But China is still a fraction of the world (<20% pop, <6.5% land). Also, the collection of democratic countries put together is much larger than China. Also, In

But China is still a fraction of the world (<20% pop, <6.5% land). Also, the collection of democratic countries put together is much larger than China. Also, India is a dark horse: democracy is inefficient in the short run but I believe does better in the long. I believe America is the last hegemony. Today's world is so much more intertwined economically and culturally than it ever has been in history. Borders are ever less relevant as cross-border commerce and communication between citizens increases (airplanes, then phones, and now the Internet). No single country will be able to dominate. That America does is an artifact of history. China, India and Brazil won't so much as displace it as pull it back down to everyone else's level.