Superpower collapse

Superpower collapse is the societal collapse of a superpower nation state. The term is most often used to describe the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the loss of the United Kingdom's superpower status through the decline of the British Empire.

Nevertheless, Russia, the successor of the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom are still regarded as great powers today with permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). These include the United Kingdom continuing to hold global soft and hard power and Russia holding the largest nuclear weapons arsenal in the world.

Since the 2010s, some academics and proponents also consider the United States, today generally considered the sole superpower after the fall of the Soviet Union, to be currently undergoing "Superpower fatigue", and that it may be on a trajectory of superpower collapse.