Challenges And Opportunities To The United States

Over half of the world’s population resides in China, India, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia. The region’s rapidly growing populations and economies calls forth future challenges and opportunities to the United States. In the decades ahead, the United States will tackle the regions present challenges and opportunities by obtaining and understanding the region’s history and culture. China takes on the role as the focal point of interest in the region. Throughout their 5,000 year history, the Chinese are plagued with conflict. China experience the Mongols’ ransack and pillages, the dynasty era that stunt economic growth, the Japanese invasion, bloody civil war, and Mao’s regime. Meanwhile, their European and American counterparts develop

India is another population powerhouse the U.S must consider when developing future relationship in Asia. Hinduism, a polytheistic religion, dominates India’s history. Unlike China, a relatively peaceful history has not led India to distrust outside civilizations. However, British occupation stunted India’s economic growth and therefore India has only recently started their industrial economic cycle. After their independence from Britain, India developed a democratic political system. The sheer size of their economic cycle they have put a strain on their environment as well. On the other hand, India’s industrial cycle offers an integral opportunity for the U.S. Developing countries going through their industrialization cycle begin to militarize, so the U.S. can help India develop their military and build a strong political relationship with them. Building relationships take time and effort, and with a Christian U.S. and a Hindu India, there will be differences in views for how India will take the future of their country. Therefore, the United States will need to remain patient as the relationship between the countries is worked on. India’s geographic makeup starts with a land locked north, but most of the country borders the Indian Ocean. Only Nepal lies between China on land, and small South Asian countries block the waterways between India and China. Due to India’s proximity to China, with their military assistance, India can act as a counterweight to China’s military expansion. The superpowers of the world, in the decades ahead will include the United States, India, and China. The sheer populations of India and China will create large economies crucial to the world economy, making the countries superpowers. Therefore the balance for power in the world will depend on the relationship these countries have with one another. A political relationship between the U.S. and India will be easily feasible due to