Answer to Question #84901 in Regional geography for Dee Davis

Question

Suggest at least three ways in which the world views the United States as a dominant power, providing assessments of the pros and cons of such power.

Answer 1

The first reason why the USA is considered to be a dominant power is that this country has the world’s largest economy. The second cause is that the USA has a great advantage in science, democracy and culture. The third reason is that this country has one of the strongest defense in the world. The main pros of such power are that the gross domestic product of the country is about $29 trillion, a large number of expensive brands belongs to the United States and finally the richest person in the world lives here. Among the cons are the facts that the USA spends on defense more than 12 major military budgets of the world taken together and the second con is that the nation loses its authenticity due to the excessive number of immigrants