Superpowers.
ways of measuring superpowers
superpowers can exert their influence culturally through soft power
superpowers also have a strong millitarian influence.
superpowers also have a strong economy meaning a large amount of TNCs
superpowers have a large amount of connections to other powerful countries.
Superpowers also have a good supply of fossil fuels renewable energy and land.
this is because they have a huge connectivity to the rest of the world. this is currently due to things online such as social media but could also have been due to the controlling of foreign land such as the British empire.
the only current superpower is the USA who has the strongest military in the world due to its size in numbers and its high investment into top of the range equipment.
the USA has a huge amount of TNCs that hold a huge amount of cultural influence and bring in vast sums of money into America.
a superpower will be part of many IGOs (international government organisations). examples of OGOs include the United Nations, the EU and the NATO allies.
a Superpower is going to need a lot of energy to supply its large populations with a reasonable quality of life. this means they will import and make a lot of energy and other modern day necessities
examples of superpowers and statistics.
the main example of a superpower is the USA as it is the only current superpower. when talking about the states you should talk about its huge influence politically and culturally through its TNCs.
the USA accounts for 37% of the global military spending.
The USA has a wide variety of TNCs or Trans National cooperations. examples of these include Apple, star-bucks and McDonnell's.
McDonalds is. one of the worlds leading TNCs and it hold not just economic value to the US but also a huge cultural impact as it is adapted to each country while. still sharing the american way of life.
The future Superpowers of the world are found in asia, China and India are currently in a race to become the worlds biggest country.
Unipolar, Bipolar and Multipolar.
Unipolar refers to, when in international politics, one state exercises the most military economic and military power.
Bipolarity is a distribution of power in which two states have the majority of economic, military, and cultural influence internationally or regionally
Multipolarity is a distribution of power in which more than two nation-states have nearly equal amounts of military, cultural, and economic influence.
examples of Unipolar leaders would include the British empire which ruled for over 135 years or the USA which are the only current superpower.
Multipolarity does not currently exist across superpowers but it is shown in some IGOs where countries of similar financial, military and cultural power share there influence.
a good example of a bipolar leader would be the USSR which lead the communist countries in the cold war.
contested geography.
Russias western border
Middle east
Arctic oil and gas
south and east china sea
The arctic has a huge proportion of the worlds untapped oil and gas supply which could be worth huge sums of money. however trying to get this fuel could cause huge damage to the environment. this would be through loosing habitats and increasing sea levels.
Russia hold a huge Global influence due to its former control and huge land mass. it has recently indicated it may like to join an IGO such as the EU or NATO.
the middle east is a hotspot for fuel based TNCs s it is rich in oil that can be worth a lot of money. however it has bee cause of great conflict as the countries there cant afford the resources to really benefit from it. this has caused war and rivalries between countries.
China are on the verge of becoming the world next huge superpowers. however they have issues in the human rights of there workers and civilians furthermore they still dont have a great quality of life or a large cultural impact.
Although the Soviet Union has fallen apart Russia has still got a huge influence over the rest of the world. especially over former soviet states.