But reliance on military aid and other old methods of securing influence inside Middle Eastern countries may have dangerous consequences.
Despite this, Britain continued to invest in war – politically, technically and financially – as a means of projecting power and securing influence among key allies, and also, it seemed at times, in an attempt to impose order and a degree of familiarity upon a chaotic and unpredictable world.
They have a limited chance to secure influence and then peddle it; with the clock ticking, they rush to grab the cash.Two disgraced Kims, you might object, are not enough to make a trend.
With only a little more than a week until the election, though, Sunnis still view the voting booth as the best place to secure influence in Iraq, according to American and Iraqi officials and dozens of interviews with residents.
Nevertheless, the unique issues facing candidates in Alaska, which is both heavily dependent on federal subsidies and fiercely independent-minded, leaves November's race between Sullivan and Begich looking like one of the closest in the country, with both parties emphasising their ability to secure influence in Washington.
And while the State Department is embarking on a vast expansion of its operations, critics say it is missing an opportunity to secure influence here in the seat of Iraq's Shiite clerical establishment, which is an important power center in the new Iraq.
This was to try to secure influence over the chain, that was also owned 31% by SAS.
It may now seem ironic that their democratisation campaign was aimed at securing more influence for the left.
He married the daughter of the movement's founder, Rabbi Aharon Katzenelbogen, securing his influence on Neturei Karta's ideological and political path.
The ad agency played a pivotal role in its transformation from a sportsman's group to one of Washington's most powerful lobbying organizations, shaping a message rooted in uncompromising combativeness, securing its influence inside the NRA and reaping millions of dollars in contracts.
A historic Hudson's Bay Company post, Fort Langley (named for Thomas Langley, a company director), was established nearby on the south bank of the lower Fraser River in 1827; it was moved 2 miles (3 km) upstream in 1839 and played an important role in securing British influence in the coastal region before its closure in 1885.
