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[Rods2]

The rest are regional or local powers. The same result has been found by two different power blocks using very different methodologies.

[STEMO]

Gotta be the UK.

🎶Land of hope and glory 🎶

[ronnyd]

Are we the only one with a Commonwealth?

[aaronjb]

Rods posted this, therefore I assume the correct answer is China or Russia

[STEMO]

Rods posted this, therefore I assume the correct answer is China or Russia

Or Ukraine.

[Lizzie Zoom]

Gotta be the UK.

🎶Land of hope and glory 🎶

You agree with me again!!

I have already voted for the UK because, believe it or not, the British military forces are designed for global conflict with the nuclear capacity to strike worldwide, and so projects a global threat.  With the two new super carriers, the British global status is rising to be second only to the US.

[Mister Rog]

Rods posted this, therefore I assume the correct answer is China or Russia

Or Ukraine.

or

Barnsley . . . .

[Nick W]

Gotta be the UK.

🎶Land of hope and faded glory 🎶

Fixed that for you

[Sir Tigger KC]

UK! 

Not because of our military hard power which isn't as hard as people like to think (eg the Navy only has 19 ships), but because of the extensive soft power and influence that we wield around the world with our aid programmes and other UK bodies like the British Council which is found in most capital cities. 

[Viral_Jim]

I would say China, both in terms of their military force, and the sheer amount of the world's assets they own/control, either overtly or by more circumspect means.

Anyone saying the UK must be having a laugh. We can't even copper up for enough jet fighters to stock the navy's latest pleasure yacht. 

Or fund our infrastructure without Chinese money.

[Lizzie Zoom]

I would say China, both in terms of their military force, and the sheer amount of the world's assets they own/control, either overtly or by more circumspect means.

Anyone saying the UK must be having a laugh. We can't even copper up for enough jet fighters to stock the navy's latest pleasure yacht. 

Or fund our infrastructure without Chinese money.

Chinese military is designed for the defence of their country.  The UK's is ready to launch an attack, albeit with the US, anywhere.  Our forces are still powerful enough to land a punch beyond our weight, as has always been the case

[Viral_Jim]

I would argue the Chinese have no need to attack an adversary. Bankrupting them would be far more expedient

[Lizzie Zoom]

I would argue the Chinese have no need to attack an adversary. Bankrupting them would be far more expedient

Have you ever tried to recover a debt from an individual or, worse still, a company?  Now imagine trying to recover a few trillion dollars from a country

[Sir Tigger KC]

Hmmm underestimate the Chinese at your peril Lizzie. 

They are rapidly transforming their navy from a coastal defence force into a proper 'Blue Navy' with global reach.  Chinese ships recently passed through the English Channel on route to the Baltic Sea for exercises with the Russians! 

I still say it's Britain, despite Jimmy's leftie naysaying!   

[Lizzie Zoom]

This may pursuance the doubters about UK power:

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/study-finds-uk-is-second-most-powerful-country-in-the-world/