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I am forever frustrated by how the United States seems to be the be-all end-all in warfare from the first world war onwards. Barring exceptional circumstance (i.e. global alliance), they simply cannot lose. At what point is this condition set in stone? At what point in history is it certain that a single power will dominate the North American continent and thus be unchallengeable by outsiders, and how can that be prevented or altered?

I am operating under the assumption that no matter what power takes control of North America from one ocean to the other will be indomitable. Is this accurate? If not for the idea of American Exceptionalism and Manifest Destiny, would the west have been developed in a timely manner?

In short, what would it take for an Asian, African, European, or even South American nation to be able to project power and hold global influence in the same manner as the United States does currently?
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