Potential superpower

A potential superpower is a state or other polity that is speculated to be or have the potential to become a superpower, a state or supranational union that holds a dominant position characterized by the ability to exert influence or project power on a global scale through economic, military, technological, political, and/or cultural means.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Currently, only the United States fulfills the criteria to be considered a superpower.^[4] At present only China,^[5]^[6] the European Union,^[7] India,^[8]^[9] and Russia^[10] have consistently been academically discussed as having the potential to attain superpower status.

^ Munro, André. "superpower". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
^ Leonard, Mark (18 February 2005). "Europe: the new superpower". Irish Times. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
^ McCormick, John (2007). The European Superpower. Palgrave Macmillan.
^ C. Herring, George (2008). From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations since 1776. Oxford University Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-19-507822-0.
^ Jacques Martin (15 June 2006). "This is the relationship that will define global politics". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
^ Anthony H. Cordesman (12 September 2019). China and the U.S.: Cooperation, Competition and/or Conflict (PDF). CSIS (Report).
^ Guttman, R.J. (2001). Europe in the New Century. Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 9781555878528.
^ Robyn Meredith (2007). The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What it Means for All of Us. W.W Norton and Company. ISBN 978-0-393-33193 6.
^ "India – A Superpower in the Making?".
^ Steven Rosefielde (2005). Russia in the 21st Century: The Prodigal Superpower. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-83678-4. Retrieved 13 September 2015.

[Munro1-1] Munro, André. "superpower". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2 May 2023.

[Mark1-2] Leonard, Mark (18 February 2005). "Europe: the new superpower". Irish Times. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2015.

[3] McCormick, John (2007). The European Superpower. Palgrave Macmillan.

[4] C. Herring, George (2008). From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations since 1776. Oxford University Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-19-507822-0.

[5] Jacques Martin (15 June 2006). "This is the relationship that will define global politics". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 May 2010.

[6] Anthony H. Cordesman (12 September 2019). China and the U.S.: Cooperation, Competition and/or Conflict (PDF). CSIS (Report).

[rjguttman-7] Guttman, R.J. (2001). Europe in the New Century. Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 9781555878528.

[elephantdragon-8] Robyn Meredith (2007). The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What it Means for All of Us. W.W Norton and Company. ISBN 978-0-393-33193 6.

[9] "India – A Superpower in the Making?".

[Russia_in_the_21st_Century-10] Steven Rosefielde (2005). Russia in the 21st Century: The Prodigal Superpower. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-83678-4. Retrieved 13 September 2015.

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