How Does American Culture Influence The Development Of A Superpower

A superpower is a country or group of countries that successfully exerts their economic, military, cultural and geopolitical power, in order to influence global events. Currently in the globalised world of today it could be argued that American culture, a trapping of soft superpower influence, is currently leading to a homogenous cultural world through westernisation, and will be replaced by a more culturally diverse world. TNCs reinforce the global brands, and already on Forbes Index brands such as China Mobile have escalated into the top 10 brands, especially in the developing nations of Africa. This is an element of soft power, influencing other countries so that they follow certain trends or people’s way of life, therefore people will be

Military is important when protecting resources such as fossil fuels from other countries, instead they are forced to buy these non-renewable materials at high rates. As a result, the country should further develop its economy and therefore as a superpower. Countries that experience a loss of money or are economically undeveloped will have less credibility, their rate of development will plummet. A large component that influences economic growth is trade. The majority of world trade takes place between Europe, North America and Asia. By exploiting LEDCs, TNCs are able to take advantage of importing cheap resources and consequently achieve a high profit. The USA owns 140 of the world’s largest TNCs which earned a combined revenue of $7 trillion in 2010. This mass of wealth, collectively allowed the USA to progress rapidly and advance its technology so that the country was globally more interconnected and could dominate poorer places. For instance, the USA has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. Overall, trade creates money which forms the bases needed to be a superpower, wealth means that a country has access to buying military hardware and making itself progressively more powerful, without money countries are not capable of becoming a

This has secured resources such as oil and minerals to sustain its rate of industrial development and economic growth of around 9–10% per year. China also gives vast amounts of aid to African countries to build key infrastructure such as ports and railways. This could be seen as an example of neo-colonialism despite that, supporters argue the investment is desperately needed. Yet we can conclude that this certainly extends China’s influence on the global stage. There is a growing number of embassies, consulates and missions that China has around the world which are all contributing to the success of being a superpower. China is politically a key player in international organisations (member of the UN Security Council). Some would argue that China adopts an over-cautious approach for example to UN-supported military activities in North Africa and the Middle East but is gaining respect among many non-aligned countries. China is also leading in recent BRIC summits and the G20, which many now see as more significant on the world stage than the