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America, as with the rest of the West, is in decline. But it is still a strong power for now and shouldn’t be underestimated. Much of the events since the turn of the year has been America trying to shore up its position against China.
I don’t believe the Russian economy is strong enough for the country to be a global player on the scale that China is now and will be in the future. Russia is a regional power and wants to keep NATO out of its sphere of influence.
CAS Russia is still a superpower , and having China as a best friend strengthens its position , the US is obese , it’s fighting itself , does Trump mention the NRA , does he question it’s power , does he feck , The US are trillions in debt , China doesn’t have to answer to it’s people , it’s in a scarily powerful postion
Have to agree with CAS on the relative merits of China and Russia here, HDLG. Russia is no longer a superpower – of it ever really was one – as it simply lacks the economic heft.
The simple fact is that China is going to emerge as the world’s dominant force and will soon overtake the US, if it hasn’t already done so. However, we are not all going to be subjugated to the whims of Beijing, no matter how much scaremongering the rightwing nut jobs throw at us. Nobody in this country is going to be deprived of the internet or forced to learn Mandarin.
It looks like Lammy will have to back down on his insane plan to scrap jury trials. Aside from being unpopular with just about everyone, the stated reason for the change – that it will save time and clear the backlog – is without foundation. A study has shown it will save 2% of court time.
The dropping of this dangerous proposal will be more than welcome but is this government capable of announcing anything and sticking to it?
How many nuclear warheads do Russia have … Why is the war ongoing if they aren’t a superpower , 9/11 happened in New York not Moscow …
“having China as a best friend strengthens its position”.
Not sure China and Russia are that friendly. Historically they haven’t been. If they are now, it is due to mutual antipathy to America rather than anything more substantial.
Russia is a nuclear power but not a superpower. They’ve been in Ukraine nearly four years and where’s the sign of that ending? Let’s be honest, if the USA or China rocked up wanting the place it would have happened in five minutes flat.
Why are they still in Ukraine , sorry if you have that much nuclear stock you are a superpower , if Putin fired his full arsenal the world would be left a smoking empty mess …. Only the US and China could do similar
“Russia is a nuclear power but not a superpower.”
Agree, it can’t even defeat a ramshackle army of convicts in Ukraine. The idea they could invade the Baltic States and sweep through Europe is laughable.
Putin isn’t an idiot. He is not going to attack a NATO power and he is not going to use a nuclear weapon thousands of times more powerful than the bombs dropped on Japan.
Homer – “Obviously the US sent more troops than any other country as they also have a much
bigger population than other NATO countries. Percentage wise of troops served would give a
much better indication.”I completely disagree with that hypothesis Homer, bodies in bags are bodies in bags, no matter
how many troops you send. Those in the heart of the oposition firepower are most in danger of
being killed. The Us lost far more troops , that’s the point. If you want to involve percentages
of countries who have lost troops, which I think is beside the point, The US sent a initial force
of 150,000 and lost 4,500 troops. Britain sent 46,150 and lost 457 soldiers. I think it’s unhelpful
but as you raise the question, the US lost approx 3% of their troops. Britain lost approx 0.99% of
their troops.I agree with Cas and Gladiateur, Russia is still a big player owing to
their huge nuke arsenal but their economic situation is in shreds. The
Central Bank of Russia has raised it’s key interest rate to 21%, the
highest rates in 2 decades, in an attempt to fight inflation but food
prices have gone through the roof. There is much unrest.Just aa small point Glad, immigrants intending to stay in the UK are
forced to learn English. Take our internet away?, you’re right, it’s
never going to happen. There would be riots, and that’s just by the 12
year olds
Google Superpowers , you’ll find Russia in 3rd … Sorry your talking economics when it has no relation to the subject , there millions upon millions of poor Chinese people , they’ve nothing , they are still THE superpower
There is only one superpower these days and this is China. Anyone who watched UK’s ‘Race Across the World’ with the first three episodes in China will have seen how advanced this country is compared to the USA. Bullet trains faster than aircraft over inter city distances compared to the USA running 80yo trains. USA’s infrastructure is dilapidated.
The USA has been subsidised by the world when international trade was in dollars; but thanks to BRICS this advantage is fading fast. In particular, Canada has been providing cheap energy and basic raw materials to the USA for decades. In the future when the USA has to pay market prices they will not be able to cope.
The reason the evil and arrogant Trump has been throwing his weight around is that the USA are panicking big time. They have not been competing for decades and they won’t start anytime soon.
The UK has a stark choice. Support Canada and Carney’s middle power concept or continue grovelling to the USA. If it chooses the latter the UK will deteriorate to being a third world country along with the USA. The alternative is to become a sovereign state and move forward.
“The UK has a stark choice. Support Canada and Carney’s middle power concept or continue grovelling to the USA. If it chooses the latter the UK will deteriorate to being a third world country”
Absolutely correct. Yet guess which path the party which currently leads the polls would choose to take…
HdlG, “Russia is in 3rd spot because they have a shitload of Neuks.
Economics has no relation to the subject?”Why would you think that. It has a fundamental role in who can be termed
a Superpower. Economic strength is fundamental, it provides the resourses
to fund a massive military, invest in technological advancement and have
ability to exert political influence. I don’t see Russia exerting much
political influence by battering a country barely able defend itself. When
your econemy is going down the pan you don’t come close to being a superpower.Like it or not there is only one superpower globally, and that’s the
USA. It’s the largest by GDP followed by China who are advancing at
a rate and potentially could become a superpower in time. Apart from
these two, by GDP Russia are behind Germany, India, Japan then even
ourselves (even in our bleeding state) France and, good grief, Italy.
What a slapa in the face with a calamari that is.Russia had to lower themselves to release around 150,000 criminals (or
those they locked up for God knows what) to fight in the war and borrow
troops from North Korea. Does all that sound like a Superpower?Neuks aside, Russia are not a world superpower.
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