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An emerging superpower or potential superpower is a country showing the potential to become a superpower in the foreseeable future. This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including both internationally recognized and generally unrecognized independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ...
An American B-2 bomber in flight. ...
The United States is conventionally regarded as the world's only superpower — a term used to describe a state with a significant worldwide influence and power among others. Some have even termed it a hyperpower. But much depends on how we understand the characteristics of a superpower; claims that the US is the sole superpower rest largely on its dominating military force and budget. However, it has been argued that — in the new era of globalization — military force may not be as effective as it once was, and that the superpowers of the future will base their influence more on soft power, economic power, and diplomacy. And while one school of thought argues that the US has no peer in the realm of international relations, another argues that declining political credibility in the wake of controversies over Iraq and the War on Terrorism have undermined American global power. In the last few years, two emerging nations — China and India — and a supranational entity — the European Union — are increasingly spoken of, in many media sources and by many scholars, as having the potential to be superpowers. An American B-2 bomber in flight. ...
A state is a set of institutions that possesses the exclusive legitimate authority to make the rules that govern the people in one or more societies, having internal and external sovereignty over a definite territory. ...
A hyperpower is a state that is vastly stronger than any potential rival. ...
Soft power is a term used in international relations theory to describe the ability of a political body, such as a state, to indirectly influence the behavior or interests of other political bodies through cultural or ideological means. ...
Combatants Participants in Operations: United States United Kingdom Turkey South Korea Canada Israel Spain Portugal Pakistan Afghanistan Australia New Zealand Italy Netherlands Denmark France Germany Norway Slovakia Romania Philippines Poland Ukraine Georgia Jordan Saudi Arabia NATO New Iraqi Army and others Targets of Operations: al-Qaeda Taliban Baathist Iraq...
For more information on the topic see Emerging Superpowers and Superpower The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) is often considered an emerging superpower due to its large and stable population, its rapidly growing economy and military spending and capabilities [1]. However, it has several economic, political, and demographic problems...
The European Union consists of 25 sovereign states, which - from a core of six founding members in the 1950s - have built the worlds largest multinational customs union, sometimes considered to be a nascent United States of Europe. ...
The Republic of India is considered as one of the possible emerging superpowers of the world. ...
External link
- Harvard Bulletin - The Paradox of American Power
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