Similar questions: japan scaled 20x size large superpower.
Size is not the question. It would be much like Russia then. Both have aging populations.
That is the problem. So has China. Many countries we fear have no reason to bother us in the future.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.