Why are the United States considered powerful?

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Why the United States are considered powerful

Introduction

In the modern world it is difficult to determine the extent of the United States power in the world . There is no doubt the United States has a powerful military with modern sophisticated weapons . The United States economy is much larger compared to other economies of the world commanding a big percentage of the global markets . Moreover , the United States culture and tradition have spread all over the world with movies and television programs

being watched in all parts of the world . This has leads to the of United States as the world super power However , it is not clear what the United States is capable of accomplishing in the world if it vast resources as well as global influence is considered . The extent of its powers is therefore difficult to estimate

Some scholars have described a superpower as a country that presently has the means and abilities to be good and make global impacts on the globe today and in the future . Power is not therefore the amount of energy spent but the results of the energy expenditure . This has resulted into criticism that the United States is not as powerful as the world society may think . These scholars have considered the United States as a less superpower . Their arguments are based on the fact that the United States military for example has been overstretched by the occupation of weak countries such as Afghanistan and...