Our actions influence circumstances and people throughout our day whether we intend them to or not. And once we act, the resulting consequences ripple beyond our control. Let’s consider a situation ...

The “spheres of influence” frame doesn’t fit. Trump isn’t carving up the world with rival powers, each staying in their lane. Washington just sent Taiwan its largest-ever arms package, and the ...

Building a successful real estate business depends on cultivating strong relationships. Real estate agents will often rely on their network or sphere of influence (SOI) to land their next deal. It’s ...

As the Goleta council considered the idea of expanding the city’s sphere of influence on September 17, a heated discussion broke out about just how much additional land a sphere should encompass. Was ...

Antony Blinken has been warning that if major powers carve the globe into exclusive zones of control, the result will not be stability but a slide toward confrontation. His argument is that a world ...

Goleta City Councilman Kyle Richards speaks during a discussion Tuesday to pursue designating certain areas outside city boundaries to be under the city’s sphere of influence. Richards says the city ...

The pattern is no longer subtle. Within weeks of returning to office, Donald Trump had revived territorial ambitions that would once have been dismissed as erratic provocations: renewed pressure over ...