Chapter 15 New Global Players in the Twenty-First Century

1. Chapter 15New Global Players in the Twenty-First Century Global Issue 3

2. Questions • Who has power globally? • Are there historical trends of global power? • What are the cultures of global powers? • Where are the global powers of the world? • What are the political systems of the global powers? • What are the economic systems of the global powers?

3. Global Powers • 100 CE • Rome, Kushan, Han China, Axum, Maya • 700 CE • Byzantine, Arab, Tang China, India, Axum, Ghana, Maya • 1500 CE • Ming China, Delhi, Mamluk, France, Spain, Portugal, Britain, Mali, Songhay

4. Global Powers • UN P5: permanent members of Security Council • PR China, France, Russia, UK, US • Nuclear powers • PR China, France, Russia, UK, US, India, Pakistan, Israel • OECD ( Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) • 34 countries in Europe, North and South Americas, Asia- Pacific

5. Global Powers • Group of 7 (G7) • France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, US, Canada • Group of 8 (G8) • G7 plus Russia 1991-2014 plus others ie EU, Brazil, China … • Group of 20 (G20) • US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, South Africa, China, Japan, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Russia, EU, Germany, France, UK, Italy, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Australia • 90% World’s GDP, 80% trade, 66% population • BRIC 2001, BRICS 2010 • Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa

6. Global Powers • Issues • Future of G7 • Power of BRICS • Upcoming economies of Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Turkey, Egypt, Philippines • Expansion of P5 • Nuclear Weapons Proliferation • Power of EU