The article discusses the subjective definition of 'superpower,' particularly in the context of historical perspectives such as during the Cold War. It predicts that in the next 75 years, while the United States is likely to maintain its military and technological dominance despite current challenges, China is expected to emerge as a prominent superpower. The potential impact of political changes in the U.S., such as those from the Trump administration, remains uncertain but is deemed unlikely to drastically diminish America's influence globally.
Although it has fallen behind Russia and China in hypersonic missile tech and needs to modernize its land-based ICBM arsenal, it is moving ahead with research and development on 6th-generation military aircraft that will be able to perform with or without a pilot.
Moving into the next century, the picture will be even more murky as current powers decline and new ones rise.
Even in a worst-case scenario of American decline, nothing short of a nuclear war or continental-scale disaster could make such a powerful country be anything less than a global power 75 years from now.
No one will be surprised to find that China is a superpower in the 22nd century, and likely long before.
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