Superpower

A superpower is a country that is one of the most powerful countries in the world. It is more powerful than a great power and less powerful than a hyperpower. Right now, only the United States is a superpower.[1][2] However, China may become a superpower in the future. Some say it is already one.[3][4][5][6] Others say that it will not become a superpower.[7][8]

In the years following World War II, the United States, United Kingdom and the Soviet Union were global superpowers.

But the United Kingdom decline as a superpower after the 1950s. For most of the century, the United States and Soviet Union remained a superpower until it declined in the late 1980s. After the Soviet Union split into a lot of smaller countries in 1991, it was not a superpower anymore. Russia got most of the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons but not the status of a superpower. In order to be a superpower, a country must dominate economic, cultural, and military as well as diplomatic influence.

References

  1. ↑ Kim Richard Nossal. Lonely Superpower or Unapologetic Hyperpower? Analyzing American Power in the post–Cold War Era. Biennial meeting, South African Political Studies Association, 29 June-2 July 1999. Archived from the original on 2019-05-26. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
  2. ↑ Herring, George C. (2008). From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations since 1776. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-974377-3.
  3. ↑ Schuman, Michael (2020-10-05). "What Happens When China Leads the World". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  4. ↑ "China is not the only candidate for a 21st century superpower". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  5. ↑ "China's Inexorable Rise to Superpower Is History Repeating Itself". Bloomberg.com. 2020-10-27. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  6. ↑ "China most likely to become sole global superpower by mid-21st Century: Mitt Romney". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  7. ↑ Parton, Charles (2019-05-27). "Today's China will never be a superpower". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  8. ↑ "China Never Was A Superpower—And It Won't Be One Anytime Soon". Hoover Institution. Retrieved 2021-01-26.


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