--- description: As the world's only superpower, Bremmer argues that the United States must look towards the next stage of China's rise title: Watch Ian Bremmer discuss america's role as world superpower image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33ddc6c229c9b34d/6987edf7428a9e7e9dccb357/tout-large.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [global trade](/tag/global-trade/) ## global trade Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Ian Bremmer Discuss America's Role as World Superpower by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 4, 2015 5:20 PM CUT  by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 4, 2015 5:20 PM CUT In his new book, [_Superpower: Three Choices for America’s Role in the World_](http://www.ianbremmer.com/book/superpower-three-choices-america%E2%80%99s-role-world "undefined"), TIME editor-at-large and president of Eurasia group Ian Bremmer discusses the three choices the United States can make about its role in the world. He characterizes the choices, each with its unique benefits and consequences, as “Indispensable America,”“Moneyball America” and “Independent America.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3843599/ian-bremmer-united-states-superpower-china/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3843599/ian-bremmer-united-states-superpower-china/"},"headline":"Watch Ian Bremmer Discuss America's Role as World Superpower","datePublished":"2015-05-04T17:20:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:52:06.220Z","description":"As the world's only superpower, Bremmer argues that the United States must look towards the next stage of China's rise","url":"https://time.com/3843599/ian-bremmer-united-states-superpower-china/","keywords":["global trade"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33ddc6c229c9b34d/6987edf7428a9e7e9dccb357/tout-large.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33ddc6c229c9b34d/6987edf7428a9e7e9dccb357/tout-large.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ian Bremmer","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/global-trade/","name":"global trade"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3843599/ian-bremmer-united-states-superpower-china/","name":"Watch Ian Bremmer Discuss America's Role as World Superpower"}}]}] ```