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sphere of influence
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sphere of influence
n. pl. spheres of influence
A territorial area over which political or economic influence is wielded by one nation.
sphere of influence
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a region of the world in which one state is dominant
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Noun1.sphere of influence - the geographical area in which one nation is very influential
sphere
geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region - a demarcated area of the Earth
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They convinced themselves that they weren't threatening Russia but only contributing to a new European security order that was divorced from the old politics of spheres of interest.
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The irony here is that soon after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the US defined Africa in its own national interest and divided Africa into three spheres of interest with Egypt as the new power on the Northern block; South Africa on the Southern block (incorporating East and Central Africa) and Nigeria on the Western block.
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In fact, Britain and France had decided on a dispensation for the Levant by 1916, when the Sykes-Picot agreement split the former Ottoman territories into two spheres of interest.
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