superpower
Sign in to saveSuperpower describes a sovereign state or supranational union that holds a dominant position characterized by the ability to exert influence and project power on a global scale. This is done through the combined means of economic, military, technological, political, and cultural strength as well as diplomatic and soft power influence. Traditionally, superpowers are preeminent among the great powers. While a great power state is capable of exerting its influence globally, superpowers are states so influential that no significant action can be taken by the global community without first consider
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A superpower is a country or union of countries that has so much economic, military, technological, and cultural strength that it can influence events and decisions around the world. Understanding superpowers matters because these nations shape global politics, security, and international relationships in ways that affect countries everywhere.
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- Origin
- During the Cold War
- After the Cold War
- Potential superpowers
- 1980s and 1990s
- 21st century
- Superpower collapse
- Soviet Union
- British Empire
- United States
- Superpower disengagement
- Proposed early superpowers
- Archaic globalization (before 1500)
- Bronze Age
- Fertile Crescent in the Early Bronze Age
- Fertile Crescent in the Middle Bronze Age
- Fertile Crescent and Mediterranean Sea in the Late Bronze Age
- Indian subcontinent
- East Asia
- Mesoamerica
- Andes
- Classical antiquity
- Indian subcontinent
- Known world by the ancient Greeks before the Hellenistic period
- Known world by the ancient Romans in their republican era
- Known world by the ancient Romans in their imperial era
- East Asia
- Mesoamerica
- Andes
- Post-Classical Age
- Known world by Medieval Europeans and Middle Easterners
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Mesoamerica
- South America
- Proto-globalization (1500–1800)
- Modern globalization (1800–1945)
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Superpower describes a sovereign state or supranational union that holds a dominant position characterized by the ability to exert influence and project power on a global scale. This is done through the combined means of economic, military, technological, political, and cultural strength as well as diplomatic and soft power influence. Traditionally, superpowers are preeminent among the great powers. While a great power state is capable of exerting its influence globally, superpowers are states so influential that no significant action can be taken by the global community without first considering the positions of the superpowers on the issue.
In 1944, during World War II, the term was first applied to the British Empire, the Soviet Union, and the United States. During the Cold War, the British Empire dissolved, leaving the United States and the Soviet Union to dominate world affairs. At the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the United States became the world's sole superpower, a position sometimes referred to as that of a "hyperpower".