Hyperpower

A hyperpower , also called a omnipower, is a state that is militarily, economically, and technologically dominant on the world stage. The term was first used to describe the United States in the 1990s, but has also been applied, retroactively, to the British Empire.

Origin

After the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union, some political commentators felt that a new term was needed to describe the United States' position as the lone superpower. Ben Wattenberg coined the term 'omnipower' in 1990 and Peregrine Worsthorne used the term 'hyper-power' in 1991. French Foreign Minister Hubert Védrine popularized the term hyperpower in his various criticisms of the United States beginning in 1998. ^[1]

See also

• American Empire
• Americanization
• Hegemony
• Pax Americana
• Superpower
• Westernization
• Megacorporation

Notes

References

• "To Paris, U.S. Looks Like a 'Hyperpower'", The International Herald Tribune, February 5, 1999, retrieved August 20, 2006
• "Lonely Superpower or Unapologetic Hyperpower? Analyzing American Power in the Post-Cold War Era", "Paper for presentation at the biennial meetings of the South African Political Studies Association Saldanha, Western Cape 29 June-2 July 1999", retrieved February 28, 2007
• Ferguson, Niall, "Hegemony or Empire?", Foreign Affairs, Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., September/October 2003. Retrieved on 2006-09-15.
• Last, Jonathan, "Rule America?", The Weekly Standard, News America Incorporated, October 21, 2005. Retrieved on 2006-09-15.
• Védrine, Hubert. France in an Age of Globalization, Brookings Institution Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8157-0007-5
• Word Spy - hyper-power. Retrieved on 2006-09-15.