“Will U.S retains his status as a sole
super power in 2018?” This is the very interesting question. For my opinion, I
will say yes! America will retain his power in 2018.
First of all there are so many points
that are present to make a country a super power. Firstly, “Super power is a state with a dominant position in the international
system which has the ability to influence events and its own interests. A super
power is traditionally considered to be a step higher than a great power.”
Alice Lyman Miller
(Professor of National Security Affairs at the naval postgraduate school)
defines a super power “as a country that
has the capacity to project domination power and influence anywhere in the
world and sometimes, in more than one region of the globe at a time and so may
plausibly attain the status of global hegemony.”
The criteria of a super power are not
clearly defined and as a consequence they may differ between sources. And from
my opinion I said America will remain super power. Let’s see America in
different ways:
Political: Strong capitalist federation/constitutional republic. Permanent seat on
the United Nations Security Council Plus two allies (France and Britain) with
permanent seats. Strong ties with Western Europe.
Geographic: Fourth largest country in the world (after the Soviet Union, Canada and
china) with an area of approximately 9.37 million km square.
Cultural: Maintained constitutional guarantees for freedom of speech and freedom
of press, through the ongoing cold war aid lead to a degree of censorship. Rich
cultural influence in Music, Literature, Film, Television, Cuisine, Art and
Fashion.
Military: Highest military expenditure in the world, with the world’s largest navy
surpassing the next 13 largest navies combined, and an army and air force
rivaled only by that of Soviet Union possessed bases around the world,
particularly in an incomplete “ring” bordering the Warsaw pact to the west,
south and east largest nuclear arsenal in the world. Powerful military allies in
Western Europe (NATO). Global intelligence network, the CIA, ties with
paramilitary groups in the developing the world.
Economic: The economy of America is the world’s largest national economy and the
world second largest overall economy. It’s nominal GDP was estimated to be
$15.8 trillion in 2012, approximately a quarter of nominal global GDP. It has
large resources of minerals energy resources, metals and timber. High standard
of living with accessibility to many manufactured goods. Home to a multitude of
largest global corporations. U.S Dollar served as the dominant world reserve
currency. Allied with G7 major economics.
Demographic: As of Jan, 1st 2013 the United States had a total resident
population of 315,224,000 making it the third most populous country in the
world. It’s very urbanized population; with 82% residing in cities and suburbs
as of 2008 (The world wide urban rate is 50.5%).
These are all the aspects that shows
America the powerful country and according to the article of “Daily Capitalist” by Xinhua, china’s
official news agency, He made the few points that make America the powerful
country and he quoted “America will
still be the only super power for the next 20 years”. He clearly describes
by his article that America will retain his power and do so, me.
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