The United States Needs A Successor | Who Will It Be?

The United States is experiencing Superpower fatigue following a hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan, economic inflation, and supporting Ukraine in their devastating war with Russia. While many are speculating about the future of American politics and whether or not the United States will survive or collapse, what may also be worth considering is who will succeed the U.S? If America falls or survived, it will almost certainly begin to withdraw from international affairs and grow more isolationist in the future, so what western superpower will succeed the United States in continuing to maintain the global world order, and keep in check American rivals like Russia and China? Could it be the European Union, India, or perhaps even the proposed CANZUK Anglosphere? The United States needs a successor. Who will it be?

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[angushughes]

As much as the idea of a united anglosphere arouses me, those countries are unfortunately spoiled meat. Their current leadership and policies would prove they are unsuitable to take on the mantle.

[Dougplugthugspicyfriedchicken]

The US has the resources to solve its internal issues, but constant foreign intervention is straining the country. The US will probably go through a period of isolation solving it’s internal issues as other nations race to take the US’s position. I say India, China, France, Germany etc

[Ghastly_Grinner]

Probably won't be one the era of the super power is over we are moving back to the era of great powers

[aycc-nbh]

Not dethroning the U.S. but rather elevating its allies to superpower status will likely still be seen as the U.S. holding all of the cards or perhaps even the U.S. growing even more powerful.

[stephenconroy]

"You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me."

King-Emperor George VII, probably... or the ghost of Joseph Chamberlain.

[pompuspig]

To ensure stability and global security, the Republic will be reorganized into the North American Empire.

[familygash]

As a British person I do support the idea of C.A.N.U.K., but as an alliance; not as a single country.

[Valois_Kressa-Heller]

If we are going to go with CANZUK as the (interim?) successor to the US, then I think that CANZUK by itself is not powerful enough to take on the responsibilities of a superpower, but it could function as a framework and connective axis to help tie together western power constellations like the EU in Europe and the Pacific Alliance (and maybe India) in Asia, into a somewhat cohesive and functional bloc that could hold the line as much as possible, long enough until the US is ready to return to its role as a superpower again.

It is far from a perfect fix, and has many problems, but an of some kind is the best I can think of, as an alliance basically thrown together (bordering on a last-ditch emergency solution) to act as a placeholder for the US in its absence.
It would not be anywhere near as capable or unified, however, and its chief function would be to just "hold the line" against potential aggressors and keep the global institutions and machinery (like the UN, WTO, IMF etc) as functional as possible until the US is able to resolve all of its internal issues and return to take the reins.

Failing that, then the western global order constructed by the US is in serious danger of fracturing and breaking apart, leaving behind a disunited world for the US to return to.
Truly, by positioning itself as the global superpower, the US has also made all of its allies become fatally dependent on it.

Not an ideal situation, to be polite.

[aleaf]

Issue with the Anglo sphere coming back together is it’s increasing lack of being Anglo

[Vorratus]

Many might disagree with my answer:

America should draw back slowly, maintaining only bilateral geostrategic agreements with select nations vital to US national security interests in conjuction with fortifying the US territory.

Meanwhile, revamp US economic and industrial base, get its financial external debts in order.

Forget about finding a successor state to take America's place on the world stage... let them compete for it. It may indeed bring the rise of an anti-American power, but the US could do far better in a potential conflict if it weren't as in its current hobbled state.

Regardless of who made the decision, much of the world is dependent on the US and most have "luke-warm", "fair-weather", or hostile relations with the USA... time to cut the cord!

[Providence..]

I wouldn't say we "need" a successor, but in the possible events that the United States either collapses or begins to isolate itself once more, it is in my opinion that the European Union would be the next "incarnation" or analogue of the US. A direct successor state would be what results from a collapse of the US, so potentially a "Second Republic of Texas" or something.

[emknight]

You can’t have a united anglosphere if there are no anglos left in those countries.

[sireyoursistermodernworld]

Problem is that no other nation can fill the void if the US stepped back - while some nations have grown quickly, those nations also have internal problems that are suggesting they are not nearly as powerful as we fear. Should the US step back or drastically decline in power, the most probably outcome is a return to the pre-WW1 balance of power / competition between the various power blocks. Even if the Americans started grooming the other Anglosphere countries to be a replacement, I don't think they have the population, economic, or political will to step up to the plate.

[thegentlemanfish]

Probably an unpopular opinion for a patriot but I agree with the premise of the video. America not being the leader of the west doesn't mean we have to become a vassal state or a two bit power but the mantle has to be passed at some point. Personally, I don't think we ever should have taken it as America always used to have a destiny independent of the rest of the world but in the face of the Soviet Union maybe it was necessary.

[zachweaverproductions]

Anglosphere is obviously the horse to bet on and we wouldn’t have to change much. 5-nation universal citizenship, interchangeable equal currency, further binding of our militaries and intelligence agencies, a few cultural assimilation projects. We’re basically there. Make no mistake, the USA is THE senior partner in this union, but we all have a role to play. The UK is the face of the union, our bridge to Europe and sheepdog to our junior partners. Australia gives us our most crucial military position bordering half the world’s population in SE Asia. Canada supports our control over the Arctic shipping lanes and intercontinental maneuvering. Let’s do what we do best. Rule the oceans and push English as the global language.

[Arturius_Rex_]

Liked the video, disagree with the premise.
Should encourage nationalist movements with loose alliances across the globe, not globalists. That's the kind of thing that got us where we are now...

[jst]

To me the best successor would be a North American superstate.

[humanbeing]

I think we'll definitely see a Neo-British Empire of sorts. The UK in coming years and decades will look increasingly outwards away from Europe for dominance and global influence. Britain's greatest successes have always occurred when it looked towards the seas rather than towards Europe.

[taliaperkins]

It's Canzaukus, the US will not be giving up a global role, it won't even stop being prima inter pares. It just won't be quite so overwhelmingly powerful in comparison. Remember Captain America, " I can do this all day!" And it can. As rising interest rates force it's borrowing spree to a nadir, it will just do a bit less.

[FrankiePhoenix]

You say that qbout india as if the US mever had domestic problems to tackle before becoming the world superpower. The scars of slavery are still prevalent today, and thats barely even the surface.