Klout doesn't equal real-world clout, but, as the ratio of Ricks demonstrates, the numbers are pretty good.
In 2022 Qatar will host football's World Cup.Such clout carries a cost in controversy.
Perhaps most significant of all, as capo di tutti capi of the Shia world – wielding clout over its co-religionists in Iraq and Lebanon as well as propping up Bashar al-Assad with military assistance and subsidised oil – Iran could have a vital role in restoring stability throughout Mesopotamia and the Levant.
As Islamists across the Arab world have gained clout, so Hamas has made powerful and rich friends.
For Julia Roberts, this was her chance to show the world she has clout as well as charm.
The IMF's capital has been steadily shrinking relative to the world economy: its clout is half what it was in 2000.
For Julia Roberts, this was her chance to show the world she has clout as well as charm, having first dazzled us in a hooker's Lycra mini, and won her Oscar as a brassy, lipglossed, Wonderbra-ed legal worker.
If anybody in the mobile world has the clout, it's probably them, but I'm not sure that their proprietary social network is a good idea when Myspace and Facebook have perfectly workable mobile solutions.
Mr Wilding added: "If the UK stopped whinging and stepped up to its leadership role in Europe, this country could have the best of both worlds: a free market in Europe and clout in the world".
But the opposite is true for the World Trade Organisation, whose clout has been enhanced significantly by the fact that both America and China abide by its rulings.
The proposed new permanent seats on the Security Council don't carry the power of veto that gave the victorious Allies of the Second World War the exclusive clout they still enjoy.
