Douglas Webber — "Why Europe Must Be Classed As A Declining Power"

The United States of Europe. The European Superpower. Europe: The Quiet Superpower. Europe’s Promise. Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century. These books and journal article titles reflected the confidence of their authors, as the 21st century dawned, that the European Union would become a world superpower or even the dominant power in world affairs. In a recent study, I try to assess how, in the first 15 years of the new century, the EU’s world power has evolved and to what extent these optimistic prognoses have materialised.…

The Eu and EZ were formed to create a consolidated social, political and economic entity that could rival the United States and the emerging behemoths, China and India, Brazil and Indonesia, who will begin to dominate in the latter half of the 21st century owing to their sheer numbers.

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"Why Europe Must Be Classed As A Declining Power" 

Douglas Webber