China Is Larger Than the United States

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The chinese started rising after 19 60 in terms of economic development, and they will continue to rise at a rate faster than the united states. And we keep claiming that e we can deal with the chinese from a position of power. That means somehow you're larger than they are. But if europe is ambivolent, we are not larger. We are either equal or becoming smaller. For them to grow faster, they can just basically copy a large number of things which are already in place, and make them cheap. There is no question that china will be large in the united states until about two 75 when their population starts declining. They have alswered serious problems

Michael Shermer speaks with Professor of International Relations, Dr. Jacek Kugler, about his Power Transition Theory which states that an even distribution of political, economic, and military capabilities between contending groups of states is likely to increase the probability of war; peace is preserved best when there is an imbalance of national capabilities between disadvantaged and advantaged nations; the aggressor will come from a small group of dissatisfied strong countries; and it is the weaker, rather than the stronger power that is most likely to be the aggressor.

Shermer and Kugler discuss: Power Transition Theory and how it applies to Putin and Russia today; the relationship between a nation’s economic strength and its political power; where China figures into the future of the new world order; what happens if Putin succeeds in Ukraine? What if he fails?; What should the U.S. should have done in response to the annexation of Crimea, intervention in Syria, the destruction of Georgia and Chechnya, the imprisonment and murder of Russian dissidents?; What should NATO do now or in the near future?; and more…