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Imperialism

Imperialism is the maintaining and extending of power over foreign nations, particularly through expansionism, employing both hard power (military and economic power) and soft power (diplomatic power and cultural imperialism). Imperialism focuses on establishing or maintaining hegemony and a more formal empire.

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Age of Imperialism

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Anti-imperialism

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Imperialism

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related to United States · 37
Imperialism → America's, American, American War, Americans, Anti-Imperialist League, At, Beginning, Britain's Winston Churchill, Canada, Central America, Cuba, European, Filipinos, He, However, In, India, Made, Manifest Destiny, Mexican
related to Theories of imperialism · 22
Imperialism → Anglophone, British Empire, British Prime Minister Benjamin, Disraeli, English, Europe, For, Historians, Hobson, John, Joseph Chamberlain, Joseph Schumpeter, Marxist, Much, Norman Angell, Supporters, The, Their, Thorstein Veblen, United States
related to Age of Imperialism · 21
Imperialism → According, Africa, Age, Axial Age, But, During, Empire, Eurocentric, European, Great Game, Historians Daniel Hedinger, In, Japan, Nadin Heé, New Imperialism, Other, Scramble, The, United States, While
related to Definition · 19
Imperialism → British Empire, By, Edward Said, European, Frank, Hannah Arendt, Hobson, IMF, In, It, Joseph Schumpeter, Latin, Lenin, Marshall, Napoleon III's, Nkrumah, Said, The, West
related to Arab · 16
Imperialism → Algeria, Arab, Arabic, Arabicization, Arabization, Arabized, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, It, Middle East, Muslim, North Africa, Sudan, Syria, The
related to Anti-imperialism · 15
Imperialism → Africa, African, Africans, Anti-imperialism, Cold War, Colonialism, European, Guevarism, Maoism, Pan-Africanism, Second World War, Some, Soviet Union, The Pan-African, United States
related to Japan · 15
Imperialism → As, By, Despite, Enrich, European, For, Fukoku, However, Japan, Japanese, Japanese Emperor, Meiji Restoration, Russia, This, United States
see also · 14
Imperialism → Africa, African, Analysis, British EmpireImperialism, Capitalism, Countries, Highest Stage, International, Iron, LeninSuper-imperialismUltra-imperialismInternational, Makes RightPolitical, Points, Western European, XII
related to Colonialism · 13
Imperialism → According, Chinese, Colonialism, Colonies, Contiguous, He, However, Ottoman, Painter/Jeffrey, Russian, Said, Santo Domingo, Young
related to Canada · 12
Imperialism → Anglo-Saxon, British, By, Canada, English Canadian, French-Canadian, French-speakers, In, In Canada, Quebec, The, United States

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Imperialismis amaintaining and extending of power over foreign nations0.90text
Imperialismis adistinct concept that can apply to other forms of expansion and many forms of government.Kenneth Waltz suggests that the root cause of imperialism is great power0.90text
Imperialismis aphase of capitalism0.90text
Imperialismis aMarxist expression first used in the early 20th century by Lenin as0.90text
Imperialismis adefense and justification of empire-building based on seemingly rational grounds0.90text
Young who wrote that imperialism implements state policyinstance ofMarshall further pushed the term to encompass phenomena such as space development.ColonialismImperialism and colonialism have been distinguished by scholars0.80text
while colonialism may reflect commercial intentionsinstance ofMarshall further pushed the term to encompass phenomena such as space development.ColonialismImperialism and colonialism have been distinguished by scholars0.80text
although supported by forceinstance ofMarshall further pushed the term to encompass phenomena such as space development.ColonialismImperialism and colonialism have been distinguished by scholars0.80text
the Russianinstance ofContiguous land empires0.80text
Chinese or Ottoman have traditionally been called imperialistinstance ofContiguous land empires0.80text
although they also sent populations into their remote territories.Imperialisminstance ofContiguous land empires0.80text
colonialism both involve politicalinstance ofContiguous land empires0.80text

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