neocolonialism
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Aid became a bastion of paternalism or, as some came to see it, neocolonialism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
For this maneuver to succeed, however, the end of French neocolonialism proved crucial.
From Salon • Oct. 22, 2023
In creating this intricate narrative, were you drawing from specific historical events pertinent to Burundi or larger ideas about neocolonialism in Africa?
From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2022
In 2019, a short correspondence to Nature argued that the quantum computing community should adopt different terminology to avoid “overtones of violence, neocolonialism and racism.”
From Scientific American • Feb. 20, 2021
The new film examines neocolonialism in Sudan, focusing on Chinese oil workers, Christian missionaries from Texas, U.N. peacekeepers and other outsiders, whose sometimes questionable interests collide with those of the country’s inhabitants.
From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2015
Vocabulary lists containing neocolonialism
Political Geography - High School
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The Middle East and Central Asia - Middle School
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The Middle East and Central Asia - High School
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