The authors of Whatever happened to Imperialism? and American Didn't Decline. It Went Global. have claims that are both similar and different in some ways. Both disagrees with the public opinion of the rise of other nations believes that United States will stay unipolar in the future. However, the author of the first article believes that US is weakening. Whereas the author of the second article believes that US is not weakening like how it seemed to be.
In the first article, the author says that US will stay unipolar because there is a lack of powerful countries and a lack of war. In his opinion, Russia, EU, and the BRICS don't seem to be grabbing the power that United States is losing. The author further used lots of evidence to show the general decrease of wars in the 21st century compared to other centuries. In his conclusion, the author stated that "P erhaps this is a road we’ve never been down before, an actual new world order." This implies that the world might be shifting it powers into a way new and different from the system of polarity.
In the second article, the author is skeptical of the rapid changes of United State's power in such a short time. He supported his claim that US is being 'underestimated' by explaining how GDPs can become misleading as transnational markets spread. He makes an example of how China sells the most Iphone when it doesn't own Apple. In the author's opinion, people should investigate on individual companies rather than nations to determine national power.
In my opinion, I believe that the world will become multipolar, most likely bipolar, as China expand its industries. To support this argument, I will definitely need the GDPs and GNPs of United States, China, and other countries. However, after reading the previous article, I found our that I would also need the annual income of some multinational corporations. I will further like to research about China's aggression in the Pacific and interaction with important countries such as the United States.
In the first article, the author says that US will stay unipolar because there is a lack of powerful countries and a lack of war. In his opinion, Russia, EU, and the BRICS don't seem to be grabbing the power that United States is losing. The author further used lots of evidence to show the general decrease of wars in the 21st century compared to other centuries. In his conclusion, the author stated that "P erhaps this is a road we’ve never been down before, an actual new world order." This implies that the world might be shifting it powers into a way new and different from the system of polarity.
In the second article, the author is skeptical of the rapid changes of United State's power in such a short time. He supported his claim that US is being 'underestimated' by explaining how GDPs can become misleading as transnational markets spread. He makes an example of how China sells the most Iphone when it doesn't own Apple. In the author's opinion, people should investigate on individual companies rather than nations to determine national power.
In my opinion, I believe that the world will become multipolar, most likely bipolar, as China expand its industries. To support this argument, I will definitely need the GDPs and GNPs of United States, China, and other countries. However, after reading the previous article, I found our that I would also need the annual income of some multinational corporations. I will further like to research about China's aggression in the Pacific and interaction with important countries such as the United States.