>>113415798He's got a point.
For better or worse, you're going to hear about america doing something. When we achieve something, the world knows, when we screw up the world knows. We may be the worst country in the world to your eyes, but that's the thing. You've at least heard of us.
When any of those countries you listed does something wrong or screws up, nobody cares. When's the last time your backwater berg did something to create waves?
Besides, all the world's most applied to universities, colleges and companies are in the US anyways.