I achieved A* in my Geography A Level and these are my notes for the Superpowers unit. The notes are incredibly detailed containing over 11,000 words and include all the key facts, information and case studies needed to achieve the top marks.
Superpowers
Contents
The Characteristics of Superpowers......................................................................................................1
Changing Patterns of Power..................................................................................................................3
Emerging Powers...................................................................................................................................8
Superpowers’ Influence over the Global Economic System.................................................................13
International Decision Making.............................................................................................................20
Global Environmental Concerns..........................................................................................................22
Contested Global Influence.................................................................................................................24
Developing Nations..............................................................................................................................27
Challenges to Existing Superpowers....................................................................................................32
Superpowers
o A nation that can conduct a global strategy including: possibility to destroy world
o command vast economic & political influence
o present a universal ideology
o project hard & soft power simultaneously (and smart power)
o project its influence anywhere in the world
Hyperpower
o a lone superpower
o an unchallenged superpower that is dominant in all aspects of power e.g. US
o hegemon
Emerging power
o countries with plentiful resources and a fast growing economies
o potential to become superpowers
o economic, military & political influence already growing
Regional powers
o influence countries at a continental scale
o e.g. South Africa in Africa
4 Pillars of superpower status
o Economic power
prerequisite of power
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Superpowers
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