• Early Modern & Colonial Powers (1500–1900 CE):

  • Portuguese/Spanish Empires (1400s–1800s): Age of Exploration global sea powers.

  • Dutch & French Colonial Empires (1600s–1900s): Maritime, colonial dominance.

  • British Empire (1700s–1900s): "The Empire on which the sun never sets".

  • Russian Empire (1700s–1917): Eurasian power.

  • German/Japanese Empires (late 19th–20th Century): Rise of industrialized military powers.

• Modern Superpowers (1900s–Present):

  • United States & Soviet Union (1945–1991): Bipolar Cold War superpowers.

  • United States & China (1991–Present): Primary contemporary

Are we witnessing the fall of one power and the rise of another new world power?

12 minutes ago, ravip said:

• Early Modern & Colonial Powers (1500–1900 CE):

  • Portuguese/Spanish Empires (1400s–1800s): Age of Exploration global sea powers.

  • Dutch & French Colonial Empires (1600s–1900s): Maritime, colonial dominance.

  • British Empire (1700s–1900s): "The Empire on which the sun never sets".

  • Russian Empire (1700s–1917): Eurasian power.

  • German/Japanese Empires (late 19th–20th Century): Rise of industrialized military powers.

• Modern Superpowers (1900s–Present):

  • United States & Soviet Union (1945–1991): Bipolar Cold War superpowers.

  • United States & China (1991–Present): Primary contemporary

Are we witnessing the fall of one power and the rise of another new world power?

Probably not.

Ask someone what they "think" and you will usually get what they fear or what they hope.

Plenty of hope around on AN concerning the current offensive in the Gulf region.