neo-imperialism
Contemporary colonial control
Neo-imperialism is the extension of a nation's power over other countries through economic pressure, cultural influence, or political manipulation rather than direct military conquest or formal colonial rule.
The term typically criticizes how wealthy nations—especially former colonial powers—maintain dominance over developing countries through trade agreements, debt, corporate expansion, or international institutions: Critics accused the development bank of neo-imperialism.
Also called neocolonialism.
Dominant group's control
- supremacyHighest rank or power
- subjugationForcing into submission
- controlAuthority to direct
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
ascendancy · overlordship · rule · authority · command · tyranny · occupation · vassalage
Indirect foreign domination
- dependencyState of needing support
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- extractionAct of removing
- subjugationForcing into submission
periphery · core-periphery · underdevelopment · postcolonial · decolonization · sovereignty · self-determination · indigenous
Multiple competing power centers
- realpolitikPolitics prioritizing practicality over ethics
- interventionismPolicy of deliberate involvement
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- balkanizationDivision into hostile units
destabilization · blocs · alliances · sanctions · embargoes · statecraft · geoeconomics · partition
Western defense organization
- G7Leading economies' summit group
- BRICSEmerging market coalition
- IMFGlobal economic assistance organization
- WTOGlobal commerce regulator
UNSC · coalition · petrodollar
Goods seized violently
- monocultureSingle-crop agricultural system
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- privatizationState sells public assets
- commodificationTransforming into sellable goods
sweatshops · dispossession · enclosure · dumping · conditionality
Adopting US cultural norms
- WesternizationAdopting Western cultural practices
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- NGOsIndependent charitable organizations, abbreviated
hegemony
Dominant group's control
- supremacyHighest rank or power
- subjugationForcing into submission
- controlAuthority to direct
dominance · ascendancy · overlordship · rule · authority · command · tyranny · occupation · vassalage · subordination
neocolonialism
Indirect foreign domination
- dependencyState of needing support
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- extractionAct of removing
subjugation · periphery · core-periphery · underdevelopment · postcolonial · decolonization · sovereignty · self-determination · indigenous · mandate
multipolarity
Multiple competing power centers
- realpolitikPolitics prioritizing practicality over ethics
- interventionismPolicy of deliberate involvement
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
balkanization · destabilization · blocs · alliances · sanctions · embargoes · statecraft · geoeconomics · partition
NATO
Western defense organization
- G7Leading economies' summit group
- BRICSEmerging market coalition
- IMFGlobal economic assistance organization
WTO · UNSC · coalition · petrodollar
plunder
Goods seized violently
- monocultureSingle-crop agricultural system
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- privatizationState sells public assets
commodification · sweatshops · dispossession · enclosure · dumping · conditionality
Americanization
Adopting US cultural norms
- WesternizationAdopting Western cultural practices
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- authoritarianismautocracy, absolutism, despotism, dictatorship, totalitarianism
neo-imperialismanti-imperialism
Opposition to foreign domination
internationalism · multilateralism · egalitarianism · solidarity · non-interventionism
neo-imperialismself-determination
Control over one's fate
national sovereignty · independence · autonomy · self-governance · self-rule
neo-imperialismfair trade
Equitable exchange between parties
economic independence · autarky · protectionism · mutual benefit · economic nationalism
imperialism, imperial, imperially, imperialist, imperialistic, empire, emperor, empress, imperium