The US puts pressure on other nations, which isn’t uncommon. Stronger nations put pressure on weaker nations via various mechanisms.
So the US has military pressure, diplomatic pressure, economic pressure, political pressure, etc. to get weaker nations to do its bidding.
Do other nations have any real ability to put pressure on the US, or is the US so much stronger that it really can just ignore any other nation?
When Trump threatened to pull out of the Paris Agreement, I thought some European nations were considering putting pressure on the US not to do so. Is that realistic, or did they drop it?
China getting nasty with the debt (but that would be self-destructive to them!)
Canada or Mexico getting nasty with trade. (Ditto.)
Making things tougher for U.S. tourists to have a nice time abroad. (Ditto again.)
Europe getting cozy with Russia; Japan getting cozy with China. (And yet again.)
There are lots of ways…but the U.S. is (at present) a reasonably benign 400 pound gorilla in the parlor. You don’t go snapping your fingers in the gorilla’s face, because you wouldn’t like him when he’s angry.
If, instead, you can get him to keep your sea-lanes open for commerce, without having to pay for a big navy of your own, it’s a good thing all around. (Except for pirates in fast boats with machine guns. They’re the losers…and may they always be so!)
No one currently, but China eventually will if current economic growth rates continue.
I don’t feel any particular affection for China as a culture or a people but I’m going to be happy when they become a world power to rival the United States and I hope for their continued rapid economic growth. It’s not healthy for any country to be an unchallenged superpower.
India is much poorer than China, and Russia has a much smaller population than either China or the US. For the foreseeable future China’s economy is also going to grow faster than Russia, so they’re going to catch up to the US much before either of the other two.
Define “pressure”. Russia, Turkey, Iran are currently doing just that in Syria. The US accused Pakistan of doing that in Afghanistan. China is placing pressure on the US in the Far East. Israel has the U.S balls in its little hands.
So yes, nations can and so put pressure on the US to accept a state of affairs adverse to its interests.
It’s just a question of having some leverage. The Taliban pressures the us to leave Afghanistan by force of arms, for instance. They don’t have to win, they just have to make it painful enough.
On the other hand, nations apply pressure over the things that matter to them. No country cares enough about the Paris treaty to exert the effort needed to apply sanctions or other pressure against the US over it.
Sorry to say, pigs will circumnavigate the globe before any Australian politician has the gumption to do anything at all the US wouldn’t like, let alone actively attempt to put pressure.
When the USA sets off on one of its periodic military adventure, it usually wants some other countries, notably GB to come along for the ride. This is not for want of materiel or expertise but simply to give an impression of legitimacy “Hey - it’s not just us, it’s all these other guys too.” There is also a good deal of intelligence sharing too.
In order to get those countries to play ball, they need to be kept as friends.
Trump originally indicated he may not honor the “One China” policy. Indications are that he capitulated to China just from China giving him the silent treatment (i.e. Xi refusing to talk with Trump). It also looks like China rewarded Trump for it by approving his trademark application.
Also, many industries in the US - farms, automobile manufacturing, aircraft manufacturing, etc - are heavily dependent on exports. Countries can exert a lot of leverage on US by restricting imports from the US, or just threatening to. Though of course, the US could retaliate with the same.