Who will rank as world next great economic superpower by 2010?

Answer 1

China or India.

Answer 2

A superpower is a state with the first rank in the international system and the ability to influence events and project power on a worldwide scale; it is considered a higher level of power than a major power. It was a term applied to the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War, although it was for a short time, in the immediate aftermath of World War Two, applied to the British Empire.

Currently, the by far most common belief among journalists and in the world of academia states that only the United States fullfills the criteria to be considered a superpower; sometimes, given the unipolar nature of the world, claimed to be a hyperpower [1]. China and India appear to have the greatest potential, amongst all the other nations, of achieving superpower or near-superpower status within the 21st century and are often termed as emerging superpowers. The European Union has economic power comparable to the United States; as a result some consider that it too could emerge as a superpower, despite not being politically unified. Many others doubt the existence of superpowers altogether, stating that today's complex global marketplace and the rising interdependency between the worlds' nations has made the concept of a superpower an idea of the past.

Answer 3

During the Cold War, the world was bipolar. The dominant alignment was east/west between the US and the USSR. With the disintegration of the Soviet empire, the US became the world's dominant global power. It is now unipolar. The US exercises overall hegemony of the globe because of its wealth, political clout, and geo-stratigic importance and influence. History shows that a unipolar world is not sustainable, never popular, and by the time that a unipolar civilization reaches its apex (the height of its power) it is already in decline. This, in my opinion describes the precarious position of the US today. We are trying to be too many things to too many people, and in the end, you please no one...We have given away the world's industrial output capacity to China. They are the primary tool and dye manufacturer (tanks, tools, machinery). We don't want the messiness of indusrtialization any more...). Japan, formerly, and now India are taking over (as we hand it to them - outsourcing) of information and technology and information systems. Japan never invented anything in its existence; they only knocked off our inventiveness - and we let them. The same is happening in our relationship with India, today. This is only a temporary condition, however. India has its own, unique set of difficulties which will preclude it from usurping the powerful reach of the United States any time into the foreseeable future. China, on the other hand, is not saddled with India's caste system, Pakistan's nuclear sabre rattling next door, too much US influence and other world pressures to keep it "bridled". There is a reason why China is historically known as "The Sleeping Giant". Unfortunately, for the West, she's waking up. It is not going to be pretty. Consumption of the world's remaining oil reserves, the wholesale purchase of the western world's debt and assetts, its two billion person cumsumption capacity, along with the economic and military engines that its many people can operate and perpetuate; all these things give China the only real seat at the table of future world dominance. Not by 2010, but certainly the rest of the world will begin to feel the very real effects of China's newly flexible bionic arm as it reaches around the globe. The next generation will be different than the myopic worldview held by the US and its citizenry since the 1950's when we began to exert global influence and domination. Globalization and the advent of the interent are probably the two best hopes that the world has to try and offset, or upset, this nightmarish scenario. As societies become more open and electrified, they tend to slow their birthrates and not to pursue military expansion in the same voracious ways as they once did. Modernization, in other words, may slow the expasionist regime down. But in the mean time, be nice to China; they'll own your nursing home....

Answer 4

Based on China's consistent near double digit GDP over the past few years, I would place my bets on the People's Republic as the next great economic superpower. India is not far behind, and will continue to expand economically and socially, just not at the same rate as China.

If China continues to apply nearly all of its economic growth to military expansion (7%-9% of GDP spent on military spending) and modernization, its domestic economy could take longer to develop, thus opening the door for India to exceed its economic expansion. However, this trend would have to continue for several years; so, India does not have enough time in only 4 years to overtake China as the next great economic superpower.

Answer 5

China

Answer 6

U.S.A. #1. China may be growing the fastest, but its growth will slow down just like U.S., Japan and Europe. Who knows wages in China can become higher than in U.S, then we could have a trade surplus against China.

The point is it would not be that difficult to catch up to us, but we are not sleeping, so it would be difficult to surpass us. Unless there is World War III in U.S., shift in power will not likely happen in our life time.

Egyptian-Greek-Roman-Europe-America. Center of civilization shifts, but it take centuries. We only took it over from Europe since World War I, and we probably have another few hundred years.

Answer 7

China

Answer 8

I think Malaysia. They have a program to be equal with the best of the world by 2020, by 2010 they SHOULD be close.

Answer 9

Definitely China or India.

Answer 10

well not as early as 2010...by 2020 it can be china if dey stay on track n some more time n india will catch up!