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All states influence other states. The point they brought up about "civil wars being imperialism" was said sarcastically.
Imperialism is where one nation financially dominates and plunders another. Conflict, bombing, coups, etc can all aid in this, but the fundemental baseline requires there to be plunder, not just influence.
Here's a decent article explaining imperialism.