With rising economic power has come growing geopolitical clout.

Nonetheless, almost two decades of economic stagnation have eroded Japan s regional clout.

In theory, the Saudis also have the economic clout both to entice and rein in the Taliban.

Its economic clout remains formidable, and its commercial and cultural ties to the West are broad and varied.

Asia s new clout holds tremendous promise.

Trade unions were given more clout.

Though the US had disproportionate economic clout, its room for political and military maneuver was constrained by Soviet power.

Given their economic and political clout, Germany and France are the respective leaders of the eurozone s northern and southern parts.

Given their economic and political clout, Germany and France are the respective leaders of the eurozone s northern and southern parts.

My father has a lot of clout at city hall.

Still, an increasingly Euro skeptic Germany in the heart of the EU could, given its great economic clout, seriously endanger the European integration process.

But where the Middle East is concerned America always has real clout.

Claims about AIPAC s clout have long shaped analysis of US foreign policy.

Japan recognized the link between political clout and science in the 1980 s.

When corruption hurts partners with that level of clout, it hurts you, too.

These examples reflect the same message America is losing clout around the world.

Along with their political clout, unions intellectual respectability is also experiencing a renaissance.

Some observers cite these episodes as evidence of decline in America s international clout.

Complicating matters further, America s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have limited its regional clout.

Makarenko uses his social media clout to raise money and supplies for Ukrainian fighters.

This has created a degree of dependency that should be redressed, if only to relieve the Americans of their burden and give Europe the political influence to match its economic clout.

Most do not have the financial clout to counter the extraordinary pressures from financial markets.

Emerging market large companies growing global clout is reflected in flows of foreign direct investment.

I hope to see Korea assume more responsibility in the world, commensurate with its growing economic clout especially in the area of development, one of the three pillars of the UN Charter.

None of the emerging powers has even begun to use its growing political and economic clout to advance truly global ambitions or to take on responsibilities that Washington can no longer afford.

Countries with the clout to flaunt the limits will do so whenever it is politically convenient.

The PLA s growing political clout has been manifest in the sharpening power struggle within the Party.

But women who work are much more likely to adopt feminist inspired agendas and to reject traditional ideas about marriage. And when women gain economic and political clout, traditional family life is, indeed, destabilized.

But women who work are much more likely to adopt feminist inspired agendas and to reject traditional ideas about marriage. And when women gain economic and political clout, traditional family life is, indeed, destabilized.

Various ethnic and religious groups, based in different regions, are battling for oil revenue and political clout.

The Orthodox Church has acquired enormous political clout in recent years, and few politicians risk offending it.

And the opposition has not been able to appropriate the reputation and clout that Assad has lost.

As Islamists across the Arab world have gained clout, so Hamas has made powerful and rich friends.

With China s growing economic clout, rising standard of living, and increasingly respected place in the world, one would hope that the Chinese and their leaders would find a way to let go of the dead.

Meanwhile, donors sheer clout dilutes the accountability of developing countries officials and elected representatives to their own people.

Small businesses will always complain that they do not have the organizational clout to extract public funds from governments.

In terms of population, GDP, commercial and diplomatic outreach, culture, and military clout, these countries indisputably form Europe's core.

The EU desperately needs a strategic and diplomatic partner that can significantly reinforce its clout in the Middle East.

Britain joined America s Iraq adventure with the same inflated perceptions of its military capacity and diplomatic clout that trapped Bush.

The Saudis suspect that rising oil prices will revive Iraq s economy, and that of Iran, thus boosting their regional clout.

BERKELEY Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao s forthcoming trip to India, following hard on the heels of President Barack Obama s recent visit, will provide another opportunity for the media to gush about the growing global economic clout of China and India.

The IMF should be given a clear mandate that would give it the political clout to help prevent such crises from recurring.

Finally, the international financial community must live up to its responsibility to ensure that the development agenda remains a priority. Countries with global economic clout have a special responsibility to accept that their policy actions have important spillover effects on other countries.

So India is likely to ask the US to use its undoubted clout with Pakistan the US is a huge donor of both military and economic assistance to its near bankrupt ally to demand tougher action against the militants on its territory.

In a negotiation between government officials and a banker with a bonus at risk, who will have more clout in determining the price?