sphere of influence

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Definition of sphere of influence in English English dictionary: The area (literal or figurative) influenced by a country, person, etc; area in which the state has political and economical influence even if they do not rule over it; A territorial area over which political or economic influence is wielded by one nation. In international politics, a state's claim to exclusive or predominant control over a foreign area or territory. Beginning in the late 1880s, European colonial powers undertook legal agreements consisting of promises not to interfere with each other's actions in mutually recognized spheres of influence in Africa and Asia. After colonial expansion ceased, geopolitical rather than legal claims to spheres of influence became common, examples being the U.S. claim to dominance in the Western Hemisphere under the much-earlier Monroe Doctrine and the Soviet Union's expansion of its sphere of influence to eastern Europe following World War II. See also Iron Curtain; metron
A sphere of influence: domain