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    and whenever a war breaks out between England and any foreign power, the trade of America goes to ruin, because of her connection with Britain.”(Paine) Lastly, he brought to attention the threats that came when a group tries to revolt against the superpower like, at the time, Great Britain. Those threats meant death, an example being The Declaration of Independence. Everyone who dared signed The Declaration of Independence, if caught, would be killed along with their families for treason. This being

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    With only one superpower more nations will seek nuclear arms because they are without a superpower ally. With multiple superpowers smaller countries will have no need for nuclear capability because they are protected by a larger superpower. “Every country having their own nuclear weapon will no longer be a necessity.” In a multi-superpower world, great powers will split the responsibility of monitoring nuclear growth around the

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    previous peripheries. The huge, well-educated populations of Brazil, Turkey, Poland, and the surround states will create their blocks, and Russia will strive to revive itself. Nonetheless, The United States will not cease being the world’s strongest superpower. The financial problems in the United

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    A Short Story : A Story?

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    Wake up Jax, wake up! This was the first thing I heard before a hefty bucket of water was discarded on to me. I woke up with distraught, complaining that it was a Saturday and that I needed more sleep. I turned on my phone, noticing that the date on the screen read May 7, 2022. That was when I realized, today is going to be one of the biggest days for me. I am going to be taking both my Math and English SAT. I felt ready, yet I also had an uneasy feeling stuck inside me. I had been studying for the

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    individual nation states, such as the United States, provides an example of the unilateral invasion of Iraq without the approval of the United Nations. After the attacks of September 11th, 2001, it has become evident that America has become the dominant superpower in the world, which defines the underlying principles of military/war powers that can now act without the approval of other nations states. More so, ability of the United States to manipulate and control large regions of the world (especially the

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    Panama Canal Summary

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    In this script, the author argues that President Roosevelt neither denied, nor confirmed any wrongdoing in the way that the Panama Canal was attained. As the Europeans attempted to go back to South America to collect various debts, he (President Roosevelt) wanted to use this platform to take a paternal role in the continent. This is a main area of focus due to the United States’ previously diminished role in the western hemisphere which Roosevelt took the matters into his own hands and emerged as

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    In the article, “A Fire in the Basement”, Bob Herbert discusses the state of corruption in America today. He suggests that whatever problems we experience in society today are all because of the American government; we have become even worse at resolving those issues than were in years past. Even when America was fighting the war in Vietnam, Herbert says, “there was a sense that the nation was trying to right its wrongs, that it was moving in the right direction, however difficult and dangerous

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    American Hegemony in the Twenty-First Century: Consensus and Legitimacy Abstract: Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has been the world’s only unquestioned superpower. How the United States evaluates its position as global hegemon has important consequences for American foreign policy, particularly with regards to the potential for future policy constraints. Thus, this paper seeks to consider the question: How durable is American hegemony? The paper first defines the state

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    One of which is the book named the European superpower. The book by John McCormick is all about Europe being the new superpower. McCormick based his ideas on the economic, political and cultural status of Europe. It has become a routine for everyone that the United States of America is the world’s last remaining superpower. The nature of power has developed since the Cold War-driven meaning of superpower evolved. Military power is no longer essential to great power; the author

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    or not wanting to read a mind ever again. By reading, you can manipulate people for your own good, briefly making other people your slaves. Super Powers need to be something that only you have, because if everybody has, it becomes a talent not a superpower. Just imagine a world full of people with super powers, there would be no fun in having super powers, and not only that, it would be a disaster, it would be to much power in one world. Countries could use this people with super powers, and transform

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