The United States : A Continuous Super Power

In the land of the free and home of the brave, this great nation continues to see a change. The change spoken of is not one that bears fruit or gives to our own people. Instead the United States appears focused on helping other countries with aid financially as well as sustenance. Many authors have written about this recently and this paper will shed some light on why the United States should focus on its own people first and only then assist the rest of the world (Critical206). “If we can conquer space, we can conquer childhood hunger in our own nation” -- Buzz Aldrin.

The image of the USA has become negative. Do you agree with this statement? The United States is the most powerful nation in the world. As this statement tells you even if you are in this position, other countries with different moral values will look at our values as negative, therefore in their eyes our country is viewed as negative. Our progress and ability to better our lives in this country makes us apart from every other nation in the world. While other nations around the world refuse to allow change and progress into the future era of civilization. Most of them think that their way of living is the way to live and that our way of living, is not the correct way to live and that every other religion or culture should

It merely addressed the problems within “underdeveloped” countries, without taking into account the effects that colonialism, war, and natural disasters may have had on the ‘development’ of certain nations. The idea that, “the ‘laws of development’ are supposedly the same for all , and ‘win their way through with iron necessity’,” and the emphasis on self-ambition, and self-generated consequences also demonstrate the North American interest. These concepts are very similar, if not identical, to the American idea of equal opportunity. Furthermore, they sought to define these countries by their actions and the individual mentalities of their populations rather than account for outside forces. Such carefully crafted diction, removed the United States from fault, while simultaneously justifying its hand in international

The image of the United States has become negative. Do you agree with this statement? The United States is the most powerful nation in the world. As this statement tells you even if you are in this position, other countries with different moral values will look at our values as negative, therefore in their eyes our country is viewed as negative. Our progress and ability to better our lives in this country makes us apart from every other nation in the world. While other nations around the world refuse to allow change and progress into the future era of civilization. Most of them think that their way of living is the way to live and that our way of living, is not the correct way to live and that every other religion or

For many years, the U.S. has cut back on its promised obligations and responsibilities to help the cause of development aid. Between 1990 and 1993, U.S. exports to developed countries grew by 6.2%. In contrast, during that same period, U.S. exports to developing countries grew by a remarkable 49.8%, yielding 46 billion dollars more and 920,000 jobs in the United States (Atwood). Assistance cuts hurt America’s

From the mid-20th to the early-21st century, the United States faced many conflicts, pressures, and changes that were brought about by events and issues which occurred outside of American borders. In response, there was no way for the nation to avoid becoming more globalized. Globalization came in the form of economic, social, and political pressure on the country. Some of these shifts in policy and world view were brought on by necessity such as the energy crisis of the 1970’s. Others were by choice of policymakers such as Cold War foreign relations and the response to 9/11 and invasion of Iraq. The United States will continue to face global challenges as a world leader and its responses will have key consequences worldwide.

America is a leading political and economic superpower, most known for being the largest democracy and being founded with unreplaceable views of freedom, civil liberties, and the iconic American dream. Despite these great accomplishments, there is a growing problem in America that if not handled will be the greatest mistake in American history. Strict regulation on campaign contributions is necessary because they go against core principles of democracy including, encouraging abuse of power, decreasing political participation, and promoting an increase in political and financial inequality between the extremely rich and the rest of Americans. Big campaign donations promote corruption. This is known and yet nothing is done about these giant anti-democracy rulings. In 2010 The Supreme court case Citizens United v. FEC ruled that campaign funding is protected as a form of free speech which broadens an already ridiculously unclear policy. One giant problem with this is that PACs and other individuals or organizations can receive and donate as much money as needed if they vow to spend the money independently from campaigns. These donors expect reimbursement. In America today, we are seeing a rapid increase of special interests infringing on the political process and this has to stop.

The United States experienced many different world events that helped propel it to becoming the world’s super power. From the Monroe Doctrine which would help the United States isolate itself from the Colonialism of the European nations and set itself as the super power of the America’s, to the Spanish American War which ended Spanish rule in the America’s as well as helped the United States acquire its own territories, to the first and second World Wars which ultimately bankrupted all of Europe, to the rise and fall of Communism and the ending of the Cold War. So why were these events so important to the rise of the United States?

It is an honour to be writing to you, Mr. José Ángel Gurría. As the secretary general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), you have defined your organization as being a “source of evidence-based advice for governments and a standard setter to address many global challenges” (Gurría). I wish to take this opportunity to provide my own evidence-based perspective on two particular trends within the global economy, and assist you in the process of giving advice on the global stage. Firstly, over the past few decades, there has been a common suggestion that some type of relative or absolute decline in the U.S.’s position of power exists. Amitav Acharya’s book, The End of American World Order, is one such example.

Astonishingly, the United States ranked 45 overall, out of 144 countries, in terms of gender equality in the global gender gap report for 2016 (weforum, 2016). Why is this ranking relatively low compared to other developed countries in the world, especially because America is a country that propagates for its equality? Gender inequality’s prevalence in society has been a highly debated issue for a long time. Does America enforce or advocate similar practices to improve gender equality as other countries do? Based on the result, what did countries ranked before the US do differently? Among the four dimensions, America outperformed the vast majority of countries in education attainment;

There are few nations that have experienced an economic disaster like the one the United States is facing. Most people don’t even recognize the signs of this developing crisis. While the United States continues with its superpower mentality, behind the scenes it has quietly become a second class country. We’re more focused on keeping our status as the most powerful country than keeping our citizens happy and safe. We import more products to other countries than we import, we no longer produce the necessary items needed to sustain ourselves. Due to this America is well on its way to losing its status as a superpower.

The United States stepped up and defined its role as “world police” at the onsite of communism in the 1900s. The U.S. assumed the role in an effort to assist countries by intervening in their governments. However, today we are facing an era of terrorism, and the United States is still concerning itself with this role. Along with “policing” the world, the U.S. has concerned itself with loaning aid to poverty ridden nations. This is dangerous because when nations become dependent on foreign aid, they expect it. What happens when the aid is withdrawn from them? Picture a country in extreme poverty. The people are desperate, and with desperation comes impulsiveness. Without

The economy in a country can be affected by another country, due to the fluctuation in that country’s economy. Although there are downfalls to economic development, new developments are necessary to keep the economy stable and to provide positive impacts to the society. New developments such as providing aid to developing countries and increasing foreign trade will help that country by building a closer relationship allowing them to gain more resources to their own country. Countries all around the world face a certain amount of poverty where some countries experience a higher number of poverty rate compared to the “richer” ones. In The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time, written by Jeffrey Sachs, he informs readers by providing

In the article from 2011, Zakaria is pointing out that the U.S. is no longer the best country in most of the expects merged in the OECD and that it spends to much enrage and time to deal with nursery issues and do not deal with the important tings. This he says is the main reason why the U/S won't be able to stay the most powerful and influential country in the world like it gut us to be in the last 60 years.

In the book The Post-American World, by Fareed Zakaria, he spoke of the three economical shifts in the world throughout history. Each one of these shifts has changed the world drastically, with political, culture, and of course, economical differences in every country in the world. What Zakaria had brought to my attention very early in the book was that we are currently living through the third economical shift right now. To be honest, I had never really thought about where the world was heading, and if I hadn’t read this book, I would’ve thought that the United States would remain the main superpower in the world and the rest of the world would sort of stay at their current status. Poor countries would remain poor, and every developed country