On December 08 2016 09:37 FlaShFTW wrote: My top 5 would be something like USA, Russia, China, Japan, Iran. UK should be higher and India is too high imo.
I actually think Iran is one of the countries that is correctly placed. UK should be definitely higher, but I think this shows that they punch well above their weight-class. In the raw scores India was only a little over half as significant as China.
A titbit, the top 10 countries account for 60% of the total in the raw scores. The USA accounts for just under 16% and China 12%.
I think Russia is far too low. Russia's economy is on the rise since Putin took over, they currently have the more intelligent politician in the world at the controls and Russia has so much pressure everywhere in the world. In terms of significance, they might even compete with America for the #1 slot. The have India in the top 5 and Russia not is a huge mistake.
Iran in the coming years will begin to acrude more and more influence over the Middle East. Their technological advances are beginning to show and economically they are also moving up in the world as well.
What the heck, are you opposite-from-reality-man? Russia's economy is in a shambles, the amount of corruption is staggering and the dependence on oil is increasingly a liability as its importance is undermined by slowly increasing renewables. It has finally regained the No.2 spot in the world in terms of military strength though I reckon, but this is more than offset by all its other problems. Not to mention what would happen if Putin pulled a Chavez and died, chaos, that's what.
Have you been watching TV news or something, you seem to think that the US's enemies are much stronger than they actually are.
Actually, Russia lags quite far behind both China and Saudi Arabia (let alone US) in terms of military expenditure.
Military expenditure is vaguely indicative, but it is far from everything. Saudi Arabia can't even win its war with North Yemen at the moment after more than a year of trying for example. China is trying mightily to build its own equipment, but its not quite building good enough stuff yet and its troops are untested in battle. Russia's military has recently regained its operational effectiveness, by testing itself in Georgia, Ukraine and, currently, Syria. It also has good performance military technology.
China will be number two in global militaries soon, once it can replace its massive stock of somewhat lacklustre weapons systems with quality tech (probably in about 10-15 years).
I'm quite partial to this view, and it's shared by people like the experts in Credit Suisse, but the OP wanted to use "objective" data and it doesn't fit the bill.
On December 08 2016 09:37 FlaShFTW wrote: My top 5 would be something like USA, Russia, China, Japan, Iran. UK should be higher and India is too high imo.
I actually think Iran is one of the countries that is correctly placed. UK should be definitely higher, but I think this shows that they punch well above their weight-class. In the raw scores India was only a little over half as significant as China.
A titbit, the top 10 countries account for 60% of the total in the raw scores. The USA accounts for just under 16% and China 12%.
I think Russia is far too low. Russia's economy is on the rise since Putin took over, they currently have the more intelligent politician in the world at the controls and Russia has so much pressure everywhere in the world. In terms of significance, they might even compete with America for the #1 slot. The have India in the top 5 and Russia not is a huge mistake.
Iran in the coming years will begin to acrude more and more influence over the Middle East. Their technological advances are beginning to show and economically they are also moving up in the world as well.
What the heck, are you opposite-from-reality-man? Russia's economy is in a shambles, the amount of corruption is staggering and the dependence on oil is increasingly a liability as its importance is undermined by slowly increasing renewables. It has finally regained the No.2 spot in the world in terms of military strength though I reckon, but this is more than offset by all its other problems. Not to mention what would happen if Putin pulled a Chavez and died, chaos, that's what.
Have you been watching TV news or something, you seem to think that the US's enemies are much stronger than they actually are.
Actually, Russia lags quite far behind both China and Saudi Arabia (let alone US) in terms of military expenditure.
Military expenditure is vaguely indicative, but it is far from everything. Saudi Arabia can't even win its war with North Yemen at the moment after more than a year of trying for example. China is trying mightily to build its own equipment, but its not quite building good enough stuff yet and its troops are untested in battle. Russia's military has recently regained its operational effectiveness, by testing itself in Georgia, Ukraine and, currently, Syria. It also has good performance military technology.
China will be number two in global militaries soon, once it can replace its massive stock of somewhat lacklustre weapons systems with quality tech (probably in about 10-15 years).
I'm quite partial to this view, and it's shared by people like the experts in Credit Suisse, but the OP wanted to use "objective" data and it doesn't fit the bill.
On December 08 2016 09:37 FlaShFTW wrote: My top 5 would be something like USA, Russia, China, Japan, Iran. UK should be higher and India is too high imo.
I actually think Iran is one of the countries that is correctly placed. UK should be definitely higher, but I think this shows that they punch well above their weight-class. In the raw scores India was only a little over half as significant as China.
A titbit, the top 10 countries account for 60% of the total in the raw scores. The USA accounts for just under 16% and China 12%.
I think Russia is far too low. Russia's economy is on the rise since Putin took over, they currently have the more intelligent politician in the world at the controls and Russia has so much pressure everywhere in the world. In terms of significance, they might even compete with America for the #1 slot. The have India in the top 5 and Russia not is a huge mistake.
Iran in the coming years will begin to acrude more and more influence over the Middle East. Their technological advances are beginning to show and economically they are also moving up in the world as well.
What the heck, are you opposite-from-reality-man? Russia's economy is in a shambles, the amount of corruption is staggering and the dependence on oil is increasingly a liability as its importance is undermined by slowly increasing renewables. It has finally regained the No.2 spot in the world in terms of military strength though I reckon, but this is more than offset by all its other problems. Not to mention what would happen if Putin pulled a Chavez and died, chaos, that's what.
Have you been watching TV news or something, you seem to think that the US's enemies are much stronger than they actually are.
Actually, Russia lags quite far behind both China and Saudi Arabia (let alone US) in terms of military expenditure.
Military expenditure is vaguely indicative, but it is far from everything. Saudi Arabia can't even win its war with North Yemen at the moment after more than a year of trying for example. China is trying mightily to build its own equipment, but its not quite building good enough stuff yet and its troops are untested in battle. Russia's military has recently regained its operational effectiveness, by testing itself in Georgia, Ukraine and, currently, Syria. It also has good performance military technology.
China will be number two in global militaries soon, once it can replace its massive stock of somewhat lacklustre weapons systems with quality tech (probably in about 10-15 years).
I'm quite partial to this view, and it's shared by people like the experts in Credit Suisse, but the OP wanted to use "objective" data and it doesn't fit the bill.
I am the OP!
So you are. Still, besides the subjective view of other people, I don't think you can measure "quality tech" all that stuff. So adding this would undermine your effort.
On December 08 2016 09:37 FlaShFTW wrote: My top 5 would be something like USA, Russia, China, Japan, Iran. UK should be higher and India is too high imo.
I actually think Iran is one of the countries that is correctly placed. UK should be definitely higher, but I think this shows that they punch well above their weight-class. In the raw scores India was only a little over half as significant as China.
A titbit, the top 10 countries account for 60% of the total in the raw scores. The USA accounts for just under 16% and China 12%.
I think Russia is far too low. Russia's economy is on the rise since Putin took over, they currently have the more intelligent politician in the world at the controls and Russia has so much pressure everywhere in the world. In terms of significance, they might even compete with America for the #1 slot. The have India in the top 5 and Russia not is a huge mistake.
Russia reminds me of France during the time of Napoleon III. A great power in decline, with an extremely active foreign policy. It makes them look good in the short term but it doesn't change the long term trend. It might even make their eventual fall worse, since much of the windfall of the commodity boom was invested into the military.
The high growth era fueled by rising oil and gas prices is already over and if the Paris agreement is any indication it's never coming back. So the previously highest growing sectors, that represent 65% of Russia's exports, are looking at negative growth for the next two decades. A few foreign policy successes in Syria or Ukraine hardly make up for that.
On December 08 2016 00:50 JimmyJRaynor wrote: The world is over populated. Canada is the best country because it has the fewest # of humans per square kilometer of surface area.
when reading my posts keep in mind i talk like these guys here, eh
I was about to post a reply about how there are 10 or so countries with lower population density than Canada, but then I watched the video and imagined what that discussion would be like with them, and then I decided not to bother.
EPT
