Chair of the Political Science Department at the American University in Cairo Walid Kazziha says that it is likely that Mr.Netanyahu will be attempting to get Mr.Mubarak to ease pressure on Israeli settlement issue.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

The International Monetary Fund last week released the second payment of a controversial The United States, which has the largest voting share on the IMF's executive board, was seen as attempting to delay the huge loan to pressure Sri Lanka to address human rights issues in the country.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

"I think what's going on here is Mr.Zardari attempting to convey to his constituency back home that the political leadership, as well as the military leadership, is able to convey Pakistan's interests, is able to defend Pakistan's interests as well as anyone else, and certainly the prerogative of defending those interests does not lie with the military."

VOA: standard.2010.08.06