Since the beginning of the Age of Discovery, European colonial activities have continued to carry out colonial expansion and aggression, and the hegemon has also been constantly replaced, and the First and Second World Wars have broken out, bringing heavy disasters to the peoples of all countries in the world.
After World War II, many countries in the world became independent, and the first colonialism collapsed. Namibia's independence in 1990 marked the end of a five-century history of invasion and enslavement by European colonizers in Africa, and the final collapse of the imperialist colonial system in Africa
However, after the Second World War, imperialism did not abandon colonialism, but adopted new and covert "civilized" ways and means to promote a new colonialism.
An important feature of neocolonialism is that imperialism is forced to change the old ways of direct colonial rule and adopt new ways of colonization and colonial exploitation through the ** people they have chosen and cultivated.
Imperialism led by the United States has used the organization of military blocs, the establishment of military bases, or the establishment of "federations" and "communities" to prop up puppet regimes and bring colonial countries and countries that have declared independence under their control and enslavement.
They continue to use these countries as markets for their commodity sales, raw materials, and capital exports, plundering the wealth of these countries, and squeezing the blood and sweat of the people of these countries by means of economic "aid" and so on. They also use the United Nations as an important tool to interfere in the internal affairs of those countries and to carry out military, economic and cultural aggression against them.
When they are unable to maintain their rule over these countries by "peaceful" means, they carry out military coups d'état in these countries, carry out subversive activities, and even carry out direct armed intervention and armed aggression against these countries.
In the pursuit of neocolonialism, the United States is the most active and cunning. With the help of neocolonialism, US imperialism is trying to seize the colonies and spheres of influence of other imperialism as its own and establish its own world hegemony. This new colonialism is a more insidious and vicious colonialism.
The neo-colonial wars intensified, and when colonialism could not be sustained by normal means, imperialism was likely to take the plunge and launch a war, which should be the root cause of the three wars in the near future.
The crimes of this neo-colonial aggressive policy and means carried out by the Western powers against non-Western countries are mainly reflected in the following aspects:
The first is political control: neo-colonial countries exercise political control over non-Western countries by establishing political institutions, constitutional institutions, armies and police. These countries are regarded as the "spheres of influence" of the neo-colonial powers, and their internal affairs are often subject to the intervention and influence of the neo-colonial powers.
The second is economic exploitation: neo-colonial countries use monetary and financial hegemony to carry out covert economic exploitation of non-Western countries by controlling their economic lifelines. They often control the economic resources of non-Western countries, monopolize their markets, and grasp their economic lifelines through such means, investment, technology, etc., so as to obtain huge economic benefits.
The third is cultural aggression: neo-colonial countries also carry out cultural aggression against non-Western countries through cultural means. They use film, television, literature and other media to disseminate Western culture and values, weaken the indigenous culture of non-Western countries, and thus control, influence, and disintegrate non-Western countries at the spiritual and ideological level.
Fourth, military intervention: if necessary, neo-colonial powers also intervene militarily against non-Western countries. They often control the political situation of non-Western countries and safeguard their interests in these countries by establishing overseas military bases, sending troops, carrying out so-called military assistance, and organizing military coups. For example, the Iran-Iraq War, the Gulf War, the Kosovo War, the five Middle East Wars, the Afghanistan War, the Libyan War, the Ukraine War, etc.
It can be seen from this that today's neocolonialism is a covert and indirect means of aggression aimed at controlling and exploiting non-Western countries in order to preserve the illegitimate interests and hegemony of Western countries. Such acts seriously violate international law and norms and pose a great threat to global peace and development, which may become the root cause of the outbreak of World War III in the future