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Contents. USSR error The USSR was communist, not socialist Why does this page refer to them as socialist?
They are not the same thing. Socialism=good, Communism=bad. Their economy was socialist, the government type was communist.
Not to mention, they were known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 00:28, 3 April 2009 (UTC) Well communist East Germany was called the 'German Democratic Republic'.
So much for names. 03:38, 18 July 2009 (UTC) The USSR was a totalitarian system, where the government and economy were completely entwined. 'Communist' is a much better term for them than 'socialist'. Besides, Socialism doesn't necessarily mean agricultural collectivism. Use 'Communist'. 03:38, 18 July 2009 (UTC) Talk about POV.
They both are bad, they both serve to weaken their own economy. 22:55, 5 April 2009 (UTC) Most Scandinavian systems (Norway, Denmark, Sweden) have a very socialist background; China is distinctly communist; hadly the weakest economies around On the other hand, unchecked capitalism (subprime mortgages in the USA) has not done the world economy much good in the recent crisis. So lets keep personal political beliefs out of this and try to stick to the facts.
If you look at the core of the liberal-capitalist and communist ideologies their aims are not that different; everyone works to capacity and consumes to needs. The way to get there is very different though. The perversions of both systems is the consequence of trying to apply ideals in reality. 05:58, 23 August 2009 (UTC) Communism is a type of socialism so in this context either is correct 12:47, 19 September 2009 (UTC) USA is fourth largest country in the world during the Cold War USA only became the third largest in 1996, which is after the Cold War. During the Cold War, it was the fourth largest. I provided the link at footnote 23 that links to World Factbook 1989 edition when USSR still existed.
Currently the world's third largest country is in dispute. It is not accurate to list USA as third largest. Please take note of this.
Well, when talking of 'large' are they referring to population or land area??? If population than the US is third, if land area, then that is open to debate because China considers some of its area to be part of China while most other nations dispute this (I think this is the area taken from India). 17:44, 28 July 2009 (UTC) Also, US total area back then was approx.
9,372,000 km2. Not 9.8 as it is currently. That is because since 1996 US has included into its territory numerous water space, some valid, some questionable. See here: —Preceding comment added by (. ) 03:09, 10 April 2009 (UTC) India & Russia potential superpowers? The introduction names these 2 countries as superpower candidates. India has the largest poor population the world, while Russia is still economically underdeveloped.
I found it odd to name these 2 in the introduction. It seems misleading and baseless. To us, India and Russia do not seem to be potential superpowers.
India and Russia probably will not be superpowers. However, some academics believe that India and Russia are potential superpowers (potential if they manage to fix some of their problems like poverty, etc.) due to other strong points. So it's not really misleading or baseless. 21:10, 26 April 2009 (UTC) I disagree with you.
India by population and economically could be considered a superpower but not quite under military level but with Russia they are a different story as they pass most test for superpower contests. I read some of your past comments months ago criticizing lack of International Relations experts on materials about superpower countries claiming a superpower is only a superpower if reviewed or affirmed by an International Relations expert or maybe such as a International Relations PhD.
I have also viewed an expert on this subject who seems to have a different position on Russia and is now. According to an IR expert named Ronald Steel has claimed that Russia has been reborn and has restored it’s county as superpower once again; even during the global recession, Russia still holds on as a reborn superpower. Even the US government is also informing us that Russia has made its relations as a world peacemaker (superpower) once again and they have to act as responsible as a superpower for world affairs because the US considers Russia as a superpower again. Personally there needs to be some changing here as there is no such thing as one superpower, not today.
I would ask we change the US as one superpower into 2 superpowers in current position and if someone wants to update anything on India or China, than we also update them as well.- 23:25, 26 April 2009 (UTC) The only reason the US still calls Russia a superpower is because if we didn't, hubris-laden Putin the Idiot would be upset. My God, Italy has a higher GDP than Russia does, and France has a military budget that is almost TWICE that of Russia.
Additionally, Russia no longer has the means to militarily act outside Eurasia, and if it came to a war between the EU (or China) and Russia, and Russia couldn't use its nukes, Russia would be absolutely pounded (and if WW2 happened today, Germany would clean their clock). The only claim to power Russia still has is its huge number of nukes. Without them, Russia is a has-been, and with Putin in charge and his penchant for the tried and failed solutions of the past, chances are Russia will only get worse. 02:45, 23 August 2009 (UTC) Let's see. The one by Ronald Steele I addressed that while in the title he called Russia a superpower, in the article he constanly called Russia a great power, which is different from a Superpower.
Number 6 refers to it as a superpower, but that would fit more under potential superpower due to the fact that most within the IR community, there is not a consensus if there is another superpower. All of them say US with a few exceptions, there are some who want to argue that is a superpower, while others agree and say that is a superpower, while others disagree and say there are no superpower, or just one superpower. And saying that since Russia is a peacemaker ≠ superpower. That here is called Original Research and Synthesis. Also, we have also discussed it on this page and other pages that politicians, especially after the subject country just invaded another country. We had a so called source of Obama saying Brazil is a great power, but didn't add that for the reason as he was a superpower.
India has the 12th largest economy, and has over 20% of it's population living in poverty, and a very low HDI. Before there some 'updating' there has to be consensus within the IR community, and here on wikipedia.
Most editors here believe that EU is a superpower. However, as much as we would like to include that, we have to wait until there is a consensus.
BTW, Fareed Zakaria, Parag Khanna, Zherebetsky, Richard Haas, and Jeffery Mankoff are just some IR experts who will say, even after the war, that Russia is a superpower. 23:48, 26 April 2009 (UTC) Then Make that phone call right now to Fareed Zakaria, Parag Khanna, Zherebetsky, Richard Haas, and Jeffery Mankoff then.
Get them on the phone and update it. Don't ask members to speak for you, go to the IR expert sources and provide them here. Consensus should not show a history of negative post to the consensus such as members helping members to conflict bar play the article to what the article should say (I have looked at your talk pages on a history of asking your special superpower ip members to hype up the article from backup specifically; those guys are not Fareed Zakaria, Parag Khanna, Zherebetsky, Richard Haas, and Jeffery Mankoff). Lastly Ronald Steel titled 'Russia' as 'Superpower Reborn', that isn't the term Great power. Can you get some kind of Russia, USA, China, India 2009 updated IR article on here now?- 00:16, 27 April 2009 (UTC) Parag Khanna,.
Richard Haass, Jeffery Mankoff, Fareed Zakaria. Look at the Ronald Steele article again. He uses the term superpower, then calls it a great power in the article. If you took the time to read the article instead of doing a google search, you would know that. Maybe I should call Steele to update his work?
And for me asking other members to come and talk, they are members that work on the page and are part of the same project. And for someone who has access to multiple IPs and can change them or ask other people to go on other IPs and use them as sockpuppets (oh yes, we had plenty of that before). And as the for IR page, we have a page for that already. ^ Kim Richard Nossal. Biennial meeting, South African Political Studies Association, 29 June-2 July 1999. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
Khanna, Parag (2008-01-27). Qatar;China;Iran;Pakistan;Russia;India;Europe;China;Turkey;Libya;Indonesia;Abu Dhabi;Uzbekistan;Afghanistan;Kyrgyzstan;Kazakhstan: Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2011-06-12. by Megan K.
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