behind their prides.
Arm race between EU and US?
Not very likely? Unlike China, the European Union doesn?t use tanks to roll over protesting students, does it?
Superpower of what? Economic ?yes! Military? Errrr? is it necessary?
I am not familiar with the political scene in Europe AT ALL, but I always thought the aim of forming a European Union led by the French and Germans was to use trade and interactions between civilians to break down national barriers in order to maintain peace among neighboring countries.
At first England hesitated to hop in partly because in the 90s the English economies (U.S., Canada, Australia and England) experienced the most growths among developed countries. I remembered I had read somewhere that the economy of German or France alone was much smaller than Japan?s. I think it?s smart for them to recognize the power of collectivism.
Asian Union? Maybe in the next millennium?
It is very noble for the Europeans to come up with such a concept as the European Union. Asian countries? errr? how long did it take them to adopt a parliamentary system? I don?t know much about history, but it seemed that these countries were forced to take up a constitutional system or something. Why couldn?t they think of that earlier? Maybe they thought it was an honor to be the servant of a lord or an emperor?
Countries like these don?t have major problems copying the science and technology of advanced democratic countries. But to copy the political philosophy of the E.U.? It involves a lot of thinking and analyzing? and an open mind. Liberal thinking under the educational system in East Asia is not emphasized as much as in Europe, is it?
Hmmm? I think it is easier to teach people Calculus, Chemistry, and Biology than to teach people how to think, although several Asian countries? governments are pretty good at teaching their people to hate their neighbors. Or maybe they already hate one anther? Then it will be such a challenge for their governments to teach them how to love their neighbors. lol