That is the kind of certainty that Russian leaders have always relied on.

Both Democratic leaders often relied on friends and political allies for financial advice.

During the cold war, political leaders regularly relied on "cover stories" to protect intelligence operations.

At the end of the war, western leaders had relied on Soviet goodwill to provide them with a tacit right to such access.

To what degree should leaders rely on their expertise and political vision to shape an agenda of their own?

Have we become so mentally and verbally bankrupt that our leaders must rely on speech writers to express themselves?

And should leaders ever rely on their consciences or their expertise?

"Conservative leaders, organizations and activists rely on the Institute for the preparation they require for success."

The Shiite leaders who control the government rely on militias to stay in power.

One area that appears unusually unstable is control of the official media, on which central leaders rely to set the political tone nationwide.