7.5a USA Global Powers

Question 1

Global Police

Answer 1

informal term for a state which seeks or claims global hegemony. Act as peacekeepers

Question 2

Reasons USA are a global police

Answer 2

Been in over 100 military action since 1980, e.g 2011 Libya Intervention

Part of NATO

Has oversee bases in over 100 countries, e.g Japan

Question 3

Reasons why USA is not global police

Answer 3

Russia has an alliance – Collective Security Treaty Organisation. Consists of former USSR republics attached to Russia’s borders

China lacks formal military alliance but Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) set up in 1996 between Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia Tajikistan and Uzbekistan is becoming more strategic in Asia. It includes cooperation for security, cyber warfare, military matters and joint military exercises as well as some cultural and economic cooperation