In this article, we investigate a number of dimensions of power expressed in the policy process including 'decision-making' (Dahl, 1961), 'agenda setting', (Bachrach and Baratz 1962), 'thought control' (Lukes 1974) and the ability to undermine influence (Radcliffe 2000).
In 2010, General David Petraeus, who was then the head of U.S. Central Command, warned that Israel's intransigence on settlements, and the U.S. government's failure to do anything about it, was undermining U.S. influence elsewhere in the Middle East.
More importantly, for our concerns, Frank thought he could see in this Chinese policy a means of undermining the influence of US billionaire (and Feng's business associate) Raymond Tusk over Potus.
It feeds to some degree on frustrations over sovereign influence and the economic dominance of neighbouring Germany, but for the large part it is linked to the country's conservative family values and worry over gender politics and perceived secularist trends that are seen as undermining the influence of the Catholic church.
With control over the 33-strong NEC, which is finely balanced between the wings of the party, the theory goes that Corbyn would be able to rush through a series of radical changes at the annual party conference held two weeks after his election, with the effect of undermining the influence of MPs who do not share the new leader's leftwing aspirations.
The problem: Her attendance could send the wrong message to regional partners; thereby undermining U.S. influence in the Pacific.
This ruling gives the special interests and their lobbyists even more power in Washington — while undermining the influence of average Americans who make small contributions to support their preferred candidates.
The Palestinians and the Arab states may move on to the UN, to Europe -- and even some to Iran, There would undoubtedly be more violence further undermining American influence in region.
It would not only end our own influence with these companies, but also undermine the influence of other investors who share our views.
He notes that Mr. Obama signaled his intention to cast himself as the partisan fighter that some of his followers fear he is not and to use the outsize influence of the Tea Party movement to undermine Republican influence among independent voters.
