re: Who are the world super powers?

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Need to factor the Instruments of National Power(DIME)

Diplomacy
Informational
Military
Economic

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Ft. Leavenworth flashbacks triggered.

To fit the traditional definition you need the economic and military components. The USA after WWII was the only nation that combined both. The USSR was a superpower strictly because of its military power, its economy was nothing compared to the US or it’s Allies. Today China has a rapidly expanding military that can compete with the USA. China will soon be able to match or exceed USA military power.

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Well China is systematically taking over the US deep and wide, including at the highest levels of government and corporate control, so at this point I’d rank them ahead of us.

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You can't until they "beat" us in a hot war. That's the only way the the Eurodollar system gets taken out.

The USA and China. That's it.

Ancient superpower is persian , rome , indian, chinese, ottoman .

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Who are the world super powers?

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Good and Evil.

Bow down to the future overlord.

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Germany and Japan cannot compare to the US or even China in this regard.

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Sure US and China are near the top. I agree. They check all the boxes. Maybe I misunderstood the Op question. I thought we ranking world superpowers. Not limiting to the top 2.

Influence is my arbitrary qualification. If there was a a major world conflict, I’d sure prefer to be on the side of the team that has 100% of Germany and Japan’s engineering, technology, manufacturing focus. Those countries have the wealth, population, intelligence, ambition and infrastructure to change the outcome of a hypothetical conflict.

And again, that’s based on a military conflict which I feel is just a fraction of this topic.

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I thought we ranking world superpowers. Not limiting to the top 2.

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I’m saying there are only 2 superpowers at the most. The countries after that are global powers but they’re not superpowers.

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Influence is my arbitrary qualification. If there was a a major world conflict, I’d sure prefer to be on the side of the team that has 100% of Germany and Japan’s engineering, technology, manufacturing focus. Those countries have the wealth, population, intelligence, ambition and infrastructure to change the outcome of a hypothetical conflict. And again, that’s based on a military conflict which I feel is just a fraction of this topic.

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Again I don’t think you understand. I’m not saying Germany and Japan are completely useless. They are major world players. They do have an impact on the world.

But being a superpower means a country has mastered every single area they can. Like I said

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There is no official definition of the word but all include some level of mastering the seven dimensions of state power. Like geography, population, economy, resources, military, diplomacy, and national identity. You can’t be severely lacking in one area and still be considered one.

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Again I think there’s quite a misunderstanding of being a superpower entails. The whole point of word is to highlight countries that can dominate the world in every possible way. It doesn’t mean all the other countries are irrelevant. Having an extremely powerful military and being a major nuclear power is one of them. If you have an ally that does this for you but you can’t do it yourself, you can’t be considered one. A global power yes, but a super power is complete in every phase.

Think of it like a football team. A “superpower”/complete team has an elite offense, defense, ST, and coaching. They can beat you through the air, ground, defense, and out coach you. They have multiple facets of dominance. A great but not complete team may have a great offense and coaching but lacking defense. That doesn’t mean they’re not still a great team but their defense in certain instances can hold them back. They don’t earn the superpower moniker.