Top 10 Most Influential Countries

Name the ten most influential countries according to US News.
Source = https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/international-influence-full-list
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Last updated: August 19, 2017
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Rank
Country
1
United States
2
Russia
3
China
4
United Kingdom
5
Germany
6
France
7
Japan
8
Italy
9
Israel
10
United Arab Emirates
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Level 70
Aug 19, 2017
Very surprised not to see India
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Level 37
Aug 19, 2017
Same. Does anyone know why?
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Level 59
Aug 19, 2017
Over 1 billion people and a nuclear weapon?
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Level 72
Aug 19, 2017
Lots of people, yes. Not much in the way of wealth. Not much military muscle flexing. Not a major player on the political scene. I'm not sure what the article's authors were thinking.
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Level 68
Aug 20, 2017
Going through the article now, I missed the UAE, but got pretty much every country between 10-30! XD
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Level 67
Jan 14, 2018
How can you count UAE as an influential country but not its much more powerful neighbors Saudi Arabia (The World Largest Oil Exporter) and Iran (The former's archrival) or Turkey or India (1.3 Billion, third largest GDP PPP, Fourth Strongest Military)!!!! I think this was a joke.