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Originally Posted by Del Boy Another question here. (I am good at questions.)
That is a good reflection on the current situation, but if USA can no longer influence by power, and it could well be true that might be on the horizon for various reasons, then who the hell can. Please don't suggest the UN, who could have prevented the Iraq war but became dumb-struck and now represents a corrupt convention of questionable regimes.
So who gets to hold the conch? Threadbare, corrupt, bureaucratic nightmare EU?
China? India - who , according to Geoffrey Archer in his speech to India, will soon control Britain financially and politically. ( don't assume I have a prejudice against India - we taught them very well and will have earned their place by rising to the surface through their own efforts, as previous communities have done here.
Or will we look back to good old days of USA benign dominance and order?
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I don't know I still believe there is a role for the UN these things however until the power of veto is sorted out the UN is in effect remain powerless.
I really don't know who the next generation of superpowers will be China is probably the closest but I suspect their economy is more fragile than most current first world nations and therefore any economic depression will hit them hard, India I think is a long way off making the grade even though they have the potential.
What I think you will see for the foreseeable future is the status quo with the US wielding the most power but being unable to do much without at least some international support. However in the long term I think that military superpowers will simply be replaced by economic power blocks oddly enough much like George Orwell wrote about.