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Protectorate

A protectorate, in the context of international relations, is a state or dependent territory that foregoes an independent foreign policy and often defence in favour of treaty with a protecting power, in order to ensure its defence against regional aggressors. It is a dependent territory that enjoys self government over most of its internal affairs, while …

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related to Bibliography · 50
Protectorate → Africa, Anna, Asia, Asian Affairs, B978-0-444-86241-9, Bosnia, British India's Informal Empire, Claude Augé, December, Dictionnaire Encyclopédique, Disputes Installment, Elsevier, Encyclopedia, Encyclopædia Britannica, French, Gerhard, Herzegovina, Hoffmann, Indigenous Peoples, Influence
related to Italy · 34
Protectorate → Albanian Kingdom, April, August, Benadir Coast, Cirenaica, Cyrenaica, December, Emperor, Emperor Menelik II, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Amharic, First Italo-Ethiopian War, Hobyo, Italian, Italian Somaliland, Italy, Kingdom, Libya, Majeerteen Sultanate, March
related to history · 26
Protectorate → Andorra, Athens, Classical Athens's, Confederation, Duchy, Etruria, Europe, France, French Empire, Holland, In, Ireland, Italy, Kingdoms, Likewise, Middle Ages, Napoleonic Wars, Protectorates, Republic's, Rhine
related to Joint protectorates · 21
Protectorate → Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, British, Cephalonia, Cerigo, Christian, Corfu, Croatia, Habsburg Austrian, Independent State, Ionian Islands, Ithaca, Ottoman Turkish, Paxos, Provveditore, Ragusa, Republic, Santa Maura, Septinsular Republic, United States, Venetian
related to Colonial protection · 15
Protectorate → Africa, Colony, Conditions, February, However, In, Lagos, Multiple, Nigeria, Occasionally, Protecting, Scramble, Sub-Saharan Africa, The Berlin, This
related to Germany · 14
Protectorate → Cases, German New Guinea, Ghana, Gulmu, Head ChiefsGando Emirate, KenyaGerman Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Papua New GuineaTogoland, SamoaMarshall IslandsNauru, Schutzgebiet, Solomon IslandsWituland, The German Empire, TogoNorth Solomon Islands, World War
related to Amical protection · 12
Protectorate → After, Chinese Qing, Christian, Early-Mid Modern, European, Frequently, In, Ionian Islands, The, This, UK's, United States
related to China · 12
Protectorate → Beiting ProtectorateProtectorate General, EastProtectorate General, Goryeo, Han, NorthProtectorate General, Pacify, ProtectorateYuan, Qing, SouthSong, Tibet, Western RegionsTang, WestProtectorate General
related to Portugal · 12
Protectorate → Cabinda, February, Gaza Empire, Kingdom, Kongo, Larantuka, MozambiqueAngoche Sultanate, Portugal, Portuguese Congo, Portuguese Crown, Simulambuco, Treaty
see also · 11
Protectorate → Bosnia, British Protected PersonClient, China, Heads, HerzegovinaEUFOR AltheaHigh Representative, HerzegovinaLeague, Implementation CouncilProtector, Nations, State, Timeline, Union Police Mission

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state french 1949 protectorates states sultanate protection treaty protector foreign international february islands de protected colony independent facto empire 1905

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