The Next World Super Power?

 I believe that these countries will be placed up near the United States Of America by 2020.

-People's Republic Of China:Rating 9/10(Their Military strength is enormous.They are researching,constructing and testing modern arms technology,including aircraft carriers,5th Gen fighter bombers,anti-satelite missiles and their excellent command economy has outsted the west.They have the worlds largest industrial system and export enough to supplement themselves.They are making friends and forging alliances as we speak,even warming relations with the US.But their Key allies are in Africa,South East Asia,South America and Russia.In terms of social they need to work more on equality,standard of living,access to technology and freedom of speech while maintaining tradition.)

-Russian Federation:Rating 8.5/10(They are like a dormant volcano,if you care to describe it that way.Do not forget the soviet union,or the 22,000+ Nuclear weapons they posses.In a military sense they need to take control of their economy,they used to be the No.1 exporter of top-grade military hardware to the rest of the world,and they stick to time-tested designs,so they could again if they get their act together.They still have many friends and are on OK-terms with the United States.They definitely will emerge with China & India)

-Republic Of India:Rating 7.9/10(Although still rampant with poverty,corruption and inequality,they have huge potential.They currently have a thriving arms industry to supplement an experienced large and well trained military.Although still reliant on foreign ideas and old equipment,they are progressing and moving forward.In terms of economy,there is a lot of domestic work to be done.They need to clampdown on poverty & hunger instituting economic reform and a better social welfare system.Would progress with Russia and China)

-European Union:Rating 8.12/10(World's Largest Economy,partially socialist partially capitalist.Not "State-Like" enough yet,but they are working on it.Their needs to be a Unified military,which mainly Germany & France would head,but Germany is more advanced in terms of military technology.Their International Peace-Keeping force is not enough,they need a unified Military of the EU.Also all of Europe has to be included and Friendly relations with the Russian Federation are required for a long-lasting EU power.Economically not much is needed,apart from a more central system because there are so many different members.Would Come Up in the ranks by itself)

These nations are not only being compared to the United States,but also their individual capabilities analyzed and critiqued.Main focuses are Military,Economic,Political,Social,Historical,Technological & Problematic Factors.These can be summed up,but not always accurate.They mostly can provide you with Generalizations,but these are all characteristics of any Modern or Future superpower.No point saying 50-100 years because we honesty cannot predict that time period.But 2020-2025 is more plausible to be pondering on at the moment.What we do need to know is that the US is not the most powerful nation on Earth,but is definitely on of the most powerful.Yes they have huge economic and political influence around the globe,but it's still limited by those very factors.They cannot wage a full-scale war with all their technologies for more than say 6-Months,even shorter if the loss rate is appauling.No nation can,so they go back to time tested methods.

I Hope this has been informative,educational and entertaining to the mind.

Makes you think doesn't it.

Fixdeluxe1

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I firmly believe that the U.S. Will remain as a super power, but not the only one.Everybody has mentioned China and India as the next super powers along with theU.S. But those two nations will exercise more dominion in their respective geographical areas, causing them to a probable confrontation. As hard as it may sound the American people have to realize that their country its not the number one nation in the world and in the upcoming 50 years they will be down grated to a 3^rd place behind china and India(that in the economic ground). Military speaking the U.S.Have a great gap of advantage over any nation in the world and will still do so for many decades to come; bottom line, they will be 5 spheres of influence in the world which are U.S.A., INDIA CHINA, E.U. RUSSIA (not in that specific order). One last word, throughout history two super powers could not co-exist which lead the to war (Athens-Sparta, Greece- Persia, Rome- Carthage, England- France,  U.S.A.- Russia)

War is on the horizon, and that is a fact that history has shown over and over again.

Greetings fromMéxico

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no **** about EU... You should kno that if Russia, India, China, Japan come together... You'll know which country is the next superpower... But neither of that will happen cause now people don;t wanna be under each other or don't want to help each other out... So I think... The result would be same for all

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I do not necessarily believe that China could be the next super power. They could be, but they have their own internal and other problems. The USA is a great country and super power, and it can always be if the American people want to do it. The USA has only tapped perhaps 5 per cent of its potential, and we will have 500 million people by 2050.The problem the USA faces is the idiotic and cancerous American left. Their stupid policies like the virtual shutdown of the USA industrial infrastructure by the global warming crowd is a good example. The damage the left is doing to the USA is terrible, the global warming sham, the so called "Go Green" (communist)movement, socialism, bad business climate, communist tax system, bloated govt., multiculturalism garbage, etc etc etc.. If we as Americans wake up and stop the left  we will remain great - and  rich and powerful beyond imagining.If we continue down the path of the American left we will all be equally poor and miserable in this huge, blessed country called the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

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