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

They also said past legal challenges to Dutch fiscal edicts and claims of neocolonialism have been struck down by local courts.

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2021

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

Ms. Syjuco employs diverse formats — installations, performance and photography — to investigate such subjects as the distribution of goods under capitalism and the persistence of neocolonialism.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2018