"The economic crisis and the collapse of traditional parties certainly helped Syriza grow its influence, but it was Alexis Tsipras who catapulted the party," says Christoforos Vernardakis, professor of political science at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and founder of the public opinion survey company VPRC.
Letting a bad situation get worse would only bring more problems – political and economic – in its wake, as well as more geopolitical uncertainty as Russia tries to grow its influence in a region about which it has always been proprietorial.
And so for the Chinese, the status quo works: China is growing, its influence in Asia is expanding, its military ascendancy along the coast facing Taiwan is striking, and its economy is on a path toward overtaking Japan's.
On the other hand, Intel has long been courting mobile app developers and wanting to grow its influence in mobile (both externally though projects like AppUp and of course chips, but also internally) and this gives the company one more route to connecting with them and developing those relationships.
As the society's membership base grew, its influence and prestige likewise increased.
Now, Russia has indeed become a major global player again — growing its influence in the Middle East and elsewhere — but more often as an antagonist to the West.
But as the I.C.C.'s influence grows, its promise of impartial justice for the world's worst crimes is at risk of being undercut by international politics.
Some American military analysts say the Chinese Navy has been trying to grow its operational influence over civilian ships, which often patrol disputed territorial waters like the South China Sea.
If the BBC global news services are important to the UK, if the BBC World Service wants to grow its audience and influence, then it makes no sense at all to shrink the brand online.
The police force, nationalised and centralised, emerged as a front against regional powers, and subsequently grew its power and influence against the working and anti-colonialist classes over the last century.
