The United States' Global Impact

The United States has contributed much to the international community.

Since the birth of America this wonderful country has shown promise to be one of the greatest

nations ever created. One of the things that seem to amaze many countries around the globe is

how fast America became the most powerful country with the largest economy the world has

ever known. The western region helped also to propel America’s hegemony in the world also

especially through science and technology. Commerce and capitalism and also the agricultural

and industrial revolutions around the late eighteenth century. Towards the end of the

nineteenth century is when the rise of America had become more visible. Within this last

century at least for most of it America has dominated the global economic, the geopolitical

spectrum, science culture. For the past couple of decades not one single country has ever been

a direct challenge to American hegemony in the international community.

What has been learned and a general rule for the world is that no single

country will dominate any single position in the world forever let alone all sectors of the global

economy. Currently the United States dominates the global economy. Over the last couple of

decades countries around the globe have been experiencing stronger economic growth which

has also been sustained, something that many thought would be impossible especially for third

world countries. Indonesia and India are just two examples.

Countries like China, Brazil and India’s economies are doing great

compared to their western counterparts. Most of the countries doing great were not hit hard

by the economic down fall of 2008. Countries around the world are coming into t...

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Much of my extensive knowledge has come from a book I read called the Next

Economy and America’s Future written by Robert B. Reich and publish in April 2011. This book

helped me to understand that change comes to all countries and it doesn’t have to be for the

best and not necessarily the worst. It also reinforced what I already knew about our economy

and how it played in the geopolitical world. Also my college book into American politics helped

me to understand more in depth about where our country stood in the world. I learned that

America had immense political power and sway in the world. I revisited an article written by

Steven Dunaway written in November of 2009 that also talked about American and Chine’s

relations in conjunction with both economies.

Works Cited

Introduction to Political Science