Not going to happen.
Furthermore, the EU is destined to break up. The different cultures that make up the EU are too diverse for them to truly be a unified "nation". Petty squabbles between them will continue to drive them apart and prevent them from achieving true cohesiveness.
It took the Civil War to truly bring the United States together. It was only after the Civil War that this nation truly achieved the explosive growth that made it the premier superpower it is today. Even still, the bitterness of the Civil War took decades to dissipate and even today, 140 years later, there are still pockets of the country that haven't gotten over it. But without the Civil War, we would have turned out much like Europe - a group of separate countries always bickering among each other.
At any rate, I stated earlier that the United States is poised to achieve even more spectacular growth in the decades ahead. This country is still only about 230 years old and it is still very much in it's "adolescence" phase. We have built ourselves into the worlds biggest superpower and our true rival is not going to be the EU but will be China.
How will the United States avoid being replaced by China as the world's superpower?
Growth.
To our north, Canada sits with its vast natural resources and virtually untapped wealth. Canada is destined to join the United States someday. Sound ridiculous? Imagine if I stated 20 years ago that someday soon, the nations of Europe would attempt to cobble together a super-nation with a super-economy with a common currency and elimination of borders? It would have sounded far-fetched. Yet here we are today.
What if I told you 20 years ago that soon, the Soviet Union would collapse and break up into separate nations? You would have laughed at me right? 20 years ago, we saw the Soviet Union as the greatest threat to our existence and many actually saw the Soviet Union as a greater superpower than even the United States!
But in reality, the Soviet Union never had a chance.
Neither does the EU and neither does China.
The United States has the entire Western Hemisphere to itself. While Europe and China must contend with well-established nations in their hemisphere, the United States sits in the Western Hemisphere pretty much by itself.
Mexico and the Central American countries. The South American countries of Brazil, Venezuela, Chile, etc. All these nations will eventually join with the United States to ensure that our superpower status is secure. Imagine the United States extending from the Arctic Circle to Antartica. It's going to happen. Might take another 100 years, but it's going to happen eventually and perhaps much quicker than we think. Probably even within many our our lifetimes.
Again, think of how ridiculous it seemed that the Soviet Union was going to collapse just 20 years ago. Imagine how different things might be looking 20 years from now.
I see Canada and Mexico becoming part of the U.S. in my lifetime along with Cuba and much of the Carribean. The Central American and South American countries might take much longer but it will happen.
After that, Greenland, Iceland and perhaps even Great Britain itself will finally join the U.S. as well as other English speaking countries such as Australia and New Zealand.
Think of Australia sitting all by itself over there with the Chinese behemoth to its north. You think it would rather join with them? I doubt it. I see Australia eventually becoming part of the United States of America as well.
In summary, I see the globe reducing to three major spheres of influence. The United States of America, Chinese Asia and whatever is left of Europe.
Africa is currently up for grabs. It will become very interesting to see what becomes of that over the next 100 years. I do not see that continent becoming a superpower of it's own. It will need to choose between Europe, Chinese Asia and the United States.
It will be interesting to see how India goes as well. I think they might end up leaning towards the United States.
Sam, i cannot agree with you more. From China, to Canada, to the EU catching up, you are 110% correct.
What will we do and when will we do it? Will we have a repeat of the 70's anti-commie wars in the region?