually to discuss global issues.
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