Which countries have the best land/positioning?

Not just looking at land mass but also amount of sea owned and the usefulness of the land. Also want to be looking at the countries positioning with regards to natural disasters, economic advantages e.c.t

legoboy, you need to explain your position on this subject much better..much better..

»Ø¸´: Which countries have the best land/positioning?

In terms of access to a booty of neverending resources and potential future conquests right next door, russia/china. In terms of being protected by geography and having enough of a domestic resource base to function but not prosper in the long term, the USA.

In more detail, neither russia nor china are threatened by any neighbouring state. Only nato in the west and us alliance with some of the states on chinas periphery are a threat. Eliminate the Us threat and the rest become yours. In time china will be able to afford a larger and better military industrial complex, it is then that the Us becomes irrelevant in asia, and he who controls central asia controls the world. Russias prospects don't look great wtih the demographic crisis and all, so my money is on china in the long term (2030-2040) being best positioned to run africa-eurasia.

Brazil will be running south america, and the us and europe will run north america and europe. That leaves china with the largest pie by far.

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Igor said:

In terms of access to a booty of neverending resources and potential future conquests right next door, russia/china. In terms of being protected by geography and having enough of a domestic resource base to function but not prosper in the long term, the USA.

In more detail, neither russia nor china are threatened by any neighbouring state. Only nato in the west and us alliance with some of the states on chinas periphery are a threat. Eliminate the Us threat and the rest become yours. In time china will be able to afford a larger and better military industrial complex, it is then that the Us becomes irrelevant in asia, and he who controls central asia controls the world. Russias prospects don't look great wtih the demographic crisis and all, so my money is on china in the long term (2030-2040) being best positioned to run africa-eurasia.

Brazil will be running south america, and the us and europe will run north america and europe. That leaves china with the largest pie by far.

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if you say geography, i disagree, The USA、Canada and Australia have the best location.

The USA has both access to the Pacific and Atlantic ocean, has borders with a rich nation to the north, and with a middle development nation to the South.


NAFTA is in reality as strong as Europe Economically and in natural resources very rich.
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Then it means the US will remain a very strong power by 2040.

By 2040 India will be a very powerful nation, reducing clearly the power and influence of of China.


So we will have several power each controlling to some degree its regional neighbourhood, but still Europe will be the core nation of a world goverment supported by the power of the USA (NAFTA) and South America.

MiG-29, who is too say just because India grows stronger China grows weaker. China has consistently outgrown India by a large percentage for the last 30~ years.

I agree by 2040 the U.S will still remain a core superpower of the world, but I CANNOT agree with the your Europe view. With the way things are going by 2040 I see Europe as one of the weaker continents of the world(Also depends if Russia is considered "Europe" or not). I don't see why South America has the need to align itself with Europe as it's own power grows.

Brazil, South Americans biggest economy by far has already partially aligning itself with China instead.

MiG I don't understand why in every single of of your posts you have to link half a dozen YouTube videos. Most of them are off-topic and don't add anything to the debate.

legoboy said:

MiG-29, who is too say just because India grows stronger China grows weaker. China has consistently outgrown India by a large percentage for the last 30~ years.

I agree by 2040 the U.S will still remain a core superpower of the world, but I CANNOT agree with the your Europe view. With the way things are going by 2040 I see Europe as one of the weaker continents of the world(Also depends if Russia is considered "Europe" or not). I don't see why South America has the need to align itself with Europe as it's own power grows.

Brazil, South Americans biggest economy by far has already partially aligning itself with China instead.

MiG I don't understand why in every single of of your posts you have to link half a dozen YouTube videos. Most of them are off-topic and don't add anything to the debate.

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i do not think Europe will be weak at all, China and India despite many think they are rivals in reality they are partners, Asian partners.

But India has a lot of development, Europe will continue powerful because Europe is not a nation, but a league of nations, we live in times of globalization, where all nations can manufacture, knowledge is shared via investment or communication, thus i doubt this will be just the century of a single country.

yeah i think China will be a major world player, one of the most importants with great technology and power, but also i think India, Brazil, the US, Europe lead by France-Germany and England will remian competitive due to technology.

So in 2-3 decades from now NAFTA lead by the US, Mercosur lead by Brazil, United Europe, China and Allies, India and Allies and Russia and allies will be the major economic cores of future decades.


Japan, S. Korea, South Africa are potential powers but i do not know what economic organization they can create to support their economic blocks
the videos i post are related but sometimes people can not conect the dots

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I put it up a few months ago but the thread got close because some fools turn it into a china vs india thread.

Not weak, weaker, and certainly not the core of the worlds economy. By 2040 Asia will be the centre of the World's Economy.

The US is undoubted the most fortunate. Favorable climate ranges. Only two countries on its borders and on the other side of the world from the nations that have been around for centuries. Don't have to deal with nationalistic envy centuries old. Just read the web comments on any story about the EU crisis. A lot of nationalistic in-fighting rhetoric within the EU and jealousy towards Germany envoking the Nazis. Asia is worse.

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Not weak, weaker, and certainly not the core of the worlds economy. By 2040 Asia will be the centre of the World's Economy.

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my opinion differs because i do not consider the same political arrangements will exist in 20-30 years from now.


The USA will sooner or later merge with Canada which is quit smooth, and later with Mexico which will be little bit harder, but sooner or later you will end up having an economic block, already its an economic block without a common currency but this might happen in 10-20 years from now.

South america will be the same, they will merge first in Mercosur and later the whole of South America under unasur.

I do not expect Europe and the US won`t merge eventually, the idea of a common currency will be a part of the idea of a united planet.

So in my opinion, Asia won`t replace the west, Asia will be very important but can not stop Russia from Either joining Europe or gathering the remains of the former USSR.

So at the end you will have blocks needing each other, Asia needs a wealthy and strong Europe or North America, as they need a strong Asia.

Commerce is the main aspect that will keep Europe strong, and a political union is only what reflects the current crisis, they will end up imposing federal economic policies basicly ereasing the concept of nation in Greece or Italy, and the same sooner or later will hapen in NAFTA or Mercosur.