http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/american-power Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sun, 24 May 2026 23:27:22 -0400 Sun, 24 May 2026 23:27:22 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1303/the-case-for-americas-continued-superpower-status By Dennis Shiraev - Is America really in decline as a global superpower? We examine current arguments for America's economic decline and argue that a purely economic analysis is insufficient for evaluating a country's status as a global superpower. Our comprehensive definition of superpower incorporates military strength, internal stability, and the global attractiveness of a state's culture and ideology that it presents to the rest of the world. America is the only state fitting of this comprehensive definition of a superpower in the 21st century, while all other states frequently cited as emerging global powers... Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1303/the-case-for-americas-continued-superpower-status