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Generally, besides having a productive and globally-connected economy, a global leader will need to: 1) Function as a global policeman. Aside from serving dome
by mr_overalls 7y ago
Generally, besides having a productive and globally-connected economy, a global leader will need to:
1) Function as a global policeman. Aside from serving domestic interests with this force projection, they will be expected to protect shipping lanes, offer humanitarian relief in emergency situations, etc.
2) Offer a stable currency of last resort
3) Export cultural values that are appealing to other countries
China has show little interest in any of these.
- zyang 7y agoThat's a very one sided definition of global leader. No-one asked for a "global policeman".
- Udik 7y agoA policeman without a mandate from a government is nothing but a thug with a gun.
- AndrewKemendo 7y agoIn fact, the majority of countries worldwide request military assistance from one of only a handful of nations (US, UK, China, Russia, France primarily) for police like protection through Defense Pacts/Treaties. The UN and NATO specifically, are explicitly chartered to serve as a collective for this function where all have shared interests. In reality most treaties are done outside of the UN. So I'm unsure on what basis you're suggesting that the political arms of nation states do not regularly seek a globally capable actor to police their neighbors.