User blog comment:Toby2/Is this the century of Asia?/@comment-7576024-20130602104720

It would take a while for the US to be surpassed. Not trying to be biased, but we have the most wealth, the most freedom, the most productivity, and a bunch of other things. (Europe may rival us, but we have the population).

It would take a war to destroy us, I feel, and that would be unlikely, since we can easily use WMDs to assure our survival and the other nation's destruction.

And by war, I mean invasion-type war, not a failed war like Vietnam or Iraq (arguably).

Finally, BRICS is an emerging market alliance. Developed Markets > Emerging Markets.