Sentence examples for strategic clout from inspiring English sources

China's increasing economic and strategic clout has driven the issue down the agenda.

Some 5% of Chinese now live below the national poverty line, compared with 29% of Indians.Economic strength begets strategic clout.

The ruling elite is ideologically isolated and relies for strategic clout on an axis with Syria's floundering regime.

For its first half-century, since the launch of Sputnik in 1957, space has been largely the province of governments, for which prestige and strategic clout (military rockets) often matter more than cost.

Yet, in geopolitical terms, the issue that is perceived as the cornerstone in the building of a comprehensive peace between Israel and the Palestinians - a two-state solution - is losing its strategic clout, the events of the last week suggesting the emergence of a de facto three-state "fait accompli" of Israel, the occupied West Bank and a Hamas controlled prison in Gaza.

Indeed, Bhutan remains India's sole pocket of strategic clout in South Asia.

Since then, we have seen the rise of global philanthropic institutions, notably the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which wield enormous strategic and financial clout [ 1].

India's aid commitments have soared in recent years as the country seeks to improve its strategic, political and economic clout on the world stage, especially as China extends its hand.

Marketers will continue to need agencies for their strategic insight and media-buying clout, notes H. Mitchell Kanner, an entertainment and advertising consultant.

When I mentioned such criticisms to Sehgal, he affirmed without apology his strategic desire to benefit from the clout of the museum.

That was also a strategic mistake: Only the United States had the political clout to negotiate and enforce a serious peace agreement with Russia.