“What Is a Superpower?” — written by George Friedman

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George Friedman is founder of Geopolitical Futures and author of many books on geopolitics. This latest writing by Friedman about the concept of superpowers in the international system is insightful and a little controversial. Have a look at it .

“The end of the Cold War and the dismantling of what had been a bipolar world order raised the question of what exactly constitutes a superpower. The question has been bandied about even more over the past few years, given some people’s perception that U.S. global influence is weakening relative to the rest of the world’s.”

The concept of “superpower” in today’s international system has no direct answers. I know that this article was written by Friedman due to the BRICS summit being held this week. The BRICS have invited some key members into the multilateral organization, such as Iran and Saudi Arabia. A decisive moment for the future status of BRICS in the international system, Iran’s influence in Middle East politics and economics will be a major boost to this inter-governmental organization’s profile. Moreover, by…