Who will be the next dominant world power?

[Samurai]

USA until the end of humanity because were just too damn hard cool

oh you were serious. sorry

[Biggles]

Apologies

I voted without reference to who would win a fight between Meg Ryan and Godzilla.

I voted China on economic grounds. If they continue to develop as they have been doing they will be the dominant economy. In GDP terms they have gone from nowhere to second and have a GDP 55% that of the USA. That is one hell of an achievement. The should be the dominant economy within 25 years. Just for the record, I like duck in plum sauce.

The missile thing is largely irrelevant in my view.

[DanB]

what about GEP?

[Biggles]

Now you are being silly!









And the fact that I don't know what a Gep is doesn't improve things.

[Strangelove]

Similar to the GOP...

[Barbarossa]

Economically, China will become the next dominant superpower. They have the resources of a billion people to exploit...

Having most nukes doesn't make you a superpower. The USA will become very insular over the next few decades, their society will fracture, and nobody will trust anyone else in their own neighbourhood. They'll then spend all their time and energy on controlling the activities of their own population, that eventually they will become isolated from the rest of the world, and largely irrelevent.

[ziggyjuarez]

oh you were serious. sorry

accually no fuck face

[hobbes]

I think that the world is becoming so homogenized and interdependent that we need to start thinking of ourselves as a common planet, not as isolated countries.

The problem with that concept currently is that the world is filled with "haves" and "have nots".

The "haves" have a certain standard of living that would be brutally curtailed if we starting acting as a global unit, and their politicians will stop at nothing to secure the resources to keep their people happy.

Don't worry though, all "haves" eventually collapse due to complacency or greed.

So my point is that as long as there are clear cut world powers, there will never be an effort to look out for the benefit of the planet as a whole and the "haves" will continue to exploit the resources of the world to their end.

This cycle has existed forever.

My answer was "other" and I was mandated to explain it, per post rules.

The next superpower I want is "no-one, I hope"

[Voetsek]

China

[j2k4]

It seems India has been overlooked.

I see them as a contender owing largely to certain inherencies inhibiting China's overt advantages.

Of course, if/when China inherits/subjugates/annexes Russia (or, if they are smart, just Siberia), well, then, that would be game, set, and match.