Economic
GDP
Standard of living
Income inequality
Trade/external/internal
PDP
Tech innovation
Deficit/debt
Natural resources
Domestic politics/internal stability
Military power (international capabilities/scope/network of allies across the world)
Technology e.g. drones, sophisticated means of projecting influence
Defence spending
US – 37%
China – 11%
Russia – 5%
Saudi Arabia – 3.8%
France – 3.5%
Soft power (influence, attraction, cultural influence)
Media
Pop culture
Education (US with the largest number of international students – training future generations) people to people exchange (way they see the world shaper by US thinking)
Positive and negative (backlash –Al Qaeda)
‘American Dream’
Public diplomacy
Global actor
Normative influence
US leadership/support network (NATO etc.) – pulling capacity e.g. Ukraine
Global support
Population
Past coming back to haunt them? ISIS
Does it really have a normative influence or strategic?
Relative to other states
Economic
GDP
Standard of living
Income inequality
Trade/external/internal
PDP
Tech innovation
Deficit/debt
Natural resources
Domestic politics/internal stability
Military power (international capabilities/scope/network of allies across the world)
Technology e.g. drones, sophisticated means of projecting influence
Defence spending
US – 37%
China – 11%
Russia – 5%
Saudi Arabia – 3.8%
France – 3.5%
Soft power (influence, attraction, cultural influence)
Media
Pop culture
Education (US with the largest number of international students – training future generations) people to people exchange (way they see the world shaper by US thinking)
Positive and negative (backlash –Al Qaeda)
‘American Dream’
Public diplomacy
Global actor
Normative influence
US leadership/support network (NATO etc.) – pulling capacity e.g. Ukraine
Global support
Population
Past coming back to haunt them? ISIS
Does it really have a normative influence or strategic?
Relative to other states
Economic
GDP
Standard of living
Income inequality
Trade/external/internal
PDP
Tech innovation
Deficit/debt
Natural resources
Domestic politics/internal stability
Military power (international capabilities/scope/network of allies across the world)
Technology e.g. drones, sophisticated means of projecting influence
Defence spending
US – 37%
China – 11%
Russia – 5%
Saudi Arabia – 3.8%
France – 3.5%
Soft power (influence, attraction, cultural influence)
Media
Pop culture
Education (US with the largest number of international students – training future generations) people to people exchange (way they see the world shaper by US thinking)
Positive and negative (backlash –Al Qaeda)
‘American Dream’
Public diplomacy
Global actor
Normative influence
US leadership/support network (NATO etc.) – pulling capacity e.g. Ukraine
Global support
Population
Past coming back to haunt them? ISIS
Does it really have a normative influence or strategic?
Relative to other states
Economic
GDP
Standard of living
Income inequality
Trade/external/internal
PDP
Tech innovation
Deficit/debt
Natural resources
Domestic politics/internal stability
Military power (international capabilities/scope/network of allies across the world)
Technology e.g. drones, sophisticated means of projecting influence
Defence spending
US – 37%
China – 11%
Russia – 5%
Saudi Arabia – 3.8%
France – 3.5%
Soft power (influence, attraction, cultural influence)
Media
Pop culture
Education (US with the largest number of international students – training future generations) people to people exchange (way they see the world shaper by US thinking)
Positive and negative (backlash –Al Qaeda)
‘American Dream’
Public diplomacy
Global actor
Normative influence
US leadership/support network (NATO etc.) – pulling capacity e.g. Ukraine
Global support