Is the US still a superpower today?

Although this is a question that many in America and her allied nations would not want to raise, it is very much an evident fact that the world no longer accepts the 'domination' by the West and her allies. Today, the world outside Europe and North America are in an informal agreement that the US may not retain its superpower status to the extent that it did during the height of the Cold War or after the dissolution of the erstwhile Soviet Union.

This informal agreement among the rest of the world that the US may be well on its way to losing its status as the world's sole superpower, may result in a future power vacuum. Other emerging superpowers today, such as China and India, are already sensing this and are vying to fill the possible 'power vacuum' that may be caused by the US' decline.

Today, the US does not seem to mind taking a backseat in world affairs, and the desire to control the world order as per its whims and fancies seems to be fading away from the American public, higher up in the government and even from the diplomatic circles. Looking at the examples of Afghanistan and Ukraine, the US seems to be realising the cost that controlling even a small part of the world order entails, and is now making a somewhat active yet reluctant effort to take its hands off international matters with the big exception being China.

The evident writing on the wall is that any nation today, even the world 'superpower', that is, the United States, acts in its own national interest and shows little to no regard for multilateral economic agreements, or collective defense arrangements. Today's reality is one where a nation only goes to war, or takes military action after extensively evaluating its national interest, and what any such action would entail for the future of the nation.

Of course, considering today's reality, discounting the US as a superpower would be slightly distant from the truth. But the day when America would no longer be the only major power in the world and would be sharing the limelight with many other nations that would also have an equal voice on the global stage as that of the US, seems not too far away.