U.S. territories remain colonial arrangements under new vocabulary.

Evidence

In 1965, Kwame Nkrumah, a political scientist and the president of Ghana, employed the word neocolonialism for this new era: “The essence of neo-colonialism is that the State which is subject to it is, in theory, independent and has all the outward trappings of international sovereignty. In reality its economic and thus its political policy is directed from outside.” — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 181 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Today’s urban-regional divides echo older colonial extraction patterns.; Post-colonial African states remain dependent on foreign investment and Western cultural influence.; Neocolonialism keeps formally independent states economically and politically directed from outside — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 181 (+1 more)

Related

• Neocolonialism keeps formally independent states economically and politically directed from outside (similarity 0.90)
• Post-colonial African states remain dependent on foreign investment and Western cultural influence. (similarity 0.87)
• Neocolonialism means power exerted at a distance, not through territorial occupation. (similarity 0.83)
• Nkrumah argued formal decolonization left colonial economic control intact (similarity 0.81)
• Imperial expansion persists but is relabeled as commitments and foreign aid (similarity 0.78)
• Colonial status means an external ruling class, not mere dependence (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Neocolonialism keeps formally independent states economically and politically directed from outside #expands (0.80) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 181
• Post-colonial African states remain dependent on foreign investment and Western cultural influence. #expands (0.75)