Referring to Examples, Discuss the Factors That Cause Power to Shift Between Superpowers over Time. (15 Marks)

The rise in China from a poor, stagnant country to a major economic power within a time span of twenty-eight years is often described by analysts as one of the greatest success stories in these present times. With China receiving an increase in the amount of trade business from many countries around the world, they may soon be a major competitor to surpass the U.S. China became the second largest economy, last year, overtaking Japan which had held that position since 1968 (Gallup). China could become the world’s largest economy in decades.

Economic stability should also play a large role in holding superpower status. Finally, any nation wanting to consider itself a superpower should have a strong, uniform foreign policy which bends under no circumstances. Using these criteria to determine whether a country is deserving of superpower status will show that over the past ten years the United States has not been taking on the responsibility that goes along with being a superpower.

Throughout the essays, “The Rise of the Rest” and “The Last Superpower,” Fareed Zakaria is interested in helping us see the world in a new way. “This is a book not about the decline of America but rather about the rise of everyone else” (Zakaria 9). There are many transformations happening around the world. Politics, economics, and culture have changed international life. The first shift was the rise of the Western world. It was about being modern in science and technology, commerce and capitalism, the agricultural and industrial revolutions. The political power in the West continued due to the rise of the Western World. The second shift was the rise of the United States. The United Stated was dominant. Also, it was solider than any other countries

China is a growing country; its population is about 1.4 billion, and as of 2014, the Chinese economy is the world’s second largest (in terms of nominal GDP,) totaling approximately US$10.380 trillion, with a growth rate of 7.4%, and the GDP per capita is US$3,619.4. From last century to this century, China has had significant improvements in their economic development. China had been in three major crises during the last century: the 20th century. The Fall of Qing Dynasty, World War II, and Civil War in China, all of them struck China in a destructive way. From the end of the 20th century, China was in a fast-developing mode.

Two superpowers: The ‘two superpowers’ refers to United States and Soviet Union (USSR). They are considered as “superpowers” because they’re extremely powerful nations that are capable of initiating international events.

The people of China enjoy the assets of a flourishing economy but they also are suffering from the price that is being paid on the environment and specifically air pollution in their country due to the cities and the housing of people and the materials that are being used

When we as in the individuals think about what a Superpower is, we usually think that it’s pretty much dominance. But actually the answer isn’t wrong at all. A superpower is a state that achieves generally unopposed dominance and can exert international influence at will. There are no set rules that make a state a superpower, but there are some common characteristics that most agree are necessary to earn the difference. It’s quite a few countries that we contemplate superpowers. The superpowers countries in the world are most effective in doing some political or either economic decisions. There are a number of factors that you must contribute to become a superpower including military resources, political influence, economic power and

Global superpowers today are extremely powerful countries that can influence international events and smaller nations. But the biggest problem that superpowers pose is exactly that, they have too much power on both the small scale and internationally. Although some may say that superpowers make the world safer, the biggest problem that international superpowers pose to the global arena is their exorbitant power over their own people and smaller countries.

Every country in the world is given a label. All nations are either labeled as a developing nation or a developed nation. Determining whether or not a country is developed or developing can be very hard. Developing nations are lacking and are trying to get what developed nations have. Developed nations have great infrastructure and technology with a much better and complex economy than developing nations. Developing nations have a larger population with lower standards of living for the people. China is a country that to many, seem to be developed but to them as a country claim to still be a developing nation. China's claim of their “developing nation” status is very valid because China is not yet politically or socially stable, the country is still trying to make the people's lives better and, China’s economy is not developed.

Just thinking about the idea of having a super power can sound attractive or appealing to some people. You can even see this desire of having a power in some children wanting to be their favorite super hero. The need or wish of being able to do something supernatural is something that everyone has wished, at least during one point of their lives.

People predict the (re-)emergence of China as a major power since the First Opium War (1839-42) ,which was fought because of the need of chinese products in Europe but not vise versa. For the rest of the century and the first part of the next century China was not a major power in the East Asian region. In the twentieth century it have changed. Nowadays we hear a lot about China as a superpower. But is China really a superpower or is it slowly becoming one?

China has a huge problem when it comes to pollution. The images of the thick fog on the streets of Beijing tell the story rather starkly. But the country has chosen to accept it has a problem and decided to do something about it. In the process, China has become a leading power in the renewables sector.

The role and nature of power is often contested in its definition and can be seen as a broad and generic term. Building blocks of ‘Power’ include factors such as population, territory, wealth, political stability and competence, and military strength (armies and navies). , Military power will be used as the constituent of ‘power’ for this essay.

China has become a global superpower. Its rise to the top of the trading chain has become a key factor into what it’s become today. With its accelerated population over the last years, it’s economic value has flourished its economy to a wide extent. There is also a saying, that with every good thing, there is always something bad. That’s when China’s environmental factors come to play. In the last twenty years, the quality of life in china has been decaying. The air surrounding most of the major cities in china are filled with horrible, toxic chemicals that has brought worldwide attention to this issue. Not only that, but contaminated and scarce water in China also play large roles in the impact of the environment. I believe that the increase in population, coal processing, and manufacturing of goods, have brought about environmental damages, but has also created economic stability.

The events of January 2009 was finally proven that from the power sources Russia may forge not only a political capital, but also able to influence union decision making on an extraordinary manner with this, mostly with the „devide and conquer” tactic. As a result of the inflow oil dollars in the past years Russia confirmed its positon on the European energy market significantly. The country made investments additional not just in the transportation infrastructure, but gave your unambiguous signs, that wants to hold its monopol position in the market. Because of this they try to interfere that the European Union could get energy from somwhere else - to sidestep