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The phrase "sphere of influence' has an actual history in diplomacy, easily Googled for anyone who'd like to make a start on describing the changing meanings, context and career of this diplomatic concept . Wetman 07:28, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)

My hope is that some day, someone (maybe me), would improve this article. Johan Magnus 15:12, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)hh

I note that "sphere of influence" is a term used in management and leadership discussions in a similar sense. A personal sphere of influence is the people / systems / area over which one has influence. Jackvinson 19:18, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What is the origin of the term? Why not 'circle of influence' given that it could be drawn on a 2D map?--Jack Upland 09:38, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest stay with sphere for now that ecology is becoming so dominant. Land air and water impacts by an entity. I wonder if the term "sphere with trails" would be more in order.Greg0658 (talk) 14:01, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

recommendation for update

Most maps that survey spheres of influences include stripped colors to demarcate colonies from spheres of influences. Lamenating entire strokes of China under a single solid strip indicates direct colonial presence, whereas stripped indicators would signify areas within the influence of foreign powers.

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This map does not give essential information, e.g. what year etc. The borders of China must be made more clear. Does anyone can improve this map? Thanks, --Scriberius (talk) 09:35, 28 November 2007 (UTC) P.S. For those who understand German, see de:WP:KW#Karte_der_politischen_Einflussbereiche for a discussion about this map.[reply]

Japan seems to be red, why is the korean peninsula red too? I would recomend that for powers where the country is visible on the map they have the same colour,

The Empire of Japan included all the red areas. See Taiwan under Japanese rule and Korea under Japanese rule.Heroeswithmetaphors (talk) 12:20, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ambigution?

This topic seems to have a couple aspects to it. Maybe they should get separated out. The traditional imperial definition probably should be on a separate page from its meanings in modern shopping and management.

I agree - and as touched on by Jack Upland above, the term sphere of influence is more accurate when used describing sphere of influence (astrodynamics), so why should a search for sphere of influence point to a completely unrelated topic? We can include them all in a disambiguation page. Feyrauth (talk) 02:14, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Russian vs. Western spheres of influence???

Armenia article speaks of Russian vs. Western spheres of influence existing today. I see a little note of that in cold war mayhaps, but none in current times. Can it be said that Armenia falls in both Russian and Western spheres of influence? More importantly, does any source speak about those spheres in modern times?--Kiyarrlls-talk 02:57, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

yes but what did it mean legally?

I'm disappointed. When European diplomats negotiated formal spheres of influence in China or the Near East, one imagines that they had something specific in mind, but I can't tell from the article what that would be. Did the European powers merely agree to keep out of each other's slices of China, or what? —Tamfang (talk) 22:21, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Congress of Vienna article mentions sphere of influence as well. It might not be a legal term but it could be just a philosophical thought that helped diplomats organize and think about the world. (Which begs the question: does international law have clear definitions of terms? Afterall "international law" is very different from "law", the latter which is decided by and enforced by governments. There is no government that has created international law.) --Bruce Hall (talk) 11:06, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

India - Founder of non-aligned movment =

Despite perceptions in the US, India considered itself nonaligned except for strategic treaties with USSR. India was one of the founder members of the non-aligned movement. I think the map should reflect that. 129.118.38.198 (talk) 01:53, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This could be a good example. Many of the countries who were formally in the non-aligned movement where actually within the sphere of influence of either the US or the USSR. Of course, one should also distinguish between a country being within the sphere of influence of another and a country just receiving support from or buying arms from another. India and Pakistan is an interesting example. Pakistan was supported by the US and India by the USSR, if one was to speak roughly. Does that mean that either country was in the sphere of influence of the US and the USSR? Or were those countries just seeking support from wherever they can find it for their own conflict? Perhaps India, being an ex-colony, was (and is) in the sphere of influence of the UK. Could be a good example to discuss the issue. --Bruce Hall (talk) 11:01, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 :What is the origin of the term?  Why not 'circle of influence' given  that it could be drawn on a 2D map?--[[User:Jack Upland|Jack Upland]] 09:38, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 I suggest stay with sphere for now that ecology is becoming so dominant. Land air and water impacts by an entity. I wonder if the term "sphere with trails" would be more in order.[[User:Greg0658|Greg0658]] ([[User talk:Greg0658|talk]]) 14:01, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
+==recommendation for update==
+Most maps that survey spheres of influences include stripped colors to demarcate colonies from spheres of influences. Lamenating entire strokes of China under a single solid strip indicates direct colonial presence, whereas stripped indicators would signify areas within the influence of foreign powers.
 ==Map==