Do you consider South Africa a hegemon in its relations with the rest of the SADC region? Relate your answer from a specific ideological perspective AND identify the applicable international relations theory present in your answer.Table of Contents1. Introduction……………………………………………………………………….….22. Defining a hegemon………………………………………………………………………...23. The role of the Southern African Development Community (SADC)………………44. South Africa as hegemon in its relations with the rest of the SADC region…….55. IR theory in support of South Africa's hegemonic position………………...65.1 Liberalism……………………………………………………… ……….... …..66. Conclusion………………………………………………………………...…7Bibliography…………………………………………… …………………………….81. IntroductionSouth Africa is one of the most geographically diverse countries on the African continent, located at the southern tip of Africa (Landsberg & Van Wyk, ‎2012: 95). The country entered a period of evolution that led to full democratic freedom four years later, after the end of apartheid (Hentz, 2005: 1). The beginnings of democracy in South Africa after several years of apartheid and the end of the Cold War transformed the political thinking of southern Africa as a whole Halisi (1999: 114). According to Hentz (2005: 1), South Africa's emergence from the dark years of apartheid indicates more than a new purpose for its people; this denoted new hope for the entire southern African subcontinent. One of the reasons that motivated the transformation of SADCC into SADC is the fact that the latter (SADC) differs from its predecessor in the sense that it goes beyond simple economic cooperation to achieve an advanced level of integration economic and security cooperation. in the region (Nathan, 20 years old...... middle of article...... Van Zyl, J. 2006. Migration in South and Southern Africa: dynamics and determinations. South Africa: HSRC Press .Landsberg, C. & Van Wyk, ‎J. 2012. South African Foreign Policy Review - Volume 1. South Africa: African Institute of South Africa Layne, C. 2007. The peace of illusions. America's Grand Strategy from 1940 to the Present: Cornell University Press Nathan, L. 2013. Community of Insecurity: The SADC Struggle for Peace and Security in Southern Africa: Ashgate Publishing Limited. 2006. The Decades of Development in South Africa, 1994-2004. South Africa: HSRC Press. Persuad, RB 2001. Counter-hegemony and foreign policy: the dialectic of marginalized and global force in the United States. of America: State University of New York Press.