10.Since the fall of the Soviet Union the USA is generally recognized as the only remaining great world power (super power) presently existing in the world. Other countries are not classed as super powers.

Running Head : RECOGNITION OF USA

The Recognition of USA as the only Great World Power

Since the Fall of the Soviet Union

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The Recognition of USA as the only Great World Power

Since the Fall of the Soviet Union

True , ever since the descend of Soviet Union as one of the two super powers during the cold war , the United States of America (USA ) is generally accepted as the sole remaining super power . Through the alliance between the Soviet Union

and USA , both rose to be powerful nations that are to be called as super powers ' at the end of World War II

Even though , they formed a coalition , both countries suffered distrusts for each other because of variation in beliefs and ideologies that cannot be easily put aside . These misunderstandings brought another war called Cold War . At the time of Cold War , which is a state of political hostility that existed from 1945 until 1990 between countries led by the Soviet Union and countries led by the United States , where USA and Soviet Union were the two super powers (Free Online Dictionary , 2000 , having nuclear arms and politically influential are the standards of being a super power . At post-Cold War , this definition changed as new factors such as political , cultural , demographic economic and financial , military and geographic , were considered . With this change in the world , from being a bipolar to unipolar , the definition and characteristics of super power ' was changed

1991 , the collapse of Soviet Union , the end of Cold War , also marked the unipolarism of this world , as the USA stands alone as a super power Soviet Union collapsed as Gorbachev the last president of Soviet Union resigns from the post on December 11 , 1991

Considering the factors of being a super power , many will fit the characteristics but only after years have passed that they eventually come near the influence of USA or even surpassed the current super power . In culture , USA had induced its culture in many countries by spreading the use of English language as the general speech of the world . Only USA 's national language had obtained such distinction . Not only that , American products are widely used in different nations that it be almost said that their culture is scattered all around the globe Politically , USA is an unwavering federal republic and a member of many powerful worldwide organizations . Through these , USA has a firm grip on her political influence over different nations . In terms of economic and financial , USA play an important role as the world 's leading economy with a GDP of over a million due to American companies , World Bank and International Monetary Fund . China and India are continuing their increase in GDP every year that there may be a possibility in succeeding USA as a super power , but still , its still a long way off in the future and without mentioning that anything can happen to jeopardize their standing in economy . Geographically...