The Next SuperPower?

[Fayadi]

Seeing through the history of some of the greatest nation!Who do you think will be the next superpower includin economy?
Will it be China,or will it be still USA,or of a so called United Europe?

 

[Le Petit Prince]

have you notice this superpowernations are going east to west...

SPnations in order Indians... persic ...egypt...turks with greeks...romans...germany...france...UK....US...and then its going back to asia(china) ...then its gonna be India again...

 

[cataclysm]

haha, India, IMHO it's not that likely

Just read a news article that the PM of India said: "Many(who?) said the 21th century belongs to India, however the Chinese was already a huge step ahead of us"

Ironic?

Isn't India trying to grab the most populous country title from China? IMHO that's not a very wise thing to do........

Russia crumbled. If China and Us and UE can get along, then we are going to have world peace.

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Russia may have crumbled but it still got hell of a lot of nukes lying around. That alone would still make it a great power at least today. Even the US steps carefully around Russia.
And India got too many internal problems. Esp with religion and ethnicity.

 

[Fayadi]

I hate the fact that we are the world most populous nation!300 million citizens should be good and could speed up the developing process!

 

[Strik]

I think that Russia eventually will join NATO or even perhaps the EU, and since Europe and the US are great friends, I think. They will come closer friends over time. And forms a superpower. And China is changing its policy a bit I think and could become friends or at least a content relationship with all people. After all the cultural differences are fading away. And people don't want to make war upon each other cause lot of people have friends or aquantences( don't know how to write this word just get it out of its context) and don't want to make war upon them.

As I see it, the most advanced cultures/countries won't have any wars again.

 

[Fayadi]

Russia joining NATO or EU will not be fun.Historically,Russian soldiers somewhat dont like Europe.Russian soldiers hate Europe or US do u know that.Maybe because of the Cold War influence!The end of Cold War marked the end of exciting part of Modern War!Russia,India,China should be one organisation VS NATO that will be exciting!Western will never bully the Asians again!

 

[Strik]

That won't happen, China or India have nucleair weapons and so attacking a country like that would be something like suicide. There is no gain in it. There never was anyhow.

And Russia joining India and China that is something I never see that happening. I think they rather be on their own.

About the bullying part, what do the western countries do to bully China. I can think of only one thing and that is human rights. And I think that is a good thing, however the US should shut up after all they never cancelled the death penalty.

Fayadi perhaps you can give some examples in bullying

 

[sonorakitch]

"Western will never bully the Asians again!"

This is just an inferiority complex.

~Chris

 

[cataclysm]

hehe, here is my bet, 100 years later, the greatest nation is



























the united earth directorate

 

[Fayadi]

China was never bullied now but in the past China lost Hong Kong to Britain because of Opium War(thats so cheap and inhuman).So sad at that time China was weak!British occupied large part of Asia,Africa. Slave trading happened under British!Netherland occupied Indonesia for about more than a century!The people there was treated very bad and what the Netherlands think was only to gain money from the spices!In the history there are so many case of Western bullying the Asians!

 

[Strik]

Fayadi ofcourse that is true and I don't like that part of my countries history but, people are different nowadays. You should look into the future not the past.

 

[cataclysm]

Originally posted by Strik
Fayadi ofcourse that is true and I don't like that part of my countries history but, people are different nowadays. You should look into the future not the past.

please listen to him, Fayadi. And just shut up

 

[Fayadi]

U from Netherland?Sorry...I didnt know!Lets be peaceful here previously I only thought that if some Asians form an organisation like NATO does it will be good!I was just trying to tell just as simple as that!

 

[Strik]

apolagies accepted. But I don't mind, it is part of our history after all.
And an asian superpower. This sounds really like superpowers should be race based. I guess you don't mean that, but if something like that would happen. Again the misunderstanding between people all over the world would become greater. I think the human race needs to come together only then there will be peace.

In history most wars are started because of cultural difference and misunderstanding causing people to fear it.
The goal of the future must be to teach all people things about foreign cultures, so they aren't astranged to it. And have no fear.
All people are afraid of things they don't know.

I hope you will agree on that.

 

[cataclysm]

Originally posted by Strik
apolagies accepted. But I don't mind, it is part of our history after all.
And an asian superpower. This sounds really like superpowers should be race based. I guess you don't mean that, but if something like that would happen. Again the misunderstanding between people all over the world would become greater. I think the human race needs to come together only then there will be peace.

In history most wars are started because of cultural difference and misunderstanding causing people to fear it.
The goal of the future must be to teach all people things about foreign cultures, so they aren't astranged to it. And have no fear.
All people are afraid of things they don't know.

I hope you will agree on that.

I agree on most of what you said except the foreign culture

Being a free spiritist, I have no problem understand and comprehend any religion in the world. Relgion isn't a problem, race isn't a problem, and wealth also isn't a problem.

However, let see how much a understanding a true Christian will have upon Islamic people. I don't think that will work at all.

So as I said, the simplest and most straight forward solution is to create a new race/religion, call the "United Earth Directorate". Then all of us will have something to share with and humanity will united.

Granted, until an alien race's galactic battleship is pointing its ionic cannons at earth, our newest religion won't exist

Come on, let's think of the next super power as the united human race. I mean aren't we all tire of the bullying between human?

 

[Garwulf]

Originally posted by Strik
In history most wars are started because of cultural difference and misunderstanding causing people to fear it.

Excuse me?

War has always been a political tool, and most of the time it is fought over resources or territory. Even when Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia were fighting over the Levant, it always came down to the resources they were trying to gain.

Although, since most wars have a large number of causes, there may be one or two that were fought over cultural fear, I can honestly say that I cannot think of a single war that was started because one culture didn't understand the other.

As for who will be the next superpower...I honestly think we've seen the end of the age of superpowers. The United States is no longer the powerhouse it once was, and even if it was, there's no opposing force. I believe we honestly are at the dawning of the era of the global village.

(On a side note, in order to be a superpower in this day and age requires four things: a large military, the ability to deploy them anywhere in the world at will, a large territory with lots of natural resources, and a strong economy. While several countries have the military and the economy, pretty much the only nations with the geography to pull it off are Canada, the United States, and Russia. China and India are both landlocked and only have access to one ocean. And, Russia isn't interested in another Cold War.)

Best regards to all,

Robert Marks

 

[SkidiWili]

Originally posted by Fayadi
China was never bullied now but in the past China lost Hong Kong to Britain because of Opium War(thats so cheap and inhuman).So sad at that time China was weak!British occupied large part of Asia,Africa. Slave trading happened under British!Netherland occupied Indonesia for about more than a century!The people there was treated very bad and what the Netherlands think was only to gain money from the spices!In the history there are so many case of Western bullying the Asians!

Well, I hope noone mention Taiwan or Nepal... oops...

 

[joespaniel]

Originally posted by Fayadi
Russia joining NATO or EU will not be fun.Historically,Russian soldiers somewhat dont like Europe.Russian soldiers hate Europe or US do u know that.Maybe because of the Cold War influence!The end of Cold War marked the end of exciting part of Modern War!Russia,India,China should be one organisation VS NATO that will be exciting!Western will never bully the Asians again!

Actualy that would be a splendid idea. A US-EU-Russia alliance is the most likely scenario.

I trained with Russian soldiers once, and they liked Americans and Europeans very much.

 

[joespaniel]

Originally posted by Fayadi
U from Netherland?Sorry...I didnt know!Lets be peaceful here previously I only thought that if some Asians form an organisation like NATO does it will be good!I was just trying to tell just as simple as that!

There already is one. SEATO.