No agreed definition of what a superpower is exists and may differ between sources. However, a fundamental characteristic that is consistent with all … See more

The term potential superpowers has been applied by scholars and other qualified commentators to the possibility of several political entities … See more

Superpower disengagement is a foreign policy option whereby the most powerful nations, the superpowers, reduce their interventions in an … See more

The 1956 Suez Crisis suggested that Britain, financially weakened by two world wars, could not then pursue its foreign policy objectives on an equal footing with the new superpowers … See more

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 which ended the Cold War, the post–Cold War world has in the past been considered by some … See more

Soviet Union
Dramatic changes occurred in the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc during the 1980s and early 1990s, with perestroika and See more

These are proposed examples of ancient or historical superpowers, taking into account that the knowledge of what the "known world" was constitued was extremely limited in past eras (for example, Europeans became aware of the existence of the … See more