Which Countries Will Be The World's Next Superpowers? (attorney, economy, states)

[PITTSTON2SARASOTA]

Originally Posted by Avondrood

I think after the collapse of the Soviet-Union, the U.S.A. has transformed into a hyperpower, a type of empire essentially. Unless they seriously reform their political functioning, they won't hold that position for a very long time anymore.
Personally, I think the world will break down into an amalgam of roughly equal superpowers: the U.S. and China as the two main actors on the global stage and (not very far) behind them the E.U., Russia, Brazil, India and Japan...

I don't think China would ever be interested in the role the U.S. is playing today, even in case they would be capable of it. Even then, I wonder how China will fare in the future, due to their amount of potentially explosive internal matters.

I agree with your post and as the United States looses influence these countries will rise faster as world powers.......we won't be "calling" the shots anymore.

[Hillrunner]

Germany.The EU will cease to exist in less than a decade.

[PITTSTON2SARASOTA]

Originally Posted by Lycanmaster

The US culture is as much to blame for that as anyone else....

The corporate "off-shoring", the glorification of the "celebrity-star" personalities, the declining education system, etc..

I totally agree and politicians with little thought for the future of our country...only getting themselves reelected.

[Roflguy2012]

China still depends mostly on imports to the USA, if the west goes down, so will china

[BruSan]

Originally Posted by Roflguy2012

China still depends mostly on imports to the USA, if the west goes down, so will china

This may have been true before but now they are buying their own junk in quantity and selling to other countries in amounts that rival exports to U.S.

They haven't been sitting on their butts.

[BigJon3475]

95% of your infrastructure is oil based or transported.

If you don't control North Africa and at least the trade routes to Central Eurasia you lose.

Your current government sucks and isn't at all likely to face the problems you have head on.

Your future government looks like it's going to suck and it won't be able to face what's coming your way.

You best implement a draft or start taking as many people into your tax base as possible.

Change your tax base while you're at it. Make everyone pay and give everyone a vote.

[nr5667]

The next super powers will be corporations.

[cruxan]

Originally Posted by nr5667

The next super powers will be corporations.

some already are!!!

[X14Freak]

The superpower era is rapidly coming to a close. There won't be any superpowers in the future but rather a cadre of 'great powers'. The United States will be the first among equals in this new international order but will not have the previous political and economic dominance that it held in the previous decades.

[nowincal11]

There's a book called the Next Hundred Years. The author predicts that by 2100, the 5 superpowers will be the US, Japan, Turkey, Poland, and Mexico.

The author says that China will implode because of economic and political/social imbalances. The author also says that the EU will continue to falter and Russia will further decline due to massive population losses.

He argues that the US and Japan are in a perfect position to weather this storm.