地域大国

地域大国（ちいきたいこく、）とは、ある一定の地域内で政治、軍事、経済で大きな影響力を持つ国。地域大国の周辺国は、地域大国の政治的な影響を受けやすく地政学的に従属的な立場に立たされることもあるため、地域大国の動向は周辺国にとって注視すべき重要な問題となる。地域大国の枠を越えて世界的に強い影響力を持つ国を大国と呼ぶ。さらにその枠すらも越えて世界全体に影響力が及ぶ国を超大国と呼ぶ。

 概要 
国際政治学の研究者により見解が異なることがあるが、下記の国が一定の影響力を持つ国として挙げられる。

 アフリカ 
 西アフリカ 
 "West Africa, with its strong French influence, is home to one of Africa's two regional giants, Nigeria, and the region has seen the scene of much political and ethnic unrest." See David Lynch, Trade and Globalization (Lanham, USA: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010), p. 51."South Africa is not the sole regional power on the continent, though; Nigeria is the other widely acknowledge centre of power in Africa and likewise a sub-regional superpower in West Africa." See Deon Geldenhuys, "South Africa: The Idea-driven Foreign Policy of a Regional Power," in Regional Leadership in the Global System, edited by Daniel Flemes (Farnham, UK: Ashgate, 2010), p. 151.

 南部アフリカ 
 www.iss.co.za "Southern Africa is home to the other of sub-Saharan Africa's regional powers: South Africa. South Africa is more than just a regional power; it is by far the most developed and economically powerful country in Africa, and now it is able to use that influence in Africa more than during the days of apartheid (white rule), when it was ostracized." See David Lynch, Trade and Globalization (Lanham, USA: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010), p. 51.

 アメリカ 
 北アメリカ 
 http://www.internationalpolicydigest.org/2012/04/16/chinese-cyber-information-profusion-anti-access-area-denial-in-summative-context/
 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan


 南アメリカ 

 "Argentina has been the leading military and economic power in the Southern Cone in the Twentieth Century." See Michael Morris, "The Srait of Magellan," in International Straits of the World, edited by Gerard Mangone (Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff Publishes, 1988), p. 63."Secondary regional powers in Huntington's view include Great Britain, Ukraine, Japan, South Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Argentina." See Tom Nierop, "The Clash of Civilisations," in The Territorial Factor, edited by Gertjan Dijkink and Hans Knippenberg (Amsterdam: Vossiuspers UvA, 2001), p. 61."The US has created a foundation upon which the regional powers, especially Argentina and Brazil, can developed their own rules for further managing regional relations." See David Lake, "Regional Hierarchies," in Globalising the Regional, edited by Rick Fawn (UK: Cambridge University Press, 2009), p. 55."The southern cone of South America, including Argentina and Brazil, the two regional powers, has recently become a pluralistic security community." See Emanuel Adler and Patricia Greve, "Overlapping regional mechanisms of security governance," in Globalising the Regional, edited by Rick Fawn (UK: Cambridge University Press, 2009), p. 78."[...] notably by linking the Southern Cone's rival regional powers, Brazil and Argentina." See Alejandra Ruiz-Dana, Peter Goldschag, Edmundo Claro and Hernan Blanco, "Regional integration, trade and conflicts in Latin America," in Regional Trade Integration and Conflict Resolution, edited by Shaheen Rafi Khan (New York: Routledge, 2009), p. 18.Samuel P. Huntington, "Culture, Power, and Democracy," in Globalization, Power, and Democracy, edited by Marc Plattner and Aleksander Smolar (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000), p. 6.""The driving force behind the adoption of the MERCOSUR agreement was similar to that of the establishment of the EU: the hope of limiting the possibilities of traditional military hostility between the major regional powers, Brazil and Argentina." See Anestis Papadopoulos, The International Dimension of EU Competition Law and Policy (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010), p. 283.

 アジア 
 東アジア 
 Living With The Giants - TIMEChina: Global/Regional PowerCNN In-Depth Specials - Visions of China - Asian Superpower: Regional 'godfather' or local bully?www.abc.net www.aseanfocus.com
 Japan and the Myanmar Stalemate: Regional Power and Resolution of a Regional Problemwww.csbaonline.org 
 http://www.springerlink.com/content/nrnnj1f163kaxye3/http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/events/2009/0416_korea/20090416_korea.pdfThe United States and the great powers: world politics in the twenty-first century

 南アジア 
 Encarta - Great Powers

 東南アジア 

 "We can talk meaningfully about Vietnam as the regional power in former Indochina, as one regional power among many in Southeast Asia, or as not a regional power in Asia." See Brantly Womack, China Among Unequals (Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co., 2010), p. 77.

 西アジア 
 findarticles.comyaleglobal.yale.edu 
 ""Iran is a strong regional power, in a far better shape than Pakistan because f its economic capabilities, rich mineral and energy resources, and internal stability, added to its far greater geostrategic importance." In Hooman Peimani, Nuclear Proliferation in the Indian Subcontinent (Westport: Praeger Publishers, 2000), p. 30.
 www.lrb.co.ukwww.acronym.org.uk


 ヨーロッパ 
  France, Germany, Britain – Responses of Traditional Regional
Powers to Rising Regions and Rivals
 globalpolicy.org
 www.aims.ca tspace.library.utoronto.ca
 "Operation Alba may be considered one of the most important instances in which Italy has acted as a regional power, taking the lead in executing a technically and politically coherent and determined strategy." See Federiga Bindi, Italy and the European Union (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2011), p. 171."Italy plays a prominent role in European and global military, cultural and diplomatic affairs. The country's European political, social and economic influence make it a major regional power." See Italy: Justice System and National Police Handbook, Vol. 1 (Washington, D.C.: International Business Publications, 2009), p. 9....L'Italie est avant tout une grande puissance européenne, un État-nation au développement économique brillant, une puissance industrielle, une société civile active, une intelligentsia remarquable, l’un des principaux pôles culturels et artistiques de l’Europe.
 http://europeangeostrategy.ideasoneurope.eu/2011/12/29/worlds-fifteen-most-powerful-countries-in-2012/http://countrystudies.us/spain/88.htm"In fact, Latin America remained now, as it had been at the start of the transition, Spain's only possibility of rising above its present position [in 2000] a...iddle-ranking regional power within Europe." Javier Tusell, Spain: From Dictatorship to Democracy, 1939 to the Present (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011), chapter 6.

 ユーラシア 
 http://www.carnegie.ru/en/pubs/media/69778.htm www.carnegie.ru
 The Economist: "Turkish foreign policy: Ottoman dreamer", 5 November 2011.The Economist: "Turkey in the Balkans: The good old days?", 5 November 2011."Erdoğan's Moment", cover story in the Time magazine issue of November 21–28, 2011. (Vol. 178 No. 21.) "Erdoğan's Way" was the cover title in the editions of Europe, Asia and South Pacific.

 オセアニア 
 www.routledge.comwww.foreignminister.gov.au

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