The Next Superpower?

[United Roggel]

EU if it federalizes.

It won't;) and it probably will never...

[Saruhan]

Call me when any of those nations either:
1: Exist (looking at you EU)
2: Have a blue water navy

India and Brazil both have blue water navies.

Green Water, actually. Only the UK, US, and France currently have Blue Water navies

[Scholencia]

EU if it federalizes.

And if the eastern countries reach the economic standard of the western countries.

[Divair]

EU if it federalizes.

It won't;) and it probably will never...

You're not a god, you don't know.

[The Serbian Empire]

I see no England in the poll. I am disappoint.

It's smaller than Japan in population and the EU wants to reduce England's power and force them into the Euro eventually.

[Wind in the Willows]

Deleted.

[Divair]

EU if it federalizes.

And if the eastern countries reach the economic standard of the western countries.

That's not a matter of "if", but "when".

[Olde Engelond]

I see no England in the poll. I am disappoint.

Part of the problem is the fact that England is not a sovereign state.

Indeed. That certainly is an ailing element. Firstly we must cast off the European yoke and then chuck out the Scots.

[Cetacea]

Superpower is so 1985 I'm with our Maldivian friend in looking to a multipolar future where the US and China are the mutually interdependent big brothers to the rising might of the European Nation and Asean+6.

As soon as India gets going Asean+6 is the next rising star on the scene, mark my words:)

[Pravengria]

In my opinion from watching situations and looking back at the past. My scenario is this,

The US will decline in power, and slowly start to pull itself out of global affairs to an extent. With the Middle East and Africa in turmoil, you can expect to see possible despots show up. The European Union will stay, but as usual because of the economic conditions today will have a rocky road. [Sound Familiar? '29 Crash of Stock Market- Mussolini, Hitler, other despots gain control of countries and take advantage of the economic problems.]
Iran is going to have a hard time with the revolts occurring around its Borders. I doubt they'll get anywhere. Isreal is going to continue to prove its worth and may climb to a regional power, if it uses the near-by revolutions to its advantage. China is going to miss out on the chance to achieve anything much due to its aging population, India and Russia with their military deals in developing weapons and such together might still stay. However, I doubt Russia is going to have much more power than already if it doesn't succumb to another power-change due to the unrest being caused by the Current government affairs. Russia, US, and China are probably going to be the ones who will start to fade some, being more occupied and threatened by domestic issues for stability rather than foreign.

As far as North Korea, I feel there will be a breaking point somewhere, I doubt their regime is going to last much much longer. Its just a question of when. South Korea, holds a bit of promise however lack of resources and its dependency on the west, means that if the western influence of the US starts to fade some, so will South Korea.

In my honest opinion, I'm expecting to see a repeat of '29, a Global economic collapse, that will result from decades of problems in the powerful nations of China, Russia, and the US. Because of this, Dependencies will start to have to stand on their own, and time will tell if they'll make it or not. In the end, I have to say the best candidates for becoming the new world powers will be Japan most definitely, a slight possibility of Canada [wierd right?], India but only slightly. Japan is my best bet.

[Nationalist State of Knox]

I see no England in the poll. I am disappoint.

Give it time, my friend, give it time...

[Divair]

I see no England in the poll. I am disappoint.

Give it time, my friend, give it time...

The Queen is plotting her revenge. The colonies will be hers once again.

[United Roggel]

EU if it federalizes.

And if the eastern countries reach the economic standard of the western countries.

You mean "And if the SOUTHERN countries reach the economic standard of the NORTHERN countries"

[Olde Engelond]

Give it time, my friend, give it time...

The Queen is plotting her revenge. The colonies will be hers once again.

Bugger the colonies. We can have what is rightfully ours instead... France.

[Howdoyoudoland]

You're of a poor opinion, then.

Maybe I am, but a economy in decline,

This can (and will) change as soon as the current administration and dominant party is ousted.

rising domestic issues,

Such as?

increasing corruption,

Corruption and government go hand-in-hand, we aren't a third-world dystopia yet, our corruption isn't that bad.

Military stretched all over the globe in increasinly unpopular wars,

Aren't we leaving Afghanistan? What other wars are we involved in?

military cutbacks,

This is a good thing, we need a smaller and smarter military, not a big clunky underdeveloped one.

rising deficits.

See above, current administration and dominant party.

All seems to point to a decrease in its power and influence.

More like growing pains as we enter the 21st century in earnest now.

And not to say by decline from superpower I mean next month. The US can keep itself floating for decades perhaps but I see very little growth or expansion of power in the future.

We're the new Rome, we're going to be here for more than a few decades.

[United Roggel]

It won't;) and it probably will never...

You're not a god, you don't know.

True, but i'm from the EU (Netherlands) and i think (don't know it for everyone ofcourse) that nobody in europe is waiting to lose there current country/laws/lives... there are way to many differences between the countries, and its not a matter of a few years to get only that equal...

[Divair]

True, but i'm from the EU (Netherlands) and i think (don't know it for everyone ofcourse) that nobody in europe is waiting to lose there current country/laws/lives... there are way to many differences between the countries, and its not a matter of a few years to get only that equal...

Varies by country. Some countries want federalism, some don't care, some are opposed. That's why it's impossible to tell for now. We'll see a decade or two down the road.

[Benomia]

"We're the new Rome"

Look how well that turned out for Rome.

The US is eventually going to fail. They are going to crash and burn solely because of the HUGE emotional gap between those in power and those under power.

[Scholencia]

And if the eastern countries reach the economic standard of the western countries.

You mean "And if the SOUTHERN countries reach the economic standard of the NORTHERN countries"

Well, the southern countries should just stop making great debts.

[NorthMytopia]

I would love to be able to say Canada or one of the more progressive European countries take the spot, Since we know that will never happen with out one hell of a war that killed 99% of us...I would have to say China and it is well deserved and would likely be more respectable then the US, The US is clown country and has been reduced to nothing more then an entertainment hub for the rest of the world. We watch their politics like a comedy drama, people go there to be rich or movie stars...no one goes there because it is a good place to live, Europe and even Canada are better for that and offer more benefits.

The USA has become a clown collage, it is the worlds jester that we can all laugh at. they had people fool with false freedoms at the beginning but we all know better now. seriously the are a joke...they only thing that is not funny is that they own most of the things that could kill us all...like a school bully who tells you jokes but might stab you at any minute.

Hell long live China I welcome them with open arms as they honestly would make me feel more safe, but really as long as the USA has all the nukes they will remain the power as the rest of us are not ready to die...they are so retarded that they don't care and would kill us all rather then give up an ounce of power.

[Grand Britannia]

Switzerland.

[Fedeledland]

There won't be anymore superpowers after the United States for a long time to come, and the United States will continue to be a superpower for a hell of a long time to come anyway, despite the pessimistic predictions of imminent collapse by certain Call of Duty players who think they've a good grasp of international relations.

Superpower implies the existence of a state so immense in its power that it has transcended even great power status and no other state, barring maybe one or (at most) two states, who would have to be superpowers themselves can even hope to compete with it on an equal footing.

If many other states rise and do compete with a superpower on an equal footing, then they don't suddenly become superpowers themselves; rather, power, being relative, becomes spread out over multiple great powers and the former superpower loses its superpower status.

A multi-polar system is what we will in all probability return to. To iterate, there are no superpowers in a multipolar system.

^^^^^^^this.

My other bet is on Iran unleashing a plague to destroy America and Madagascar becoming the superpower.

[Caninope]

I would love to be able to say Canada or one of the more progressive European countries take the spot, Since we know that will never happen with out one hell of a war that killed 99% of us...I would have to say China and it is well deserved and would likely be more respectable then the US, The US is clown country and has been reduced to nothing more then an entertainment hub for the rest of the world. We watch their politics like a comedy drama, people go there to be rich or movie stars...no one goes there because it is a good place to live, Europe and even Canada are better for that and offer more benefits.

The USA has become a clown collage, it is the worlds jester that we can all laugh at. they had people fool with false freedoms at the beginning but we all know better now. seriously the are a joke...they only thing that is not funny is that they own most of the things that could kill us all...like a school bully who tells you jokes but might stab you at any minute.

Hell long live China I welcome them with open arms as they honestly would make me feel more safe, but really as long as the USA has all the nukes they will remain the power as the rest of us are not ready to die...they are so retarded that they don't care and would kill us all rather then give up an ounce of power.

Hey, how's your little fantasy land?

[United Roggel]

True, but i'm from the EU (Netherlands) and i think (don't know it for everyone ofcourse) that nobody in europe is waiting to lose there current country/laws/lives... there are way to many differences between the countries, and its not a matter of a few years to get only that equal...

Varies by country. Some countries want federalism, some don't care, some are opposed. That's why it's impossible to tell for now. We'll see a decade or two down the road.

True, we'll see how its going to be;)

[Divair]

You mean "And if the SOUTHERN countries reach the economic standard of the NORTHERN countries"

Well, the southern countries should just stop making great debts.

The new banking regulations should help prevent that.