Further information: Power (international relations), Great power, Superpower, Second Superpower, and Potential superpowers
A Hyper-power is a state that dominates all other states in every sphere of activity[citation needed]. A hyperpower is traditionally[citation needed] considered to be one step higher than a superpower.
The Roman Empire, Mongol Empire, Ottoman Empire and the British Empire have all been thought to be Hyper-powers.[1]
In a modern context, hyperpower has been used to describe the United States' position as the lone superpower since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.[2][3][4]
Origin[]
After the end of the Cold War, some political commentators felt that a new term was needed to describe the United States' position as the lone superpower.[5]
French Minister Hubert Védrine popularized[citation needed] the term "hyperpower" in 1998.[6]
See also[]
- Hegemony
- Superpower
- Unipolarity
References[]
- ↑ Amy Chua, Days of Empire, http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Day-of-Empire/Amy-Chua/e/9780385512848
- ↑ Hyperpower Balancing and American Foreign Policy: Targeting Rogue States
- ↑ History and the Hyperpower | Foreign Affairs
- ↑ Nossal et al, http://post.queensu.ca/~nossalk/papers/hyperpower.htm
- ↑ Kim Richard Nossal (2 July 1999). "Lonely Superpower or Unapologetic Hyperpower?". McMaster University. http://post.queensu.ca/~nossalk/papers/hyperpower.htm. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
- ↑ Definition and Use of the Word Hyperpower
Sources[]
- "To Paris, U.S. Looks Like a 'Hyperpower'". The International Herald Tribune. February 5, 1999. Archived from the original on October 26, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20061026003700/http://www.iht.com/articles/1999/02/05/france.t_0.php. Retrieved August 20, 2006.
- Last, Jonathan (October 21, 2005). "Rule America?". The Weekly Standard. News America Incorporated. Archived from the original on 2007-03-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20070311132645/http://www.weeklystandard.com/Utilities/printer_preview.asp?idArticle=6200. Retrieved 2006-09-15.
- Védrine, Hubert. France in an Age of Globalization, Brookings Institution Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8157-0007-5
- "Word Spy - hyper-power". http://www.wordspy.com/words/hyper-power.asp. Retrieved 2006-09-15.
- Li, Bo; Zheng Yin (Chinese) (2001) 5000 years of Chinese history, Inner Mongolian People's publishing corp, ISBN 7-204-04420-7
- http://www.blackwellreference.com/public/tocnode?id=g9781405160018_chunk_g97814051600186
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