Regional Hegemony - Contemporary Examples

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.