Could Australia ever be the Superpower of the world?

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Elliot

No. And it has nothing to do with being nice, Australia is always willing to send our troops off to kill some foreigners. But typically our involvement in conflicts is to make some sort of token contribution so that the US looks slightly more legitimate in front of the international community. And in return, it is assumed, the US would sort things out for us if we were ever attacked ourselves. That has been the central logic of Australian defence strategy since the failure of the Singapore Strategy during World War II. Prior to that we were relying on the UK instead. We simply don't have the numbers to be any kind of significant military power.
Plus these days a nation really couldn't be considered a superpower without nuclear weapons. Australia doesn't have any, and it would be illegal under international law if we were to start building them now.

tablaterenata

Let's hope that the era of the Superpower, and the need to have one, is coming to an end.

tamara m

Umm, why?!
just look at how much trouble America has with the job, what makes you think we'd want it. Way too much work and every other nation on the planet makes nasty jokes about the superpower countries. So why would we want the job!?

Elizabeth

Why would we want to declare war on anyone?
Also we're too small a country, we only have just over 20 million people.

I don't think it's ever been an ambition of the average Aussie to be a super power in the world.
Most of us would rather see us win "the Ashes" or the World Cup.

dftm

While country's like America spend their time creating brand new nuclear weapons, Australia is coming up with a sunscreen to stop the burning. Australia has no interest in world domination, except maybe in sport.

Aussie the 2nd

Our current Prime Minister sees himself as a player on the world stage but then again , he has delusions of grandeur !

We contribute a lot more than many nations much larger than ours but if push comes to shove we really are minnows in a sea full of freakin big sharks !

QLD RULES

YES why not we have a big country.

With lots of space to grow and we are surround by water and we own 42 % of Antartica which I find amazing so we exploit those materials or even have settlers living there working on the rigs.

t.s

no way, for starters we dont have the resources and aussies just dont want to be involved in political crap, plus interfere with our beer drinking time

Sasha S

lol no i dont think australia could ever be a superpower. It is only a middle power, so mainly relies on other countries for its defence resources and it has a tiny population. To become a superpower a state must usually have a large economy which then gives it a hegemonic power (ability to influence or control other states) and the ability to spend large amounts on its military...you never know it may happen but its looking doubtful! Personally i think China is on its way to being the next superpower

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John R

sure

answer mine?

Nono24

It's got nothing to do with declaring war on anyone.

1. Australia has a small population.
2. Australia is in the southern hemisphere
3. Australia is in the southern hemisphere
4. Australia is in the southern hemisphere
5. Australia is in the southern hemisphere

5 reasons why Australia couldn't be a super power.

Puppy D

Our current Prime Minister would like to see us as a 'Main Player on the World Stage' (but we don't have the resources and as a culture we don't have the temprement to be a superpower, we don't care enough).

The problem is for us to be a Main Player, the rest of the Pacific nations would have to be involved as well, and many of the pacific nations like NZ, PNG, and the SP Islands are just not that interested.

So short answer - No.

King Emu

lol no.

It's not really a matter of how nice they are but moreso what capital and resources they have.

i.e. USA has abundance of Military, Technology, and Capital.

Australia has abundance of Marsupials.

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