What makes a superpower?

Question

Is military might or economic strength more vital for a nation to be a superpower?

The United States is currently "the" superpower. China is quickly making its way to being a superpower. Would China be where it is today if it had been as miliaristic as the Soviet Union or the United States. Yes, they have a huge military but they seem to do a good job of not threatening other countries. I think economic strength comes first.

Answer 1

THE PART ABOUT THE ECONOMIC STRENGTH IS TRUE THEY(BIG BROTHER) has to have your economic strength and in return they were going to guarantee safety and the good life=will it all went to hell so what else is new

superpower is not conceivably on the board as a players as much as it is a perceived threat-this is the problem with the deference between the two-both are well based but unsustainable against the needs of the other-got it
superpowers are now a strike force that has icarious developed
100 mega ton war heads in outer space and they slide down like a six pack from hell

Answer 2

China is not really making itself a superpower. It's position in the world is solely dependent on the US.

Basically, what makes a superpower is the willingness for that country to take responsibility for solving the most important problems in the world.

The US started out as neither an economic powerhouse nor as a major military power. We were very much the low man on the totem pole prior to world war II. It was our actions during that war and then our key role in reconstructing the rest of the western world that lead to both our military might and our economic power.

With great power comes great responsibility does not mean that power requires responsibility. It means that responsibility leads to power.

China has had every opportunity and the intense desire by the US to follow this paradigm. They have failed. The result has been that, the enormous investment the US has made in china has basically been wasted and they will never be much of anything. Expect them to fade away over the next few decades, into obscurity.

Answer 3

Of course,if economic strength comes,have technology also too. So the techanicians & professors come & join it.Then come superpower.

Answer 4

II think that Tibet, Xianjiang, Taiwan, Mongolia, India, Japan all feel threatend by China