superpowers

• a superpower can be defined as a country with a dominating power and influence
• a hegemon is a supreme power or a country that is dominant over others, their power extends to several different countries
• regional power is a country that exerts influence over other countries in the immediate area of the same region
• emerging power is a country that has increasing influence but is not yet dominant- BRICs
• pillars of power- military, economic political, cultural
• a large economy allows a nation to control trade and invest in a strong military force
• a nation can use their military to threaten a country- hard power, or to achieve geopolitical goals
• the ability to influence other countries is linked with politics as many states will force their ideologies through cultural policies
• projecting cultural values onto others can change ways that other nations think and culture is often spread through social media, food etc