Great power

Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia, accomplished much in his lifetime. He added many new lands to his vast empire including Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, Sogdiana, and part of India. He became the conqueror of the world he knew. Alexander the Great was the son of Princess Olympias of Epirus (Cinderella) and King Philip II of Macedonia (Popovic). His parents hated each other and had an unstable marriage (Cinderella). Philip's relationship with Alexander was also poor. He once

Diplomacy is imperative to nations coming together. A country cannot stand alone; it is the relations that the country creates which gives it power. Chou En- Lai better known as Zhou Enlai was a diplomat of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Enlai helped China continue as a major world power during and after the Second World War. Enlai was smart and tactical. As a diplomat Zhou Enlai felt his purpose was to modernize China. Zhou Enlai had a rich upbringing with the resources to study abroad, a complicated

China, The Case for Archipelagic Defense”. We see in this article that global expansion is a complicated global issue, especially when you are dealing with a powerful and power-hungry nation, such as China, that is suspected of not being doing everything in the most ethical manner. It’s noted that China is hungry for power and desires to expand more and more. The article includes strategies that the United States may be able to implement in order to aid in Asian peace. For example, Krepinevich

international system. Realism is based on the idea that the international system exists according to the Hobbestian state of nature, which is anarchic and brutal. There is no authority above states in the system (Marten 9/12/2011). The influential states have powers that

There are significant inhibiting factors keeping China from becoming today’s world power. One of the main arguments is that China’s economic success today is just a replica of the U.S.’ housing bubble before it crashed (Robinson). They are building faster than their expanding middle class can keep up with (Robinson), which was the exact problem the U.S. had right before the market crashed and they fell into a recession. China would have to slow their rapid expansion down in order to avoid crashing

the most authoritative armed forces in the world. Our defense budget of the United States is more than the next seventeen countries combined (Mahoney, Lec 20). The United State’s air, naval, and ground power are unrivaled, meaning our equipment is better compared to the other countries. Our power in economic is also at an all time high with a GDP of $14.5 trillion (Mahoney, Lec 20). Many of the powerful international companies in key sectors of the global economy are located in United States.

There are many different factors that can cause power to shift between superpowers over time such as: resources, population, and economics, military and cultural. Superpowers are define as: the capacity to project dominating power and influence anyway in the world, sometimes in more than one region of the globe at a time. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the British Empire was the biggest global superpower. The British became a superpower during this time due to colonial rule. From

European History Struggle for Power Many battles have been fought in Europe, however they were so small and insignificant, they do not compare to what was coming. World War I was the first major war fought on the European continent in over 50 years. Tension between Great Britain and Germany has been boiling for years, long before the war. Many factors between the apposed nations could have been the breaking point of the war. Alliance between Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and the opposing Alliance

Mearsheimer’s book, The Tragedy of Great Power Politics. This theory focuses on the key aspects of realism, while adding a twist as to why war is an option. In his book, Mearsheimer explains the history of great powers, and predicts that China, the world’s current rising great power, will not gain hegemony in Asia peacefully. With the rise of China, he asserts the US will form coalitions with multiple states throughout Asia, to contain their growing power. This rise in power, and subsequent reactions by

international system is anarchical and the great powers wish to maintain this status. Although Japan was not considered a great power at this time, there was little reason for the Great Powers (England, France, Germany; Russia) to perceive Japan as any military threat. These powers worked and fought against each other to maintain their status and did not expect a non-great power to try to change the status. One may claim that Japan chose the “weakest” of the great powers to show off its military might, but