Lets say in 20 years time?
Will it still be same? worst? better?
America would probably still be the most powerful nation but would it still be able to dictate like today?
P.S: CM thanks for the invitation ub bhugto 
You dont even care, you are just doing this to annoy me. My you suffer with pimples :p
20 years from now? The US controls a majority of the Arab states by proxy. China is dominant in everything East from Pakistan, with India attempting to rival it. The world once again will be an bi-polar entity, with the EU being a spectator.
phaltu ki baten karte ho.
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You dont even care, you are just doing this to annoy me. My you suffer with pimples :p
20 years from now? The US controls a majority of the Arab states by proxy. China is dominant in everything East from Pakistan, with India attempting to rival it. The world once again will be an bi-polar entity, with the EU being a spectator.
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And Canada?? where does it fit???
Who cares about Canada?
Aw. Poor Canada. 
Why? Canada is as relevant to the international scene as Malawi.
This coming year: Several pakistani leaders killed by end of 2004. I'm betting 2 rupees!
20 years later: A bipolar conflict between America and either the EU or China. Lets go crazy on this one - 4 rupees!
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Why? Canada is as relevant to the international scene as Malawi.
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yes yes i suppose. at least from my american point of view. that's why i threw it in. it was a joke, eh.
dunno about 20 yrs.. but 50 yrs from now...
the ASEAN would become an economic union which would also include Australia and China... possibly Japan as well
to counter that, there Saarc countries would form a loose union. (provided the kasmir issue is settled) .. Iran would be invited to enter . as would central asian countries which would feel the tension due to china.
NAFTA would expand to rest of Americas.. but it would be NAFTA north and NAFTA South.
the emerging force would be Africa under the leadership of South Africa.. possibly an African Economic Union... African Congress would push for a permanent seat in Security Council.
there would be call for the permanent seats to belong to the organisation.. like one for EU, one for ASEAN, one for African Congress, one for Arab League. one for NAFTA.
call for more representative membership of general assembly and security council based on population.
Re: How do you see the world?
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America would probably still be the most powerful nation but would it still be able to dictate like today?
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I am seeing some cracks appearing in American ...Fairness & Freedom of speech....so this can be a slight hint for the down fall of American might.
Re: How do you see the world?
after 20 years i will be a budhi and won’t be able to see the world as i see it today..
Blackzero you are correct on most counts but your time frame is way off. NAFTA is already expanding due to teh FTAA (Free Trade Agreement of the Americas) They held their 4th meeting in Miami 2 months ago.
China, Korea and Japan are already working to be part of the ASEAN. Its called ASEAN +3. They are to sign a free trade agreement very very very soon. China will be the first one to sign the agreement with ASEAN in my eyes.
These two will easily be settled in 20 years.
The OAU, or now the African Union, i doubt will happen. 50 years is a long time, but the problems of the continent are immense.
CM
thnx
I was considering ASEAN to be more like EU in 50 years.. a little more integration onpolitical front.
I also know India has applied for membership.. if it gets it t would throw my outview of kilter.
FTAA i have read about, but i still think it would be split on north and south lines, due to beligerance of US. I see Brazil becoming a political leader and argentina an economic one. together they would be a power that US would not want to deal with every day so they would split the alliance on north south lines,
ASEAN presently is moving towards a customs union. They shall have that in less than 5 years i believe. Of course if these 3 other countries join then you will have a different schedule, but by 2010 there will easily be a customs union and maybe the starting of a monetary union.
Brazil is the key leader in International trade, along with India, Pakistan, Egypt etc. They are referred to as the "Like-minded" group in the WTO. These countries lead the developing countries block. Anyway Brazil is a rival to the US now, and is seriously hurting US concerns in international trade. In agriculture if the "peace clause" runs, they are ready to take the US to the WTO court on agriculture subsidies. That would easily cost the US billions of dollars in administrative fees to defend the undefendable. And when Brazil wins, US agriculture subsidies will have to be eliminated or face sanctions from developing countries.
So Brazil is in hot water when it comes to the US. The president (of Brazil) is a brilliant man with the interests of developing countries at heart.
The FTAA is divided along north south lines. Actually its America vs the US. That is how it is divided. The US will soon have to agree or there will be no real FTAA. The current declaration in Miami was worse than the one in Cancun for the WTO. But they are moving forward. There will easily be an FTAA in 20 years. Because the US has FTA's with numerous Latin American countries. The most recent was Chili.
Salaam.
I don't think that the world will be
better if somewhere their is peace
than there is war.
So it's very difficult to say.
Allah Hafiz.
Nilu
Pakistan would be the most powerful nation in the world, would have annexed India.
Muslim Ummah would form a block and Musarrat Shaheen would be the president of this block.
I need some that **** irem is smoking! That seems to be some really good ****!
much much worse than now in every sense .. no peace ..... be it internal peace or whatsoever ......
provided Pakistan and Iran form an Islamic block…China enters the scene on Pakistani side…confirmed pakistani dominance(atleast in Asia)…