Original sentence: , Brazil and India) are presently great powers.Due to their large markets, growing military strength, economic potential and influence in international affairs; China, the European Union, India, Russia and Brazil are among the countries most cited as having the potential of achieving superpower status in the 21st century.The term "Potential superpowers" has been applied by scholars and other qualified commentators to the possibility of several states achiveing superpower status in the 21st century
Edited sentence: Brazil and India) are presently great powers.Due to their large markets, growing military strength, economic potential and influence in international affairs; China, the European Union, India, Russia, and Brazil are among the countries most cited as having the potential of achieving superpower status in the 21st century.Furthermore, popular consensus among political scientists and other commentators, is that Brazil and Russia are simply emerging powers, as opposed to potential superpowers.However it is far from certain that some or all of these countries will ever emerge as superpowers.List of pre-modern great powers.Renowned Indian historian and writer, Ramachandra Guha, suggests that "India will not become a superpower" in his thesis at the London School of Economics - where he highlights several reasons why not: the Naxalite–Maoist insurgency, the degrading liberal centre and the harmful presence of the "Hindu right-wing" in Indian politics, rising inequality between the rich and poor, the media, unsustainable trends of resource consumption and the "instability and policy incoherence caused by multi-party governments".The term 'Potential superpowers' has been applied by scholars and other qualified commentators to the possibility of several states achiveing superpower status in the 21st century