The United States enjoyed a meteoric rise in global power during the early 1900’s. Despite a brief challenge from the Soviet Union from 1922-1991, they have remained the one constant power in the international system. To this day, they remain in control of the world due to the power they possess in the forms of military power, economic power, and soft power (Boyer et al. 36). While the United States currently operates in a unipolar world, one in which they are the true hegemon, power is beginning the shift further and further away from the United States (Boyer et al. 71). By the end of Donald Trump’s presidency, we will see a world that is nonpolar, with no true power in control of the international system as the United States begins to focus
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Not only do they have the highest gross domestic product (GDP) in the world at $14.5 trillion, but their $2 trillion in exports also tops every other country by a considerable margin. To put the $14.5 trillion in perspective, it is equal to 23% of the world’s combined GDP and nearly three times larger than that of the Chinese (Boyer et al. 58). In addition to its immense success with exportation, the United States economy has been steadily on the rise since the “Great Recession” of 2008 and 2009. Within the last month, the Dow Jones passed 20,000 points for the first time in history. The United States has also been able to remain mostly self-sufficient due to its abundance of natural resources in the areas of energy, agriculture, and manufacturing (Boyer et al. 59). Because they do not rely heavily on other countries, the United States can enact economic sanctions without the fear of it harming their economy. Over the past few years the United States has enacted such sanctions on countries who they felt were not behaving properly including Libya, Russia, North Korea, and most recently, …show more content…
Because of his use of the executive order, there is not much that can stop him from extending or expanding upon this ban. He has also been a critic of the idea that the U.S. has to be present in “policing the world”. President Trump is going to try to get America to focus less on international affairs and more on the problems at home. This new nonpolar world will happen not because the U.S. is becoming weak, but rather because they will no longer have the desire to be the hegemon. Russia and China may attempt to take over this role, but neither is strong enough to maintain a dominance over the rest of the world. The world will coexist due to increased globalization and should be able to avoid chaos as the United States takes a step back from the international
Not only do they have the highest gross domestic product (GDP) in the world at $14.5 trillion, but their $2 trillion in exports also tops every other country by a considerable margin. To put the $14.5 trillion in perspective, it is equal to 23% of the world’s combined GDP and nearly three times larger than that of the Chinese (Boyer et al. 58). In addition to its immense success with exportation, the United States economy has been steadily on the rise since the “Great Recession” of 2008 and 2009. Within the last month, the Dow Jones passed 20,000 points for the first time in history. The United States has also been able to remain mostly self-sufficient due to its abundance of natural resources in the areas of energy, agriculture, and manufacturing (Boyer et al. 59). Because they do not rely heavily on other countries, the United States can enact economic sanctions without the fear of it harming their economy. Over the past few years the United States has enacted such sanctions on countries who they felt were not behaving properly including Libya, Russia, North Korea, and most recently, …show more content…
Because of his use of the executive order, there is not much that can stop him from extending or expanding upon this ban. He has also been a critic of the idea that the U.S. has to be present in “policing the world”. President Trump is going to try to get America to focus less on international affairs and more on the problems at home. This new nonpolar world will happen not because the U.S. is becoming weak, but rather because they will no longer have the desire to be the hegemon. Russia and China may attempt to take over this role, but neither is strong enough to maintain a dominance over the rest of the world. The world will coexist due to increased globalization and should be able to avoid chaos as the United States takes a step back from the international