neo-imperialism

neo-imperialism (usually uncountable, plural neo-imperialisms)

1. Alternative form of neoimperialism
   • 1939 November 9 (date written), J. V. A. MacMurray, “Activities of the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe, and Soviet Relations with the Belligerent Powers: III. Activities of the Soviet Union in the Balkans; the Seizure of Bessarabia: The Ambassador in Turkey (MacMurray) to President [Franklin Delano] Roosevelt”, in Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers: 1940  (Department of State Publication; 6818), volume I (General), Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, published 1959, →OCLC, page 450:

     he Turkish Government should from now on recognize and act upon the assumption that Russian neo-imperialism is a definite threat to the safety and independence of Turkey.

   • 2000, Michael Parenti, “Bosnia: New Colonies”, in To Kill a Nation: The Attack on Yugoslavia, London: Verso Books, →ISBN, page 57:

     In Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Western powers put aside the indirect forms of neo-imperialism and opted for direct colonialism.

   • 2023, John Sexton, “Red Star and Paper Tiger”, in Red Friends: Internationalists in China’s Struggle for Liberation, London; Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.: Verso, →ISBN, page 150:

     In his 1958 autobiography, he [Edgar Snow] described Marxism as a 'heretical' descendant of Western Judeo-Christianity that was an imperfect fit as an ideology for anti-colonial revolutions in Asia. The old empires were crumbling but were being replaced by neo-imperialisms.

   • 2023 October 17, Volodymyr Yermolenko, “Europe seeks peace, not war. But will it be ready if war comes to Europe?”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-02-16:

     To survive Russia's neo-imperialism, Europe's democracies must find a balance between their desire for peace and their own defence[.]