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What are the most powerful and influental countries?
Which countries, in your opinion, are the most powerful and influential? To me, it's obvious the US is #1, but who do you think comes next? China? Britain? Japan? Germany? Russia? The EU as a whole? And more importantly, do any of these countries/entities have the potential to overtake the US?
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Vietnam defeated both China and the US.BlahComment
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My list:
US
EU (as a whole)
China
Japan
UK, France
Germany (very close to UK and France, but nukes tip the scale), Russia
India
Those are the only global powers, other countries are regional powers only.
Countries capable of overtaking the US:
-China (if it dosen't blow up once its economic growth goes below 4% it will be there by 2040 with current trends)
-India (this is a long term possiblilty, no sooner than 2070)
-EU (this ironically is not a long term thing, theoretically if the EU merged into a superstate its total influence would eclipse that of the US already. It is only a question of:
a) Will the EU survive this crissis and continue to expand and integrate?
b) Does it integrate & expand fast enough to offset the constant relative decline of its member states?
if it happens at all it will happen in the late 2020's early 2030's)Last edited by Heraclitus; May 8, 2009, 09:16.Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez DávilaComment
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The EU is not a country. I know that allows the Europeans to try and claim #2, but reconcile yourself with reality
US
China
Russia
India
Japan
France
Germany
Britain
Brazil"The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.Comment
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@ Achilles' gay lover
I note that israel is absent from your list... yet they have directly or indirectly determined your entire ME foreign policy and the cluster**** that is the war on terror.
Besides, you are listing miliary might, which shows your narrow minded approach to reality."Ceterum censeo Ben esse expellendum."Comment
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Ummmm, No.I note that israel is absent from your list... yet they have directly or indirectly determined your entire ME foreign policy and the cluster**** that is the war on terror.
Even if what you say were true little root, Isreal still wouldn't make the list.
If I was listing military might then why is Japan above Germany/France/Britain? This having been pointed out to you, apply and post again when you have something relevant to addBesides, you are listing miliary might, which shows your narrow minded approach to reality.
"The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.Comment
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Apparently Luxembourg has the highest carbon emissions per capita in the world - that's pretty influential...Originally posted by MikeH View Post
Must be all the luxury burgers they eat.Comment
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What kind of a reply is ... "Ummmm no" ????
Now everything is clear to me. Value add
Re Japan, i missed that on your list... Still, in what universe would they be more influencial than UK ???"Ceterum censeo Ben esse expellendum."Comment
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When someone says something as patently ridiculous as what you did, it is actually more constuctive for everyone else just point out the ridiculousness of it and move on so that serious discussion is not impeded.What kind of a reply is ... "Ummmm no" ????
The universe of economics.Re Japan, i missed that on your list... Still, in what universe would they be more influencial than UK ???"The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.Comment
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Canada
Finland
Israel
the rest are too unimportant to mention12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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go on... you are on the right track here... you will figure it out...Originally posted by Patroklos View Post"Ceterum censeo Ben esse expellendum."Comment
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Yes, we have all figured out you are an idiot."The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.Comment
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