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Apart from military influence , the players are also attempting to exercise " soft " power influence in the region , including historical links ( as in the case of India and Russia ) , religious links ( as in the case of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan ) , cultural links ( in the case of Turkey and Iran ) and economic links ( in the case of the US , South Korea and Japan ) . In the Instructional Conversation ( IC ) , the teacher listens carefully , makes guesses about intended meaning , and adjusts responses to assist students efforts - - just as in graduate seminars , or between mothers and toddlers . And instead of focusing on large-scale , costly projects , the focus should be on small-scale inexpensive projects that are less visible , like encouraging small-scale enterprises in rural areas so that locals do n't have to migrate far away to cities to find jobs . Finally the probability of continued oil production shocks such as those resulting from hurricanes in the US , sabotage in Ecuador and strikes in Nigeria is very high . Just because your home is not in a designated flood plain , do n't assume you will never incur flood damage .