Countries that can compete with the West

[Fantomas]

On related news... MEETING OF THE YEAR:

couple of clowns. one-sad and another- funny

[Sebastianus Rex]

Russia is a great power. It's not a superpower. It was one.

China is emerging as a superpower, but not there yet, but will likely get there in the next 10 years.

The US is still the only superpower.

By 2018 China's economy will overtake the U.S. in terms of gross GDP, by doing so i believe it will achieve already the superpower status.

[Astronaut]

India cannot compete with the west as a nation, but Indians can compete with westerners when they are living in the west, that I can 150% guarantee you.

India is well ahead of almost all western countries barring the US when it comes to raw military power and technological sectors like space science.

But it's a laggard when it comes to socio economic conditions

[Tobi]

Japan is actually better than the majority of western countries

[Bell Beaker]

Compete in which components?

[glass]

Exactly, that were "border conflicts" which absolutely not influenced on Japan policy.

They did, japanese were decisively defeated, after those defeats they switched direction of the expansion to south-east Asia and Pacific Ocean. Those borders conflicts proven soviet combat superiority over japanese army.

There was many years hard war in China.

There was not any hard war in China, japanese quickly took control over coastal areas and created Manchurian puppet state. After that they did not try to expand any futher, despite ongoing civilian war in China.

What resources (oil) could be obtain in the Pacific could be obtained in Siberia.

They tried to expand to Siberia and got beaten.

The Soviets won because they simply threw bodies at the Japanese.

Ahahaha, you should not think that american tactic to outnumber japanese 5-10 to 1 was universally used against them. Superior army forces, like Red Army did not need that.

[Minesweeper]

At this point, only China is able to compete with the USA/West. Other countries are simply lower tier. Even though China can compete in terms of Industrial output and overall GDP, it is still way behind in tertiary sector, wealth, military power and it may potently have major political problems in future because political development of China is stuck and doesn't follow its economic boom.

[GoneWithTheWind]

Compete with what?

[brennus dux gallorum]

what about Albania? they are everywhere

albania is western,for more info ask hoxhaism

[JMack]

''West'' today is merely Anglo civilization, most of other countries that constitute what we think as Western Civilization are some kind of peripheries, with not much real importance for the economical or geopolitical perspectives (e.g. Nordic Countries are good places to live, but irrelevant economically and politically).

Latin America and Eastern Europe (partially Western regions, depends on classification) are places with a good potential, but they're constantly blocked by their internal chaos to fulfill this potential.

That said, if you exclude Anglo civilization, West is very irrelevant in the world today and unfortunately will become even more with the decadence of Anglo civilization. China and Russia will emerge as major powers in our century, India also has good chances to become a major power. We like it or not, Western dominance has ended.