Until recently,Russian influence in Europe was limited mainly to European demand for Russian energy, with governments of the most deeply
dependent states friendlier toward Vladimir Putin's government and those less dependent more skeptical.
Until the collapse of world's super-power (SU) the developing and
dependent states had developed arsenals including nuclear weapons in the Middle East and South Asia.
When the domestic priorities of a wealthy state change, the impact on
dependent states can be as damaging as any currency contagion.
They held the view that as a consequence of the UAE's low debt stock and high reserves, the oil price slump has had a less far-reaching impact on the UAE's economic model than the more energy
dependent states in the GCC.
The red dragon with its economic might is using debt-trap to create
dependent states in the Indian Ocean region.
Last year saw the first collection of data occurring by the early adopters, broadly speaking the EU and
dependent states, with the first exchange to occur in 2017.
State-controlled media in the Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the two countries leading an alliance of financially
dependent states that in June declared their boycott of Qatar, have promoted in recent weeks Sheikh Sultan Bin Suhaim al-Thani, a 33-year old son of former emir Sheikh Khalifah bin Hamad Al-Thani.
After an elementary introduction to Thucydides' unique historiography, Nichols offers five chapters following chronological order: Perikles and his idealized Athenians; the juxtaposed treatment of Mytilene and Plataia, two
dependent states; the Spartan commander Brasidas and war propaganda proclaiming the liberation of Hellenes; the disastrous Athenian aggression against the Sicilians; and later oscillations of the Athenian Alkibiades and Athenian fortunes.
In the opening pages of her groundbreaking book
Dependent States, cultural historian Karen Sanchez-Eppler clears a path for children's literature critics interested in challenging the notion that children function solely as passive recipients of culture.