Great Power Draft: Ranking the World's Leading Powers

In this episode of Global Tantrum, we’re indulging our love of sports metaphors once again by conducting a Great Power Draft. We rank countries based on various metrics such as demographics, military capacity, technological prowess, and economic strength. We agree that the United States and China are 1-2 — no big surprise — but the consensus breaks down from there, because measuring power is very much in the eye of the beholder!

00:00 Introduction and Current Events

01:40 Great Power Draft: Concept and Approach

05:40 Analyzing the Top Great Powers

22:14 Debating the Next Tier of Great Powers

44:17 Debating South Korea's Power and Future

46:45 Germany's Strengths and Weaknesses

53:08 Comparing France and the UK

57:44 Final Rankings and Honorable Mentions