Future World Power?

[Yanez]

Just wanted to know what people tought (thanks to who ever started this website, i was always told not to talk politics etc where i was but i found the place to do it , and hopefully unlike the games there are mature people here). Which country in the americas do you think is more likely to become a world power in the VERY far or near future??? , excluding of course USA , Canada.

[Ironduke]

Just wanted to know what people tought (thanks to who ever started this website, i was always told not to talk politics etc where i was but i found the place to do it , and hopefully unlike the games there are mature people here). Which country in the americas do you think is more likely to become a world power in the VERY far or near future??? , excluding of course USA , Canada.

Probably Brazil.

[ChrisF202]

China, they must be stopped withen a few years or else this will be Cold War #2

[ZFBoxcar]

ChrisF202...

Which country in the americas

Unless China takes over South America, I don't think so.

[Jay]

Actually, no one! It entirely depends on USA. But out of all the countries Brazil has got the potential - R&D and innovation, farm and industrial output, natural resources and ofcourse size. But even Brazil cannot become a super power, unless USA wants it to be. Brazil cannot influence any wordly events or decisions, their economic diplomacy is in its infancy when compared with countries like China, India etc.

[Asim Aquil]

and hopefully unlike the games there are mature people here

wait till u get to know me :)

[List]

Brazil is the only one in the Americas with a chance in the reasonably near future, but even then be prepared for a wait.

China, they must be stopped withen a few years or else this will be Cold War #2

Ever heard of a self fulfilling prophecy? There's only so much that can be done to "stop" China. Too much action risks open conflict, while any significant efforts short of that risks cold war #2. That said, China is well on its way to becoming a developed nation. I would have no problem with a developed China, and any actions taken against China for little reason other than to stop its development would just be hurting the Chinese people.

[ChrisF202]

ChrisF202...



Unless China takes over South America, I don't think so.

opps Something told me this was a thread about the American continent lol

I would say Brazil

[Rahul]

I agree that Brazil has the best chance. Chile and Argentina could become powerful enough to stand alone and become developed as well but not a world power per say due to their smaller populations IMO. Mexico is far too dependent on the US to become a world power, as is Canada IMO.

[Ziska]

what about a regional coalition, like the EU, but in South America? They would be heaps strong, espeically considering they don't have a heap of international commitments, like the US.

I would imagine that the US will go the way of Britian. The UK broke her empire fighting two wars that it didn't strictly have to. The US was there to fill the vacuum. Something like that will happen again. The US will break itself trying to be the best in everything, and some other coutry/nation/region will take over internationally.

[Confed999]

what about a regional coalition, like the EU, but in South America?

That's what I was thinking too. ;)

[smilingassassin]

China and Brazil are serious contenders. India has the manpower, but I think they are still a long way off. China is the most likely.

[Ray]

Are we talking about the Olympics?

China is surely closing in as a World power! :)

[Rahul]

Well, let's remember this is restricted to the Americas, not the whole world. On that note, Confed and Ziska, if there was a regional coalition, what about the fact that much of Latin America still exports raw material or agricultural products (for example, China buying Chilean copper is helping Chile's economy grow nowadays)? And also, what of education in Latin America? Why is it that Latin America has so few Nobel Prize winners? My wishlist would include the gov'ts of Latin America becoming a more fiscally responsible and making their primary focus education and facilitating foreign investment (and preferrably as much non-US as possible so they don't become very dependent on their neighbor to the north) to employ more people in both services and manufacturing. Also, especially in the Andes region but in Latin America as a whole, transportation infrastructure isn't all that amazing. Building more rail lines across the continent to transport manufactured goods and roads as well would certainly help. I also think gov't policy should ideally try to encourage certain up and coming fields like biotech and IT (to become outsourcing centers).

[Ziska]

Well, brazil is going through this experiment where they're trying to manufacture more stuff. I mean, if china can do it, brazil sure can. South america has everything they need. Low wages, natural resources, high population.

The only problem (and it is a massive problem) is political stability.