A superpower is a state with a dominant position in the
international affairs which has the ability to influence events
and its own interests and project power on a worldwide scale to
protect those interests. A superpower is traditionally to be one
step higher than a great power. Until the breakup of the Soviet
Union there were two superpowers. At present there is only one –
the USA. (Adapted from Wikipedia) The question therefore is
whether both China and India will be more powerful than any
other nation apart from the US in 25 years. Our educated guess
is that China probably will be at or nearly at the level of the
US, but India will only be a ‘great’ power by then, alongside
Japan, Germany and perhaps Russia. Our prediction is that the EU
will have sorted itself out as a viable entity, but not yet a
‘power’ of any significance. The reason for our prediction about
China is that it is already well on its way to becoming a
superpower: in terms of economics – there is already talked of a
G2, military developme