Across the Indo-Pacific region, China has more economic influence and the United States has more diplomatic and military sway, but partners generally value economic development over security concerns.... RAND Project AIR FORCE researchers addressed these two questions by first defining what influence means in the context of great-power competition and creating a framework to measure U.S. versus PRC influence.... What Are Influence and Competition for Influence?...

shown he has neither the temperament nor persuasive powers" of a leader, according to excerpts of his

ALOR GAJAH: It took almost a week for family members to persuade 92-year-old Puchat Lubak, believed to be the oldest resident in the Bukit Payung Orang Asli Village, to finally agree to be given the Covid-19 vaccine. She received the vaccine jab at the Mobile Vaccination Centre that went to the village on Tuesday( July 6). Puchat was accompanied to the centre by her granddaughter Asiah Jegap, 37, and her condition was closely monitored by healthcare workers after she received the shot. Puchat cl

Roger Michell, the acclaimed director of Notting Hill, Venus and Persuasion, has died at the age of

But with its forces withdrawn, the U.S.is left with diplomatic persuasion instead of military

persuasive ones required.... Mandel Ngan/ AFP via Getty Images The executive order banning transgender

“ Achieving this requires persuasion and encouragement – not compulsion and coercion.... Imran

they failed in the Security Council, ahead of the UNGA session they resorted to ‘friendly persuasion

practitioners did not immediately jump onto the bandwagon, and persuasion was needed, ” he said

Cold War, the NATO shield seems not all that persuasive.... ” Poles born in the post-communist era