Criteria defining the status of a superpower
- Superior economic power, characterized by access to raw materials, volume and productivity of the domestic market, a leading position in world trade as well as global financial markets, innovation and the ability to accumulate capital.
- A large population, high level of education, well-developed infrastructure and a pronounced cultural and economic ability to shape as well as absorb a variety of things.
- Pre-eminent military ability, characterized by relative invulnerability, the ability to deter or cause great damage and project military might globally.
- Possessing an attractive social and value system as well as evidence of the ability to lead and impose order in a state's regional environment.
- Having a functioning political system capable of mobilizing resources for world political goals, the potential to build alliances or establish linkages with capable partners.
- The existence of a political consensus on a concept of world order and the preparedness to be engaged in international forums.
- Superior economic power, characterized by access to raw materials, volume and productivity of the domestic market, a leading position in world trade as well as global financial markets, innovation and the ability to accumulate capital.
- A large population, high level of education, well-developed infrastructure and a pronounced cultural and economic ability to shape as well as absorb a variety of things.
- Pre-eminent military ability, characterized by relative invulnerability, the ability to deter or cause great damage and project military might globally.
- Possessing an attractive social and value system as well as evidence of the ability to lead and impose order in a state's regional environment.
- Having a functioning political system capable of mobilizing resources for world political goals, the potential to build alliances or establish linkages with capable partners.
- The existence of a political consensus on a concept of world order and the preparedness to be engaged in international forums.