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Militarily? USA.

Political influence? USA.

Economic power? Probably still the USA

If it's a question of who's second, that's a little harder. The frontrunners would probably be Germany, China, and Russia. Germany has a strong economy and influence within the EU (while its military is on the weaker side, the EU is structured in a way that makes it less of an issue than it might be for other nations). China has the world's largest economy, one of the strongest militaries, and considerable influence within its region. Russia has probably the world's second-strongest military as well as having enough power and influence that NATO is a thing.

As for the other options listed:

-France is a little hard to judge, although it falls behind many other options so it's not really in the running.

-The UK is small and, even before Brexit, it had less influence in Europe than Germany.

-Japan has a relatively limited self-defense military. The nation has repeatedly protested reestablishing its military.

-Canada's military is relatively weak for a G8 nation and its economy is behind other options

-Australia iirc doesn't rank among the world's top economies and it's not a contender for having the strongest military.

-Israel is a wealthy nation, but it's a relatively small nation and has limited influence due to the EU's support for antisemitic policies. The fact that Jerusalem isn't universally recognized as the capital of Israel shows its lack of influence.

-India has one of the world's largest economies and a reasonably strong military. However, in many regards it's inferior to China because it's exerting influence in the same sphere, has a weaker military, etc.

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