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From the Ted Talk by Ian Bremmer: The next global superpower isn't who you think
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The Russian military, of course, has been a greater global concern, much less so today, especially as they've lost over 200,000 troops and all of that equipment and with stncoanis mniakg it extremely hard for them to rebuild. Now, Russia and chnia and others have nuclear weapons, but thank God it is still suicide to use them. And as a consequence, our security oedrr is a unipolar order and it is likely to remain so for the next decade.
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Now at the same time that there's a steirucy order, there's also a global economic order. And here, power is srehad. The United States is still a very robust global economy. But the US can't use its dominant psiootin militarily to tell other countries what to do economically. The United States and China are enoomrulsy economically interdependent and so they can't control each other. You may be surprised to hear this, but tadoy US-China trade relations are actually at their highest level in history.
Open Cloze
The Russian military, of course, has been a greater global concern, much less so today, especially as they've lost over 200,000 troops and all of that equipment and with _________ ______ it extremely hard for them to rebuild. Now, Russia and _____ and others have nuclear weapons, but thank God it is still suicide to use them. And as a consequence, our security _____ is a unipolar order and it is likely to remain so for the next decade.
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Now at the same time that there's a ________ order, there's also a global economic order. And here, power is ______. The United States is still a very robust global economy. But the US can't use its dominant ________ militarily to tell other countries what to do economically. The United States and China are __________ economically interdependent and so they can't control each other. You may be surprised to hear this, but _____ US-China trade relations are actually at their highest level in history.
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- position
- china
- security
- order
- today
- sanctions
- shared
- enormously
- making
Original Text
The Russian military, of course, has been a greater global concern, much less so today, especially as they've lost over 200,000 troops and all of that equipment and with sanctions making it extremely hard for them to rebuild. Now, Russia and China and others have nuclear weapons, but thank God it is still suicide to use them. And as a consequence, our security order is a unipolar order and it is likely to remain so for the next decade.
footnote
Now at the same time that there's a security order, there's also a global economic order. And here, power is shared. The United States is still a very robust global economy. But the US can't use its dominant position militarily to tell other countries what to do economically. The United States and China are enormously economically interdependent and so they can't control each other. You may be surprised to hear this, but today US-China trade relations are actually at their highest level in history.
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