Collins herself experienced compassion fatigue as a young therapist working in a community mental health setting, where she "had the strong desire to help" but quickly realized some things were out of her "sphere of influence".

Source: https://mashable.com/article/compassion-fatigue

France has arguably continued a neo-colonial approach to west Africa and refused to accept that the era of its “” sphere of influence is over, which has exacerbated instabilities across the region.

Source: https://theconversation.com/wagner-group-what-yevgeny-prigozhins-death-means-for-stability-in-africa-212467

From this perspective, there is still a belief that Russia could somehow be pulled away from the Chinese sphere of influence, in a hypothetical division of the world into two geopolitical blocs: democracies and authoritarian dictatorships.

Source: https://worldcrunch.com/focus/west-strategy-ukraine-aid

Japan is also trying to create its sphere of influence in the Indian Ocean region.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/04/pm-hasinas-upcoming-visit-to-japan-highlights-a-growing-defense-relationship/

Rasmussen's rationale included the fact that while Germany today is a NATO member, originally, only West Germany was admitted to NATO, in 1955, while East Germany remained in the Soviet sphere of influence.

Source: https://news.err.ee/1609163887/experts-reject-former-nato-sec-gen-proposal-for-ukraine-joining-without-occupied-zones

Since 2022, the situation in this town in northeastern Mali has continued to deteriorate; with increasing clashes between terrorist armed groups seeking to control supply routes and expand their sphere of influence.

Source: https://www.africanews.it/english/the-united-nations-multidimensional-integrated-stabilization-mission-in-mali-minusma-head-alerts-security-council-to-civilian-needs-in-menaka/

Since he started the trip, Francis has praised religious freedom in Mongolia, which was severely repressed while the country was in the Soviet Union’s sphere of influence – a fact mentioned by one of the Buddhist leaders who addressed him.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/09/03/pope-quoting-buddha-urges-religious-dialogue-to-fight-fundamentalism/

The Indo-Pacific region was Great Britain's sphere of influence until 1945.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-welcomes-increased-nato-involvement-in-indo-pacific-region