Super power china

[n0el]

I agree, but in that sense I think the world has fundamentally changed and agree then there will likely never be a superpower in that pretext.

[Amsel_]

I agree, but in that sense I think the world has fundamentally changed and agree then there will likely never be a superpower in that pretext.

Agreed. I'm expecting this tripolar situation to continue for quite some time.

[n0el]

I’ll be curious to see if India ever gets its shit together and becomes a player

[PeachTree]

You just have to take garrison in blockhouse/outpost/castle/towncenters when cav comes to raid you.

Yeah but what if they come with petards? Do u just sack the vills?

Dont be childish, petards don't exist.

Arent terrorists petards?

[fightinfrenchman]

It's Christmas guys, stop posting in these dumb threads please

[Amsel_]

I’ll be curious to see if India ever gets its shit together and becomes a player

2020

[TNT333]

@Amsel_ don’t you think China is sort of falling into it? Especially as the US exits the stage under the current admin. China is heavily influencing the next growth region (Africa-https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/03/china-invest-60-billion-across-continent-raising-fears-new-colonialism/amp/) and now has nearly complete influence in the Far East.

Their economic expansion is impressive, but I wouldn't consider that falling into it. I'm just not a fan of these economic empires. They're so fragile. If China makes some good shows of force projection in regions where they've acquired influence then I might eat my words, but I don't see it. They still haven't gained control of the South China Sea. North Korea has been drifting away from them. The only country they have which I would really consider a proxy is Myanmar. Nearly anyone else could tell them to go away at any minute, with minimal repercussions.

When I say the U.S. fell into it, it's because they already had a world-agenda set up because of their long struggle with international communism. By the end of the world war they had the military and political capital of a country fighting a world war, but had no real enemies. Typically countries will adopt certain ideals to fill this sort of vacuum. Historically it was an Imperial, pseudo-religious ideal. Lately nations have taken to more temporal ideals, such as every country being a democracy. That's what the United States adopted, and it worked well because it was somewhat similar to the ideological reasoning for the fight against communism. Even today - when nearly everyone is sick of these wars - the media still randomly calls world leaders "dictators" and it kind of works at preventing any sympathy towards them. I don't think China has one of these driving ideals. They're almost completely focused on economics. I don't see them finding justification for non-economic expansionism.

China has overpowered the USA IN terms of PPP, and their economic growth shows they will overcome the USA soon. India is close behind

[Horsemen]

@Amsel_ don’t you think China is sort of falling into it? Especially as the US exits the stage under the current admin. China is heavily influencing the next growth region (Africa-https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/03/china-invest-60-billion-across-continent-raising-fears-new-colonialism/amp/) and now has nearly complete influence in the Far East.

Their economic expansion is impressive, but I wouldn't consider that falling into it. I'm just not a fan of these economic empires. They're so fragile. If China makes some good shows of force projection in regions where they've acquired influence then I might eat my words, but I don't see it. They still haven't gained control of the South China Sea. North Korea has been drifting away from them. The only country they have which I would really consider a proxy is Myanmar. Nearly anyone else could tell them to go away at any minute, with minimal repercussions.

When I say the U.S. fell into it, it's because they already had a world-agenda set up because of their long struggle with international communism. By the end of the world war they had the military and political capital of a country fighting a world war, but had no real enemies. Typically countries will adopt certain ideals to fill this sort of vacuum. Historically it was an Imperial, pseudo-religious ideal. Lately nations have taken to more temporal ideals, such as every country being a democracy. That's what the United States adopted, and it worked well because it was somewhat similar to the ideological reasoning for the fight against communism. Even today - when nearly everyone is sick of these wars - the media still randomly calls world leaders "dictators" and it kind of works at preventing any sympathy towards them. I don't think China has one of these driving ideals. They're almost completely focused on economics. I don't see them finding justification for non-economic expansionism.

China has overpowered the USA IN terms of PPP, and their economic growth shows they will overcome the USA soon. India is close behind