Superpower(s) of 2100

[Riesstiu IV]

Many of you seem very optimistic about the 21st century. The strain on the earth's resources has gone too far. Personally I think this century will be one of immense suffering, starvation, and disease. I feel the peak of Industrial civilization is near… we’ve reached our peak capacity. All we have to wait for is the crash.

 

[PantheraTigris2]

Many of you seem very optimistic about the 21st century. The strain on the earth's resources has gone too far. Personally I think this century will be one of immense suffering, starvation, and disease. I feel the peak of Industrial civilization is near… we’ve reached our peak capacity. All we have to wait for is the crash.

Nah, don't underestimate the Earth - it's full of untapped resources. Plus, human industrial efficiency will be rapidly ever-increasing. Mankind will find a way, Riesstiu IV - have no fear.

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

Resources will be very hard to come by in some cases, and a great many will suffer, but unless there is nuclear war people will perservere (sp?) and prosper with the new challenge.

 

[Riesstiu IV]

Resources will be very hard to come by in some cases, and a great many will suffer, but unless there is nuclear war people will perservere (sp?) and prosper with the new challenge.

Oh of course! The human spirit is strong, but how many people out 6 billion will be around by 2100?

 

[Colonel]

No one will be the super power in 2100 as the world is going to end in 2012


BE PREPARED

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

Oh of course! The human spirit is strong, but how many people out 6 billion will be around by 2100?

Well, that is misleading because people aren't static. What I mean by that is it won't be the same 6 billion. There could be 6 billion, but after a period of greater dying and birth. Anyways, I think it will be bad in some areas, but not nearly as bad in others.

 

[HighlandWarrior]

You've maybe not heard it but George Bush has made a speech in Istanbul where he has strongly "advised" Europe to welcome Turkey.

isnt that the same as the french advising the US not to go to war in Iraq? Or the french advising the eastern bloc countries to shut up about the war in Iraq? please quit your double standards.

Turkey has a larger population than france, which means they'd get at least as much power as france. This is why the French don't want the turks in the union.

 

[PantheraTigris2]

No one will be the super power in 2100 as the world is going to end in 2012


BE PREPARED

I thought it was 2027? When the comet hits the Earth. Well no, wait - maybe it wasn't 2027, but it was definitely in the 2020's sometime. That's my grandfather's prophecy. What's yours?

 

[Colonel]

mine is based off nostradomous(sp*) he predicteded a war in the middle east (this second gulf war) which causes another bigger war with the middle east being lead by one country. And not to make this political but this prediction will come true if bushey goes another round of who else in the middle east can we go kill

 

[gael]

I thought it was 4 short years ago the world was gonna end,...its hard to keep up.

mine is based off nostradomous(sp*) he predicteded a war in the middle east (this second gulf war) which causes another bigger war with the middle east being lead by one country. And not to make this political but this prediction will come true if bushey goes another round of who else in the middle east can we go kill

Nostradomous told a load of indecipherable nonsense that opportunistic authurs and publishers have capitalised on by 'deciphering' to fit the current and ongoing uneasy tensions between eastern and western nations.

You don't need to be a prophet to guess something bad might come out it, or at least know that it plays on peoples fears.

You'll notice ever time there is a major war a string of Nostradomous books will come out, each saying THEY have broke his code.

BS!

 

[CurtSibling]

Only one power will be standing: The United Slates of Micronesia.

 

[luiz]

In 2100, Brazil should be with no doubt a strong country of more than 200 million people (250 million? Luiz should know more about Brazilian demographic projection). Anyway, of course, we know nothing about the future, but Brazil has everything to become powerful in the future. Way better than Russia for instance.

But of course, I repeat, nothing is done. Future circa 2100 is about absolute uncertainty.

Our last demographic prediction stimated scary 400 million brazilians in 2100.
The population, according to IBGE, will keep growing untill 2070, when it will reach equilibrium. But will only start to get smaller around 2110.

But as you said, this is pure speculation. Scientific speculation, but speculation nonetheless.

 

[kronic]

Turkey has a larger population than france, which means they'd get at least as much power as france. This is why the French don't want the turks in the union.

BS.

 

[Steph]

I think we could accept Turkey in the long turn. But it should be done AFTER political union.

I already think accepting the 10 new countries was a dangerous move. We should have adopted the constitution, and move closer to political union, and once it's done, ask the newcomers to comply with it, instead of admitting them first and then try to make something acceptable by everybody.

 

[Pointlessness]

My dumbass prediction:

The US (or possibly China, if they catch up fast enough) will be the last superpower. After that, globalism will eliminate national governments. An international government will have most of the power, with national governments serving only local interests. Why not? We already live in a global economy. Perhaps a worldwide regime could be the next step in globalization. It would eliminate the need for national foreign policies and facilitate peacekeeping efforts.

That being said, I cannot claim that my predictions would have any accuracy whatsoever.

2100 is a long time away, and it is nearly impossible to predict that far into the future. When 2100 comes, I will probably be dead and wrong.

 

[Moss]

My dumbass prediction:

The US (or possibly China, if they catch up fast enough) will be the last superpower. After that, globalism will eliminate national governments. An international government will have most of the power, with national governments serving only local interests. Why not? We already live in a global economy. Perhaps a worldwide regime could be the next step in globalization. It would eliminate the need for national foreign policies and facilitate peacekeeping efforts.

That being said, I cannot claim that my predictions would have any accuracy whatsoever.

2100 is a long time away, and it is nearly impossible to predict that far into the future. When 2100 comes, I will probably be dead and wrong.

That's not so dumb, and I in most ways have the same prediction.

 

[Reno]

Currently...? China and US

But in the Future US and EU because, Russia dosn't even have a decent economy so i don't think that will improve any time soon, India is not propably even intrested in becoming one, Communism is a dead form of goverment so China will eventually colapse like the USSR did taking N-Korea's and Vietnam's communist regimes with it.

 

[~Corsair#01~]

I personally think that Australia and New Zealand will unite, forming the New British Empire, and after a while all the English speaking countries will join, including USA, Canada etc.
This empire will establish economic dominance over the EU.
China will become rich, India won't. China will become flooded with Indian immigrants, Japan will become a satellite of China, NK will join China.
Russia is taken over by a corrupt dictator (surprise surprise), and the economy will deteriorate.
China and the NBE will become very close allies.

Then again, that's just a guess.

 

[stormbind]

The UN is a great idea, but when powerful nations undermine it, then there is pressure on smaller nations to unite and create new powerblocks. It's all very counter-productive and dangerous.

Only way to prevent powerblocks from creating war and killing me, is for the UN to unite all the smaller nations in breaking up any powerblock as soon as it appears.

This lesson was learned once, through WW2, and the world's biggest powerblocks took the right course of action - putting faith in the UN.

Now, stupid people have forgotten, and powerblocks are again becoming a threat

 

[Hakim]

I don't know what to guess. One thing favouring US is that EU, China and India has a larger fall-apart-in-pieces potential than US. The former might not be around in 100 years.