DislikedI understand your point gator but not your Timeframe
Look if we count from the Romans till now europe with the up and down (adjust the name of the empire and or currency) has been there. Most of the time at the top. Roughly the last 2500 years (before is all Asia, the m. East and Egypt) and still we cannot get ride of europe in a leading position in economic affairs.
My point is that there is a clear line between they will disappear sometime in the disant future and other is realistically (2 generation time span +/-50 years) europe will be completely...Ignored
those who can, do. those who cant, talk about those who can