Contemporary Examples
Contemporary examples are often politically sensitive or arguable. Often analysis of regional hegemons are based on a specific context or perspective which renders their identification subjective.
- China in East Asia
- The United States in the Americas.
- Brazil, Mexico and Argentina in Latin America.
- Egypt and Saudi Arabia in the Arabic-speaking world.
- Ethiopia and Kenya in the Horn of Africa and East Africa.
- India and Pakistan in South Asia.
- Indonesia, Australia and the Philippines in Southeast Asia.
- Australia in the South Pacific
- Nigeria and Ghana in West Africa.
- South Africa in Southern Africa
- Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Israel and Iran in West Asia
- Turkey, in regions of the former Ottoman Empire such as Middle East, the Balkans, Central Asia and West Asia and to a limited extent in Europe.
- Russia in the non-EU parts of the former Soviet Union.
- France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy and to a lesser extent Poland and Spain in the European Union
- Algeria and Morocco in the Maghreb.
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