India

Question 1

India’s demographic advantages for emerging superpower status?

Answer 1

• Large demographic dividend - large working age population without large ageing one to support - advantageous BUT only if educated+job opportunities (majority under 25 and fluent in English)
• Drawbacks: caste system, inequality, corruption

Question 2

India’s economic advantages for emerging superpower status?

Answer 2

• Tata steel
• BUT low wages + poverty, protectionism + state-owned companies, rely on commodities more than high tech

Question 3

India’s military advantages for emerging superpower status?

Answer 3

• Budget capped but is a nuclear power

Question 4

India’s cultural advantages for emerging superpower status?

Answer 4

• Bollywood sold 3.6 billion tickets compared to Hollywood’s 2.6 billion