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Superpowers (Characteristics (Economic (Organisations (IMF, OECD),…

- - - - e.g. foreign aid
    - - IMF
      - OECD
  - - - ! Idea that shared ideas mean that power is easily held, and people controlled.
    - - e.g. Imperialist
      - eg. Communism
      - e.g. Western neo-liberal superiority.
  - - - e.g. G8 and WTO
  - - - Tend to have more resources
  - - - Singapore has low population and high economic power.
      - Can increase through immigration
        
        e.g. UK
    - - Specialisation, and economies of scale
  - - - Development stunted if resources owned by TNCs.
      - Increase economic development.
- - - - Have growing influence in terms of economic and military power
        but has less of a cultural influence
      - e.g. China, EU (could argue BRICs).
    - - E.g. India and Brazil
      - Gaining in economic, military and political strength
    - - e.g the USA
      - Their power is primarily economic and military
    - - Play an important economic and political role on their continent
      - e.g. South Africa, Japan, Gulf states and Brazil
- - - - Weapons
      - Military power
  - - - 1800-1918 – British Empire
      - 1918- 1945 – Transition period
      - 1945- 1990 – USA and USSR
      - 1990-2010 - USA
      - 2010… - EU, China, USA
    - - world is dominated by one superpower.
      - e.g. 1800s Britain
    - - e.g. modern world
      - world is one with three or more superpowers
    - - world is one where two opposing superpowers exist
      - e.g. the Cold War